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July 28, 2023 ¡ª Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department's Tax Division and Acting United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Thomas O. Campbell pleaded guilty today in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, for willfully filing a false tax return, a felony. United States Magistrate Judge Susan M. Bazis conducted the plea hearing and will recommend to United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher that he accept Campbell's guilty plea and plea agreement.

July 31, 2023 ¡ª A New Jersey tax preparer was arrested today for fraudulently seeking more than $124 million from the IRS by filing over 1,000 false tax forms claiming COVID-19-related employment tax credits, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger and Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg announced today.

July 31, 2023 ¡ª Three local residents have been charged in a 27-count indictment alleging losses of more than $300,000 to the IRS, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.

July 31, 2023 ¡ª The operators of several Key West, Florida, labor staffing companies, including PSEB Services JD, Inc., Paradise Hospitality Solutions LLC, Paradise Hospitality Group LLC, Paradise Hospitality Inc. and HBSM Corp. were sentenced to prison today for tax and immigration-related crimes.

Press releases published by Criminal Investigation in July 2023.

August 2, 2023 ¡ª A Louisville couple was sentenced yesterday to 8 months in federal prison for preparing false tax returns.

August 1, 2023 ¡ª Today, U.S. District Judge Kenneth D. Bell sentenced Delores Jordan, of Charlestown, Indiana, to 30 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for her role in a $15 million conspiracy to defraud the North Carolina Medicaid program (Medicaid), announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. In addition to the prison term imposed, Judge Bell also ordered Jordan to pay $5,879,340 in restitution.

August 1, 2023 ¡ª A California man was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Columbus today to three months in prison for committing crimes related to supplying the military with faulty parts.

August 1, 2023 ¡ª A Wake Forest man was sentenced to 36 months in prison for violating the terms of his supervised release and structuring transactions to avoid reporting requirements. Ricky Lamont Congleton pled guilty to the charge on November 9, 2022.

August 1, 2023 ¡ª Two Orange County residents have been charged by a federal grand jury with fraudulently obtaining more than $2 million by stealing the identities of homeowners ¨C primarily elderly Vietnamese Americans ¨C and duping banks into ¡°cashing out¡± mortgages on those properties, the Justice Department announced today.