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July 21, 2023 ¡ª A federal grand jury in Fort Lauderdale returned a 34-count indictment, unsealed today, charging an attorney with conspiracy to defraud the United States, mail and wire fraud conspiracy, aiding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, and other crimes arising out of his promotion of an illegal tax shelter scheme involving false charitable contribution tax deductions.

January 2, 2024 ¡ª U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington has sentenced Gabriela Inamagua to 12 months and one day in federal prison for conspiracy to defraud the United States and the Internal Revenue Service. The court also ordered Inamagua to pay restitution to two victim insurance companies and to the Internal Revenue Service in the amount of $8,953,629.24. Inamagua had pleaded guilty on October 4, 2023.

Jan. 12, 2024 ¡ª James Dougherty, of Boise, pleaded guilty to wire fraud involving a scheme to defraud an elderly victim of money and real property. His wife, Jessica Dougherty, also of Boise, pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice, U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced today.

Feb. 9, 2024 ¡ª?A real estate developer and part-time resident of Vancouver, Washington, was sentenced to federal prison today for fraudulently obtaining Covid-relief program funds and laundering a portion of the proceeds while on federal supervised release for a previous fraud conviction.

March 18, 2024 ¡ª A Beverly Farms man was sentenced today in connection with a payroll scheme involving underreporting of overtime hours for his union employees and failing to collect and pay payroll taxes.

April 10, 2024 ¡ª A Florida attorney was sentenced today to eight years in prison for conspiring to defraud the United States and tax evasion arising out of his promotion of an illegal tax shelter scheme involving false charitable deductions.

October 6, 2023 ¡ª A customs broker has been arrested on a superseding grand jury indictment that alleges he defrauded clients out of $2 million while he was free on bond after being charged with bilking another client out of $3.4 million, the Justice Department announced today.

April 25, 2024 ¡ª A superseding indictment was returned yesterday by a federal grand jury in Denver charging four people with conspiring with Larry Conner and Timothy McPhee to defraud the IRS. Connor and McPhee had previously been indicted for conspiring to defraud the IRS related to the same scheme in September 2023.

May 17, 2024 ¡ª A Michigan man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Springfield, MA, in connection with an alleged scheme to defraud a Northampton construction company of nearly $1 million.

April 20, 2023 ¡ª U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced Vishesh Aragam Guruprasad, of Boyds, Maryland yesterday to 42 months in federal prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for a drug distribution conspiracy involving the purchase and sale of drugs through dark web marketplaces, and money laundering.