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August 24, 2023 ¡ª The former chief of staff to the speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives was convicted today of providing false material testimony under oath to a federal grand jury and attempting to obstruct its investigation into allegations of public corruption.

Jan. 31, 2025 ¡ª Yesterday, Brandon Romand Parks ¡°Baywatch,¡± of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Philip P. Simon after being found guilty of racketeering conspiracy following an 18-day jury trial, announced Acting United States Attorney Tina L. Nommay.

Feb. 7, 2025 ¡ª Sharon Denise Ross of Willernie, Minnesota, has been sentenced to 43 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for her role in a $250 million fraud scheme that exploited a federally funded child nutrition program during the COVID-19 pandemic, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Lisa D. Kirkpatrick. Ross was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $2,434,360. Ross was further ordered to forfeit to the United States all property derived from fraud proceeds, including her house in Willernie.

Feb. 14, 2025 ¡ª A Waukee man was sentenced today to 32 years in federal prison for fraud, money laundering, and fentanyl distribution.

March 4, 2025 ¡ª The former girlfriend of a cryptocurrency fraudster who dubbed himself ¡°The Godfather¡± has agreed to plead guilty to a federal criminal tax charge for failing to report more than $2.6 million in ill-gotten gains she obtained via her then-boyfriend¡¯s criminal activities, the Justice Department announced today.

March 12, 2025 ¡ª A North Carolina scrap metal dealer was sentenced today to two years and three months in prison for theft and tax charges related to his participation in a multi-state catalytic converter theft conspiracy.

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.

April 24, 2025 ¡ª A Florida man was sentenced today to 50 months in prison for not paying taxes withheld from his employees¡¯ wages and filing a false tax return.

June 5, 2023 ¡ª A Utah man was sentenced to two years¡¯ imprisonment and ordered to pay more than $450,000 in restitution after he admitted to making false statements in a COVID-era Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan, and money laundering.

June 6, 2023 ¡ª An Ottumwa man and woman were convicted of conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service by filing hundreds of fraudulent tax returns and of defrauding applicants out of unemployment insurance benefits and the Iowa Workforce Development out of benefits payments.