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May 7, 2024 ¡ª A Tigard, Oregon man with a lengthy criminal history was sentenced to federal prison today for transporting an adult victim across state lines for illegal sexual activity and laundering the proceeds through a Portland-based bottled water company.

August 2, 2022 ¡ª An England, Arkansas woman has pleaded guilty to her involvement in a scheme to defraud the U.S. Department of Agriculture out of more than $11.5 million that was intended to benefit farmers who had been discriminated against. Niki Charles, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud today before Chief United States District Judge D. Price Marshall.

August 4, 2022 ¡ª A Little Rock lawyer has pleaded guilty to his involvement in a scheme to defraud the U.S. Department of Agriculture out of more than $11.5 million that was intended to benefit farmers who had been discriminated against. Everett Martindale pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud this afternoon before Chief United States District Judge D. Price Marshall.

January 9, 2023 ¡ª U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales obÌåÓýard today sentenced Jacksonville residents Raul Solis and Raul Solis-Martinez to 33 months and 21 months in federal prison, respectively, for conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and to unlawfully employ workers who were neither lawfully admitted to, nor authorized to be employed in the United States. The court also ordered Solis and Solis-Martinez to pay $5,613,082.38 in restitution to the IRS. Solis-Martinez had pleaded guilty on July 27, 2022, and Solis had pleaded guilty on August 4, 2022.

IR-2022-102, May 5, 2022 ¡ª The Internal Revenue Service reminded taxpayers today that May includes National Hurricane Preparedness Week and is National Wildfire Awareness Month. This is a good time to create or review an emergency preparedness plan, including steps to protect important tax-related information.

Nov. 19, 2024 ¡ª An Eden Prairie man has been sentenced to 87 months in federal prison, three years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay restitution for fraudulently applying for more than $2.1 million in COVID-19 relief funds and then spending those proceeds on himself, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.

October 4, 2023 ¡ª A Plymouth man was arrested today in connection with his alleged involvement in a scheme to fraudulently obtain and misuse COVID-19 relief funds from multiple assistance programs.

January 3, 2023 ¡ª IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) will count down the agency¡¯s top 10 cases for calendar year 2022 on its Twitter account beginning January 3. These cases include the agency¡¯s most prominent and high-profile investigations the past year.

Oct. 1, 2024 ¡ª A Florida woman today admitted fraudulently obtaining $465,489 in COVID-19 relief funding after submitting fraudulent applications to victim lenders, the U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Oct. 10, 2024 ¡ª Ejembi Onah of Ithaca, New York, was sentenced to serve 24 months in federal prison yesterday following trial convictions for two counts of wire fraud and three counts of transacting in criminally derived property for fraudulently obtaining two Paycheck Program (PPP) loans during the pandemic, receiving over $140,000 in loan proceeds, and spending those proceeds, among other things, in three separate transactions each exceeding $10,000.