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Sept. 30, 2024 ¡ª Hetzon Marroquin Reyes, owner and operator of A&M Homes, LLC, in Morgantown, West Virginia, was arrested today on charges involving the harboring and concealing of persons who were not citizens and unlawfully in the United States, announced United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld.

Sept. 27, 2024 ¡ª Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Kevin Biebel of Hardeeville, South Carolina, formerly of New Milford, Connecticut, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 18 months of imprisonment, followed by one year of supervised release, for tax fraud.

Sept. 27, 2024 ¡ª A corporate takeover specialist and convicted felon has been indicted on federal charges for his alleged years-long avoidance of a judgment ¨C now exceeding $180 million ¨C to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) while running a cannabis and lifestyle brand company purportedly helmed by his social media influencer son ¨C a company whose investors he allegedly cheated, the Justice Department announced today.

Oct. 1, 2024 ¡ª The United States Attorney¡¯s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Rhonda Rochelle Canidate of Greensboro, North Carolina, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner to a two-count criminal information charging her with wire fraud and money laundering, in connection with a scheme to embezzle funds from her employer between 2021 and 2022.

Oct. 1, 2024 ¡ª An Eagan woman pleaded guilty to her role in the $250 million fraud scheme that exploited a federally-funded child nutrition program during the COVID-19 pandemic, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger.

Sept. 30, 2024 ¡ª Fifteen members or associates of a south St. Louis gang that sold fentanyl have been convicted and sentenced for drug, gun and other crimes.

Sept. 30, 2024 ¡ª The U.S. Attorney¡¯s Office for the Southern District of Florida remains a leader in COVID-19 pandemic relief prosecutions, holding a range of actors accountable for these crimes. Over this summer alone, the district has charged 17 individuals with COVID-19 relief fraud cases, with scheme amounts totaling over $21 million.

Press releases published by IRS-CI in September 2024.

Jan. 23, 2024 ¡ª Several fraud cases under investigation in the Middle District of Georgia¡ªthe first involving family members who illegally wrote millions in checks to themselves from their employer¡¯s operating account and the second involving a woman who attempted to collect more than $3.5 million in undue tax refunds by falsifying documents and making up a business¡ªhad hearings in federal court today.

July 24, 2024 ¡ª After a 99-day jury trial before Chief United States District Judge Derrick K. Watson, a federal jury found Michael J. Miske, Jr. of Kailua, Oahu, guilty of racketeering conspiracy, murder, and 11 other felony charges on July 18, 2024, and today determined that as a result of his conviction of the racketeering conspiracy, he should forfeit a variety of assets to the federal government.