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Sept. 17, 2024 ¡ª A resident of Middletown, Delaware, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today.

Sept. 17, 2024 ¡ª A former Frisco man was sentenced yesterday to 52 months in prison and ordered to pay more than $38.9 million in restitution to the IRS, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Leigha Simonton.

Sept. 17, 2024 ¡ª A former Houston resident has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.

Sept. 18, 2024 ¡ª A federal grand jury in Lafayette, Louisiana returned an indictment today charging a former Louisiana assistant district attorney with conspiracy to commit bribery, bribery, using his cell phone in furtherance of bribery, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and obstruction of justice.

Sept. 18, 2024 ¡ª A Boston man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to fraud and false statements charges in connection with a scheme to fraudulently obtain pandemic-related relief funds from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) made available under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act.

Sept. 18, 2024 ¡ª A federal jury in San Diego convicted a California man yesterday of wire fraud, conspiracy and tax crimes for schemes to defraud COVID-19 relief programs and to file false tax returns.

Sept. 18, 2024 ¡ª A suburban Chicago tax professional has admitted in federal court that he fraudulently obtained more than $1.1 million from more than ten clients under the false pretense that the money would be sent to the IRS and state revenue authorities to satisfy tax liabilities.

Sept. 20, 2024 ¡ª Cedrick Campbell, of Quincy, Florida, was sentenced to a term of 24 months in federal prison after previously pleading guilty to eleven counts of aiding in preparing false tax returns and ordered to pay $378,041 in restitution. The sentence was announced by Jason R. Coody, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.

Sept. 20, 2024 ¡ª A federal jury has convicted a local fast-food chicken restaurant owner with tax crimes. The verdict was announced today following a trial that began on Sept. 16 before U.S. District Judge Douglas R. Cole. Richard Bhoolai, of Cincinnati, owned and operated Richie¡¯s Fast Food Restaurants, Inc. According to court documents and trial testimony, Bhoolai failed to pay over payroll taxes to the IRS during 2017 and 2018.

Sept. 19, 2024 ¡ª Ernesto Garza, of Alamo, Texas, was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison for extorting H-2A agricultural workers and filing a false tax return, U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced today. U.S. District Judge Amanda K. Brailsford also sentenced Garza to three years supervised release and ordered Garza to pay $621,724 in restitution to his many victims.