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October 6, 2023 ¡ª A customs broker has been arrested on a superseding grand jury indictment that alleges he defrauded clients out of $2 million while he was free on bond after being charged with bilking another client out of $3.4 million, the Justice Department announced today.

Dec. 16, 2024 ¡ª A physician who worked for an Inland Empire medical company has agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to defraud California¡¯s workers¡¯ compensation fund of millions of dollars by continuing to work on workers¡¯ compensation matters after being suspended due to a prior health care fraud conviction, the Justice Department announced today.

March 21, 2025 ¡ª Two brothers from Sedona, Arizona, pleaded guilty for conspiring with one another and others to defraud the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) out of nearly $109 million in loans intended to help small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

November 14, 2022 ¡ª A Corona man was sentenced today to 102 months in federal prison for fraudulently obtaining more than $6.6 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) funds intended for business owners impacted by the economic shock of the COVID-19 pandemic and then laundering his illegal proceeds into financial instruments and real property in Pakistan.

March 9, 2023 ¡ª The former founder and chief executive of the local nonprofit Violence in Boston (VIB) and her husband, also a former founding director of the organization, have been charged in a superseding indictment today charging additional schemes to defraud the City of Boston out of COVID-19 relief funds and rental assistance money.

IR-2024-169, June 20, 2024 ¡ª Following a detailed review to protect taxpayers and small businesses, the Internal Revenue Service today announced plans to deny tens of thousands of improper high-risk Employee Retention Credit claims while starting a new round of processing lower-risk claims to help eligible taxpayers.

Sept. 12, 2024 ¡ª A Providence man has admitted to a federal judge that he participated in an international fraud scheme to defraud the federally-funded pandemic unemployment compensation program of more than $70,000, and to defraud an Alabama-based property title company of an additional $80,000, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.

IR-2023-07, January 18, 2023 ¡ª The Internal Revenue Service today announced the appointment of nine new members to the Internal Revenue Service Advisory Council.

July 25, 2023 ¡ª An entertainment industry accountant pleaded guilty today to a felony charge for lying to federal law enforcement officials about his role in laundering illicit proceeds from an illegal gambling operation run by a former minor-league baseball player and which involved professional athletes.

February 23, 2023 ¡ª A Lowell man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for engaging in a scheme to defraud his clients of millions of dollars.