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January 25, 2023 ¡ª Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department¡¯s Tax Division announced a Colorado man pleaded guilty to attempting to evade the payment of more than $700,000 in employment taxes owed to the IRS.

June 6, 2022 ¡ª A Dallas-Fort Worth nightclub magnate was sentenced to 16 years in federal prison for operating an empire of clubs in which drugs were sold openly, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.

IR-2024-185, July 11, 2024 ¡ª As part of continuing compliance efforts under the Inflation Reduction Act, the Internal Revenue Service today announced the agency has surpassed the $1 billion mark in collections from high-wealth taxpayers with past-due taxes.

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.

June 3, 2025 ¡ª James Mecham, of Orem, Utah; Kurt Stocks, of El Dorado Hills; and Heidi Edwards, of El Dorado Hills pleaded guilty today to operating an illegal gambling business, Acting U.S. Attorney Michele Beckwith announced.

June 3, 2025 ¡ª Holly Adams, of Palm Desert, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez to 12 years in prison for conspiring to distribute fentanyl and to launder the resulting proceeds, Acting U.S. Attorney Michele Beckwith announced.

November 23, 2022 ¡ª Jorge Abramovs was sentenced to five years in prison for his participation in a scheme to defraud multiple financial institutions by filing fraudulent bank loan applications that sought more than $1.9 million dollars in forgivable loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The man also pleaded guilty to collecting over $350,000 from employees as income tax and Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) withholdings for tax years 2014 to 2019, which he failed to pay over to the IRS on the employees' behalf.

Nov. 14, 2024 ¡ª A Somerset County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 87 months in prison for conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud, five acts of healthcare fraud, and four counts of tax evasion, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Nov. 12, 2024 ¡ª An executive at a San Luis Obispo-based real estate development company was sentenced today to 60 months in federal prison for paying a local politician nearly $95,000 in bribes and gifts in exchange for official acts benefiting the company¡¯s development projects.

August 29, 2023 ¡ª A Kent, Washington, woman was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to three years in prison for wire fraud and tax fraud related to a 10-year embezzlement scheme, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman.