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September 29, 2023 ¡ª A North Carolina physician appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Susan C. Rodriguez this morning on charges related to the alleged unlawful distribution of a controlled substance, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.

Jan. 22, 2025 ¡ª On Jan. 6, Juan Mendieta, of Miami-Dade County, was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison after pleading guilty in October 2024 to one count of criminal conspiracy and four counts of aiding and assisting the preparation of false tax returns.

April 15, 2025 ¡ª An Independence, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for filing a false claim as part of a scheme to fraudulently receive nearly $1.4 million in COVID-19 relief funds from the government.

October 4, 2022 ¡ª A former associate director of a global maritime service group was sentenced today to 27 months in prison for embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from the company and failing to pay over hundreds of thousands in federal payroll taxes, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

November 4, 2022 ¡ª A Union County, New Jersey, man admitted 12 counts of preparing a false tax return, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.

March 15, 2023 ¡ª A Michigan business owner was sentenced today to 12 months and one day in prison for failing to collect and pay over to the IRS employment taxes withheld from his employees¡¯ wages.

March 16, 2023 ¡ª A group of Texas tax return preparers were sentenced to prison yesterday for conspiring to file false tax returns.

December 12, 2022 ¡ª An Atlantic County man was sentenced today to 37 months for his role in defrauding New Jersey state and local health benefits programs and other insurers by submitting fraudulent claims for medically unnecessary prescriptions, Attorney for the United State Vikas Khanna announced.

May 5, 2025 ¡ª Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to public corruption charges after receiving a $7,000 kickback from a staff member¡¯s city funded bonus.

June 30, 2023 ¡ª Jose Fernandez has been sentenced for seeking over $5 million by submitting fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program ("PPP") applications, filing false tax returns using stolen identities, using credit cards he obtained with stolen identities, and check fraud. He ultimately obtained more than $2 million in fraudulent funds, which he then used for his personal benefit.