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A Rhode Island mortgage broker who ran a Ponzi scheme with investors¡¯ monies causing millions of dollars in losses, who fraudulently obtained more than $160,000 in COVID-19 pandemic-related SBA loans, and who failed to pay more than $140,000 in taxes due the IRS was sentenced today to more than four years in federal prison and was ordered to pay restitution to his victims, announced Acting United States Attorney Sara Miron Bloom.

Feb. 15, 2024 ¡ª A Lexington toxicology lab, LabTox, LLC, its owner, Ronald Coburn and its compliance officer, Erica Baker, agreed to civil judgments totaling $10,458,933 in favor of the United States, holding LabTox, Coburn, and Baker liable for submitting false claims for urine drug testing services to the Medicare and Kentucky Medicaid programs.

March 24, 2023 ¡ª Alexander Barabash of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to wire fraud, relating to the submission of fraudulent Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (¡°CARES¡±) Act loan applications. The CARES Act was enacted in March 2020 to provide emergency financial assistance to Americans suffering from the economic effects caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

April 6, 2023 ¡ª Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that Francisco Ayala, of Ansonia, has pleaded in Hartford federal court to offenses related to his participation in a stolen catalytic converter trafficking ring.

April 29, 2025 ¡ª A former resident of Monmouth County was sentenced to prison for his role in a scheme to fraudulently obtain Payroll Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) funds, U.S. Attorney Alina Habba announced.

IR-2025-31, March 11, 2025 ¨D The Internal Revenue Service announced today that over 1.1 million people across the nation have unclaimed refunds for tax year 2021 but face an April 15 deadline to submit their tax returns.

June 26, 2023 ¡ª Chief U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Alexander Barabash of Baltimore, Maryland, today to 14 months in federal prison, followed by six months of home detention as part of three years of supervised release, for wire fraud relating to the submission of fraudulent Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (¡°CARES¡±) Act loan applications. The CARES Act was enacted in March 2020 to provide emergency financial assistance to Americans suffering from the economic effects caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

October 3, 2022 ¡ª A medical sales representative was sentenced today to 168 months in prison for defrauding federal, state, and private health insurance plans out of more than $4.6 million, Attorney for the United States Vikas Khanna announced.

IR-2023-145, Aug. 10, 2023 ¡ª The Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service today issued final regulations and a revenue procedure to provide guidance for owners of certain solar or wind facilities built in connection with low-income communities.

IR-2024-233, Sept. 6, 2024 ¡ª Today, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen and Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service Danny Werfel are delivering remarks at the Austin, Texas, IRS campus to announce new milestones under Inflation Reduction Act initiatives to ensure wealthy individuals pay taxes owed, improve service for taxpayers through the Digital First Initiative and modernize foundational technology.