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June 23, 2025 ¡ª A federal jury convicted Stephanie Hockridge, a founder of the lender service provider Blueacorn, on Friday in connection with a scheme to fraudulently obtain tens of millions of dollars in COVID-19 relief money guaranteed by the U. S. Small Business Administration (SBA) through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).

June 20, 2025 ¡ª Seven Georgia residents are charged by federal indictment with allegedly conspiring to ship thousands of parcels containing fentanyl and methamphetamine across the United States and in the Middle District of Georgia utilizing the dark web vendor account ¡°WallStreetBets.¡± The final defendants were arraigned in federal court this week following arrests and seizures resulting from the ongoing investigation.

June 23, 2025 ¡ª Abdiaziz Farah, who was convicted of fraud after the first Feeding Our Future trial, has pleaded guilty to his role in providing a cash bribe to a juror in that same trial, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Thompson.

June 20, 2025 ¡ª Following an eight-day jury trial resulting in his conviction on mail fraud, wire fraud, and income tax evasion charges, the Honorable U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika sentenced Robert L. Higgins on June 17, 2025, to the statutory maximum term of 65 years in federal prison, announced Dylan J. Steinberg, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware.

June 18, 2025 ¡ª An Ozark, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to one count of attempting to evade or defeat taxation.

A listing of current news releases published by the IRS.

MO-2025-01, June 25, 2025 ¡ª The Internal Revenue Service announced today tax relief for individuals and businesses in parts of Missouri affected by severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes, and flooding that began on May 16, 2025. These taxpayers now have until Nov. 3, 2025, to file various federal individual and business tax returns and make tax payments.

News for taxpayers in Missouri

June 20, 2025 ¡ª Ten Mexican nationals, one Guatemalan national, and two United States citizens have been indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine as well as numerous counts of distribution of those controlled substances, illegal possession of machine guns, alien in possession of firearms, felon in possession of firearms, and illegal reentry of removed aliens.