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IR-2023-190, Oct. 16, 2023 ¡ª Tax professionals who missed the 2023 IRS Nationwide Tax Forums last summer are now able to view and earn continuing education credits for 18 of the most popular seminars presented there.

May 23, 2025 ¡ª Kimberly Lovitt, of Pace, Florida, and Amy Williams, of Milton, Florida, were sentenced to 36 months and 18 months, respectively, in federal prison on charges of wire fraud, money laundering, and filing false tax returns stemming from their embezzlement of funds from their employer. Michelle Spaven, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced the sentences.

Aug. 19, 2024 ¡ª Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that, on Saturday, August 17, 2024, Pawel Bielecki, aka ¡°Paul Bielecki,¡± aka ¡°Paul HRH Saxe-Coburg-Gotha,¡± aka ¡°Dr. Phaakon Sonderburg-Glucksburg,¡± aka ¡°Father Paul,¡± aka ¡°Father Kowal,¡± was arrested on charges of wire fraud and mail fraud. Bielecki will be presented in White Plains federal court before U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrew E. Krause.

Nov. 20, 2024 ¡ª An Oklahoma City, OK woman has been sentenced to 16 years in federal prison for various crimes related to an international drug trafficking conspiracy in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Damien M. Diggs.

Jan. 17, 2025 ¡ª A cryptocurrency businessman who dubbed himself ¡°The Godfather¡± and a Los Angeles County Sheriff¡¯s Department (LASD) deputy have agreed to plead guilty to federal criminal charges, including for their roles in a conspiracy that targeted multiple victims in Los Angeles, violating their civil rights via intimidation, extortion, illegal search warrants and other abuses of police power, the Justice Department announced today.

IR-2024-188, July 16, 2024 ¡ª In the second installment of a special series, the IRS and Security Summit partners warned tax professionals to be aware of evolving phishing scams and cloud-based schemes designed to steal sensitive taxpayer information.

The Security Summit coalition formed by the IRS, state tax agencies and the nation's tax industry organized the 9th Annual National Tax Security Awareness Week on December 2-6, in a campaign to increase awareness of scams and schemes.

Press releases published by IRS Criminal Investigation in October 2022.

IR-2025-26, Feb. 27, 2025 ¡ª The Internal Revenue Service today announced its annual Dirty Dozen list of tax scams for 2025 with a warning for taxpayers, businesses and tax professionals to watch out for common schemes that threaten their tax and financial information.

July 25, 2024 ¡ª The former senior director of fiscal services at an Orange County public school district was sentenced today to 70 months in federal prison for embezzling nearly $16.7 million from the district over several years.