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Oct. 7, 2024 ¡ª Christian Grajeda-Varela, a Honduran national who pleaded guilty to fentanyl trafficking and money laundering, was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison. The sentence was handed down by the Hon. Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr., United States District Judge.

Oct. 8, 2024 ¡ª On Oct. 2, 2024, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Jeannette Gomez of Perry Hall, Maryland, and Edgar Gomez of Perry Hall, Maryland, with failure to report and pay over employment taxes accrued pursuant to their interest in SND Services, LLC and related entities.

Oct. 8, 2024 ¡ª A Riverside County man has been sentenced to 72 months in federal prison for preparing and filing false tax returns for his clients, a decade-long scheme that caused a tax loss to the IRS of at least $28 million, the Justice Department announced today.

Oct. 8, 2024 ¡ª United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that Celina Bolton-Fultz of Slidell, Louisiana, pled guilty on Oct. 3, 2024 to thirty counts of assisting in filing false tax returns under 26 U.S.C. ¡ì 7206(2), five counts of filing her own false tax returns under 26 U.S.C. ¡ì 7206(1), four counts of making false statements under 18 U.S.C. ¡ì 1001, and two counts of theft of government funds under 18 U.S.C. ¡ì 641.

Oct. 8, 2024 ¡ª David Epstein of Owings Mills, Maryland, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud, relating to the submission of fraudulent CARES Act loan applications.

Oct. 8, 2024 ¡ª Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Oct. 8, 2024, a grand jury returned an indictment charging Vikram Naik with three counts of filing false individual income tax returns, in violation of 26 U.S.C. ¡ì 7206(1).

Oct. 8, 2024 ¡ª U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Mark Remein of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to conspiracy to transport stolen goods in interstate commerce, which carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison, and a fine of $250,000.

Oct. 8, 2024 ¡ª U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Erica Lounsberry of Niagara Falls, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, was sentenced to serve 21 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.

Oct. 8, 2024 ¡ª A Providence Forge man pled guilty today to embezzling funds from his former employer, the Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Program (Birth-Injury Program).

Oct. 9, 2024 ¡ª The owner of a string of bikini barista coffee stands was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 30 days in prison, a $5,000 fine, and 100 hours of community service for tax fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman.