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June 24, 2025 ¡ª Today, U.S. District Judge Matthew J. Maddox sentenced David Godin, of Miami, Florida, aka ¡°James St Patrick,¡± ¡°David Wetty,¡± and ¡°Vic Pro,¡± to 78 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Godin pled guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in connection with a scheme to defraud the Maryland Department of Labor (MD-DOL) and California Employment Development Department (CA-EDD).

June 23, 2025 ¡ª A member of the Rollin¡¯ 60s Neighborhood Crips gang was sentenced today to 336 months in prison for his role in a racketeering conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Alina Habba announced.

June 17, 2025 ¡ª INDIANAPOLIS ¨C John E. Childress, Acting United States Attorney, announced a federal indictment charging 21 individuals from Indianapolis to Phoenix, Arizona for their alleged roles in an Indianapolis-based drug trafficking organization led by Eric Robinson.

June 16, 2025 ¡ª MIAMI ¨C On June 13, Suresh Gajwani pleaded guilty to making a false and fraudulent statement to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

June 16, 2025 ¡ª Syracuse, NY ¨C Robert Rahrle, formerly of Florida and now residing in the Northern District of New York, was sentenced last week to 100 months¡¯ imprisonment to be followed by 3 years of supervised release for wire fraud and tax evasion. United States Attorney John A. Sarcone III and Harry T. Chavis, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), made the announcement.

June 18, 2025 ¡ª The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that on June 12, 2025, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging John Caleb Wright, of Williston, Vermont, with attempting to evade payment of over $1 million of tax. Wright¡¯s arraignment before United States Magistrate Judge Kevin J. Doyle is scheduled for July 22, at 11 a.m. in Burlington.

IR-2025-71, June 25, 2025 ¡ª National Taxpayer Advocate Erin M. Collins today released her Fiscal Year 2026 Objectives Report to Congress,?highlighting a largely successful 2025 filing season while raising concerns about persistent refund delays for victims of identity theft, delays in processing Employee Retention Credit claims, and critical challenges facing taxpayers and the IRS as the agency prepares for the 2026 filing season.

June 18, 2025 ¡ª United States Attorney John P. Heekin announced today that 16 previously deported aliens have been indicted separately by a federal grand jury for illegal reentry into the United States.

June 18, 2025 ¡ª Anchorage, Alaska ¨C A federal grand jury in Alaska returned an indictment last week charging an Anchorage man and woman with conspiring to traffic large quantities of fentanyl to and within Alaska and laundering over half a million dollars in drug proceeds.

June 24, 2025 ¡ª Elizabeth Gutfahr, of Rio Rico, Arizona, was sentenced on June 23, 2025, by United States District Judge Rosemary C. M¨¢rquez to 120 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Gutfahr previously pleaded guilty to Embezzlement by a Public Official, Money Laundering, and Tax Evasion. Gutfahr was also ordered to pay approximately $51.8 million in restitution to Santa Cruz County and the United States Treasury.