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June 11, 2024 ¡ª Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Thomas Fattorusso, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (¡°IRS-CI¡±), announced today the unsealing of a Complaint charging Keith Taylor with defrauding a charity he ran by embezzling approximately $2.5 million in donations meant for low-income families and spending them instead on personal expenses including rent in a luxury apartment building in midtown Manhattan, food delivery services, cosmetic surgery, and lavish meals at some of New York City¡¯s most expensive restaurants.

June 17, 2024 ¡ª A Georgia man pleaded guilty today to conspiracy and filing a false personal tax return related to his participation in the promotion and sale of abusive syndicated conservation easement tax shelters.

July 10, 2024 ¡ª A federal grand jury in Roanoke, Virginia returned a sealed indictment earlier this month charging 24 individuals from the greater Roanoke area with wire fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, money laundering, making false statements, and fraud in relation to an emergency benefits program.

July 25, 2024 ¡ª Albert Smith, of South Bend, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Senior Judge Jon E. DeGuilio after being found guilty of one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and wire fraud, six counts of bank fraud, two counts of wire fraud, and one count of federal program theft on November 1, 2023, following an eight-day jury trial, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.

July 26, 2024 ¡ª A Monroe County, Missouri church official was arrested Friday after having been indicted and accused of participating in a more than $1.2 million pandemic loan fraud scheme.

August 24, 2023 ¡ª A Lubbock man who defrauded pandemic-era financial programs out nearly $4 million was sentenced today to 15 years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Leigha Simonton.

September 15, 2023 ¡ª A Jersey City attorney today admitted defrauding his clients of more than $2 million dollars and other crimes, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Jan. 23, 2025 ¡ª The former Assistant Chief Engineer of Facilities for Keolis Commuter Services (Keolis) pleaded guilty today to defrauding Keolis of over $8 million and to defrauding the IRS.

Jan. 31, 2025 ¡ª A Los Angeles man who ran a Beverly Hills luxury watch consignment business and was known as ¡°The Timepiece Gentleman¡± was sentenced today to 70 months in federal prison for swindling dozens of his customers of out a total of at least $5.6 million.

Feb. 28, 2025 ¡ª A woman from the Mid-City area of Los Angeles was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison for fraudulently obtaining more than $2 million in COVID-19 government loans and to submitting false claims in an unsuccessful effort to secure from the IRS nearly $1.3 million in pandemic-related tax credits, the Justice Department announced today.