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April 14, 2023 ¡ª Four sons of Joaqu¨ªn Guzm¨¢n Loera, the imprisoned former Sinaloa Cartel leader known as El Chapo, were indicted by a federal grand jury for large-scale drug trafficking, money laundering and violent crimes in connection with their assumption of cartel leadership following their father's arrest and extradition to the United States.

FS-2022-18, March 2022 ¡ª CI pursues financial crimes like money laundering, terrorist financing, cybercrimes, and sanctions evasion¡ªincluding investigating and seizing assets of Russian elites

September 20, 2022 ¡ª The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Minnesota today announced federal criminal charges against 47 defendants for their alleged roles in a $250 million fraud scheme that exploited a federally-funded child nutrition program during the COVID-19 pandemic.

IR-2024-09, Jan. 12, 2024 ¡ª The Internal Revenue Service announced today continued progress to expand enforcement efforts related to high-income individuals, large corporations and complex partnerships as part of wider efforts to transform the agency.

December 20, 2022 ¡ª Christopher A. Parris, formerly of Rochester, NY, and currently of Lawrenceville, Georgia, who was convicted of conspiracy to commit mail fraud related to a Ponzi scheme, as well as to wire fraud involving the fraudulent sale of purported N95 masks during the pandemic, was sentenced to serve 244 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. Parris was also ordered to pay approximately $106-million dollars in restitution.

Monthly news release archive for January 2025

Press releases published by Criminal Investigation in July 2022.

IR-2023-135, July 26, 2023 ¡ª With the IRS making substantial progress in the ongoing effort related to the Employee Retention Credit claims, Commissioner Danny Werfel said the agency has entered a new phase of increasing scrutiny on dubious submissions while renewing consumer warnings against aggressive marketing.

IR-2024-130, May 2, 2024 ¡ª The Internal Revenue Service today released an update on the Strategic Operating Plan, a blueprint outlining future plans for the agency¡¯s transformation work and highlighting dozens of improvements for taxpayers since passage of the Inflation Reduction Act.

March 17, 2022 ¡ª Commissioner Rettig speaks before the House Ways and Means Committee, Subcommittee on Oversight on the filing season and IRS operations.