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May 23, 2025 ¡ª Angela Crosland, of Elgin, has been sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison for bribery, money laundering, distribution of methamphetamine and suboxone, and filing false tax returns. A federal jury previously returned a guilty verdict following two days of trial.

June 2, 2025 ¡ª Jay Clayton, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Harry T. Chavis, Jr., the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigations (¡°IRS-CI¡±), announced today that Dennis Ostermann, a former Sergeant with the New York City Police Department (¡°NYPD¡±), pled guilty to one count of aiding and assisting in the preparation of a false and fraudulent U.S. income tax return.

IR-2024-39, Feb. 13, 2024 ¡ª With a key March deadline quickly approaching, the Internal Revenue Service today highlighted special warning signs that an Employee Retention Credit claim may be questionable to help small businesses that may need to resolve incorrect claims.

IR-2024-302, Dec. 3, 2024 ¡ª The Internal Revenue Service and the Security Summit partners issued a consumer alert today about the growing threat of bad tax advice on social media that continues to dupe people into filing inaccurate tax returns.

IR-2024-105, April 11, 2024 ¡ª The Internal Revenue Service wraps up the 2024 Dirty Dozen campaign with a warning to taxpayers regarding promoters selling bogus tax strategies and fraudulent offshore schemes designed to reduce or avoid taxes altogether.

Dec. 3, 2024 ¡ª U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Katherine Mott-Formicola of Pittsford, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. to financial institution fraud and money laundering, which carry a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison and a fine of $1,000,000.

Aug. 20, 2024 ¡ª A North Carolina scrap metal dealer pled guilty today to theft and tax charges related to his participation in a multi-state catalytic converter theft conspiracy.

Jan. 17, 2025 ¡ª Zipora Hudson and Montreal Hudson, both of Olive Branch, Mississippi, were convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering following a federal jury trial that concluded on Jan. 15, 2025. Deandre Jones, also of Olive Branch, Mississippi, previously pled guilty in the case.

Feb. 5, 2025 ¡ª James Watt of Indianapolis, has been sentenced to 3 years of probation after pleading guilty to unlawful production of document or authentication feature and money laundering.

March 12, 2025 ¡ª A federal jury today convicted Rowland Marcus Andrade of wire fraud and money laundering in connection with the fraudulent marketing and sale of a cryptocurrency called AML Bitcoin, a scheme that raised millions of dollars through false and misleading statements to investors about the cryptocurrency and the purported technology behind it. The jury reached its verdict following a five-week trial before Chief U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg.