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September 8, 2023 ¡ª Two significant players in a scheme to bribe Amazon employees and contractors were sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to various federal charges for their scheme to corrupt the Amazon Marketplace with bribes, forged documents and false claims, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman.

March 19, 2024 ¡ª A Rhode Island man was sentenced to eight years in prison for running a decade-long Ponzi scheme to defraud investors and to evade his taxes, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha and Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department¡¯s Tax Division.

Jan. 30, 2025 ¡ª Raymond Calvin Smith and Bruce Milik Smith, brothers from LaPorte, Indiana, were sentenced by United States District Court Judge Cristal C. Brisco after pleading guilty to federal felony charges, announced Acting United States Attorney Tina L. Nommay.

Feb. 10, 2025 ¡ª Marc H. Silverman, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Jimmy Lassus of Wethersfield, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 100 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing fentanyl and oxycodone to an overdose victim.

April 16, 2025 ¡ª Marc H. Silverman, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Donald Ogman, also known as ¡°Mainey-O¡± and ¡±Manny O,¡± of New Haven, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Vernon D. Oliver in Hartford to methamphetamine and cocaine distribution offenses.

October 20, 2022 ¡ª IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) continues to play a key role in the federal government¡¯s response to COVID fraud. The Department of Justice announced Tuesday new criminal charges, convictions, and sentences related to COVID fraud and misuse of Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funds.

November 16, 2022 ¡ª A second attorney and two tax professionals have been indicted in the $1 billion Garza tax shelter scheme, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham and Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department¡¯s Tax Division Stuart Goldberg.

December 7, 2022 ¡ª Two men were sentenced yesterday for their roles in the submission of fraudulent loan applications seeking more than $1.7 million in forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.

June 2, 2025 ¡ª Fourteen people were indicted in late May and eleven were taken into custody in coordinated arrests last week as part of an ongoing investigation of drug traffickers with ties to drug trafficking in Seattle¡¯s International District and homeless encampments, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Teal Luthy Miller.

Feb. 6, 2024 ¡ª Today, Acting United States Attorney Jonathan S. Ross announced the sentencing of a Sandersville, Georgia woman for aiding and assisting in the filing of false tax returns. On February 2, 2024, a federal judge sentenced April Michelle Nesbitt to 33 months in prison. Federal inmates are not eligible for parole.