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March 12, 2025 ¡ª

April 8, 2025 ¡ª An Atlanta-area man was arrested this morning by IRS Criminal Investigation special agents on federal charges alleging he fraudulently converted two businesses¡¯ IRS accounts to his name and address. The defendant received tax refund checks ¨C including one for more than $32 million ¨C that were to be paid out to these two businesses.

April 17, 2025 ¡ª A New York man was sentenced to 36 months in prison for his role in a $38 million employment tax fraud scheme involving nursing homes he owned across the country, U.S. Attorney Alina Habba announced.

May 3, 2024 ¡ª Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Julien Levy and Keily Nunez were sentenced by United States District Judge Pamela K. Chen to 20 and 40 months in prison, respectively, for defrauding JetBlue Airways of approximately $10 million. Levy and Nunez pleaded guilty to committing honest services wire fraud in June and July 2023, respectively.

May 13, 2024 ¡ª A Utah man who admitted embezzling approximately $700,000 from a Montana company was sentenced today to 21 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $700,000 restitution, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.

May 19, 2022 ¡ª Brian Brainard Wedgeworth (a/k/a ¡°Dr. Brian Anderson,¡± a/k/a ¡°Dr. Anthony Watkins,¡± a/k/a ¡°Dr. Brian Adams,¡± a/k/a ¡°Dr. Edward Chen,¡± a/k/a ¡°Dr. Brian Chris,¡± a/k/a ¡°Dr. Chris Williamson,¡± a/k/a ¡°Dr. Brian Christopher Williamson,¡± a/k/a ¡°Dr. Brian Edmonds,¡± a/k/a ¡°Dr. Brian Ammerson,¡± a/k/a ¡°Dr. Brian Lamar Wilson,¡± a/k/a ¡°Dr. Brian Wilson,¡± a/k/a ¡°Dr. Brian Mims,¡± a/k/a ¡°Dr. Brian Lamar Sims¡±), formerly of Tallahassee, Florida, and Center Point, Alabama, plead guilty today to 25 counts of wire fraud, mail fraud, aggravated identity theft, and money laundering. The plea was announced by Jason R. Coody, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.

November 8, 2022 ¡ª The United States Attorney¡¯s Office for the District of Colorado announces Debra Campbell, of Grand Junction, Colorado, was sentenced today to 37 months in prison and ordered to pay $410,889 in restitution for wire fraud and filing false tax returns.

August 10, 2022 ¡ª Yesterday, a Midland man was sentenced to 24 months in prison for failure to pay over employment taxes.

August 24, 2022 ¡ª A federal grand jury in Miami returned an indictment today charging a Venezuelan national for laundering the proceeds of substantially inflated procurement contracts obtained by making bribe payments to senior officials at Petropiar, a joint venture between Venezuela¡¯s state-owned and state-controlled energy company and an American oil company.

December 6, 2023 ¡ª A federal grand jury in San Antonio returned an indictment today charging a San Antonio woman with 10 counts related to a fraud scheme she allegedly conducted while working as a civilian financial program manager at Fort Sam Houston.