obÌåÓý

September 18, 2023 ¡ª Two Kansas City, Mo., men who led 246, a violent street gang, were sentenced in federal court today for their roles in a drug-trafficking conspiracy and other violent criminal behavior that included illegal firearms and a drive-by shooting outside a daycare center where children were present.

September 18, 2023 ¡ª Ayodele Arasokun, of Paris, France, was sentenced today in West Virginia to 34 years in federal prison for orchestrating an international tax scheme.

September 18, 2023 ¡ª Combating tax crime is the bread and butter of IRS Criminal Investigation¡¯s (CI) mission, but the agency¡¯s expertise in following the money trail plays an integral role in combating a host of other crimes like terrorism financing.

September 19, 2023 ¡ª Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that Antrum Coston, of New Haven, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 37 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for fraud, money laundering, and drug offenses.

September 19, 2023 ¡ª United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that John M. Williams (St. Augustine) has pleaded guilty to failing to account for, and pay over to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), income taxes, Medicare taxes, and Social Security taxes (also known as payroll taxes) that had been withheld from employees¡¯ pay. Williams faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not been set.

September 19, 2023 ¡ª Stanley Worthy Jr., of Lawrenceville, Georgia, was sentenced today to 60 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Christopher Boyko after earlier pleading guilty to wire fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aiding in the filing of false tax returns. Worthy was also ordered to serve 3 years of supervised release and pay $2,935,933.35 in restitution jointly and severally with co-defendants. A special assessment of $4,200 was also ordered by the court.

September 21, 2023 ¡ª Mark Anthony Gyetvay of Naples, Florida, was sentenced today to 86 months in prison for a scheme to hide millions of dollars of income in undisclosed Swiss bank accounts and submitting a false filing with the IRS. Gyetvay was also ordered to serve three years of supervised release and to pay a $350,000 fine and approximately $4,021,074 in restitution to the United States. A federal jury convicted Gyetvay in March of failing to file a Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR), making a false statement to the IRS and willfully failing to file tax returns.

September 20, 2023 ¡ª Two Illinois businessmen have been indicted on federal charges for allegedly fraudulently obtaining more than $7.8 million in small business loans under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.

September 20, 2023 ¡ª Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, Albert Childress, Special Agent in Charge, IRS Criminal Investigation, and Francisco B. Burrola, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations El Paso, announced today that Jacqueline Rascon-Chacon, Bryan Gardea, and Ricardo Landeros were indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of bank fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and engaging in monetary transactions in property derived from specified unlawful activity. All three defendants appeared in federal court today and will remain on conditions of release pending trial, which has not been scheduled.

September 21, 2023 ¡ª Building on the success of cyber training IRS Criminal Investigation (CI) provided to Ukrainian law enforcement in May, CI joined with the Dutch Fiscal Information and Investigation Service (FIOD) and His Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) from the United Kingdom to deliver a second round of training focused on cryptocurrency and blockchain tracing to nearly 40 Ukrainian law enforcement officers Sept. 18 through 21.