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Aug. 1, 2024 ¡ª Timothy M. O¡¯Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that David Swartz of Highland Park, Illinois, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 2 years in federal prison for wire fraud and assisting in the preparation of a false tax return. Swartz pleaded guilty to these charges on April 11, 2024. As part of his sentence, Swartz was ordered to pay $181,915 in restitution to Victim-1.

May 13, 2024 ¡ª A Kingdom City, Mo., business owner was sentenced in federal court today for fraudulently receiving more than $673,000 in loans for several businesses under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.

Dec. 13, 2024 ¡ª United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Larry Leonard and Nathaniel ¡°Nat¡± Leonard both of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, were charged by indictment with conspiracy to transport and sell stolen goods in interstate commerce and interstate transportation of stolen property. Larry Leonard was also charged with money laundering.

Nov. 5, 2024 ¡ª A Hialeah, Fla., man, Omar Thomas Wala and a North Miami, Fla., woman, Vienna Cavanaugh were sentenced on Tuesday, by U.S. District Judge Robert Wier, to 90 months and 26 months in prison, respectively, for conspiring with others to produce and sell counterfeit drugs.

Nov. 5, 2024 ¡ª Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Robert Fuller, Harry T. Chavis, Jr., Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) in New England, and Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the FBI, today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned a 23-count indictment charging Justin C. Murphy of Stamford, with offenses stemming from an alleged investment fraud scheme.

March 4, 2025 ¡ª Christopher J. Smyth of Pineville, was sentenced yesterday, March 3, 2025, to three years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $4,616,704.76 in restitution for not paying the taxes withheld from employees¡¯ wages at an ambulance service he operated and obstructing the IRS¡¯ efforts to collect those taxes.

IR-2022-103, May 5, 2022 ¡ª The Internal Revenue Service today urged small businesses to take advantage of the accuracy, speed and convenience of filing their payroll tax returns and making tax payments electronically.

IR-2025-25, Feb. 26, 2025 ¡ª As millions of people file their 2024 tax returns, the Internal Revenue Service today reminded taxpayers to use the Where¡¯s My Refund? tool on IRS.gov to confirm receipt of their return and track a refund.

Press releases published by IRS Criminal Investigation in September 2022.

PR-2024-02, March 12, 2024 ¡ª The Internal Revenue Service will open Taxpayer Assistance Centers (TACs) in Guaynabo, Ponce and Mayag¨¹ez on Saturday, March 16, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., to provide in-person help. These special Saturday hours are part of the agency¡¯s continuing transformation efforts to improve taxpayer service.