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November 28, 2023 ¡ª Francesco Illiano, a/k/a Frank Illiano, of Mount Airy, Maryland, pleaded guilty yesterday to willfully failing to pay employment taxes withheld from employees of his businesses to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

December 7, 2023 ¡ª A federal jury convicted a New York woman today of filing and aiding in the filing of false tax returns, obstructing the IRS and willfully failing to file tax returns.

December 18, 2023 ¡ª U.S. District Judge Roy Dalton, Jr. today sentenced Manuel Tato to four years and nine months in federal prison for willfully failing to pay employment taxes. The court also ordered Tato to pay a $250,000 fine and $93,690.66 in restitution. Tato had pleaded guilty on April 27, 2023.

January 17, 2024 ¡ª James Christopher Robinson, of Granite Falls, N.C., appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge David C. Keesler today and pleaded guilty to federal charges for tax and credit card fraud, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.

Jan. 31, 2024 ¡ª A federal jury in Atlanta today convicted Saleem Hakim of tax evasion and failing to file tax returns.

IR-2024-52, Feb. 27, 2024 ¡ª The Internal Revenue Service today announced the addition of two private-sector experts to help the agency¡¯s efforts in the cryptocurrency and other digital assets arena.

March 4, 2024 ¡ª A Michigan man was sentenced to three years in prison today for money laundering and obstructing the IRS.

April 10, 2024 ¡ª U.S. District Judge Wendy Berger has sentenced Brent Brown to 30 months in federal prison for willfully failing to pay over to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employment taxes that were withheld from employees¡¯ paychecks. Brown was further ordered to pay more than $3.8 million in restitution to the IRS. Brown entered a guilty plea on January 11, 2024.

April 16, 2024 ¡ª A St. Louis, Missouri-based tax preparer was arrested Tuesday after being indicted and accused of fraudulently preparing 41 tax returns for clients.

June 16, 2022 ¡ª Michael Avenatti pleaded guilty today to five felony offenses and admitted that he engaged in a scheme to defraud four of his legal clients.