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September 12, 2023 ¡ª Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that Karl Sebastian Greenwood, who co-founded OneCoin with Ruja Ignatova, a/k/a ¡°the Cryptoqueen,¡± was sentenced to 20 years in prison for his orchestration of the massive OneCoin fraud scheme.

September 13, 2023 ¡ª Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Naomi Gruchacz, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Office of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (¡°HHS-OIG¡±), announced the unsealing today of a superseding indictment charging acupuncturists Junyi Liu, a/k/a ¡°Jenny,¡± and Hongxing Wang, as well as physical therapists Jonathan Laqui and Mitzy Baldovino and insurance company employee Victor Man, a/k/a ¡°Mr. Wen,¡± with operating an over $20 million health care fraud scheme at medical offices in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens (the ¡°offices¡±).

September 14, 2023 ¡ª The United States Attorney¡¯s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that James Michael Barr, of Cogan Station, Pennsylvania, was indicted by a federal grand jury on federal tax charges.

September 14, 2023 ¡ª A New Jersey man pleaded guilty today to evading federal income taxes.

September 14, 2023 ¡ª A suspended Kentucky attorney and his wife were sentenced in federal court today for wire fraud and willful failure to pay tax. The former attorney was sentenced to 2 years and 9 months imprisonment and his wife was sentenced to 2 years and 3 months imprisonment.

September 15, 2023 ¡ª David M. Anderson of Morgantown, West Virginia, has been charged with filing a false tax return.

September 15, 2023 ¡ª The Justice Department today announced that the Western Union Remission Fund began a distribution of approximately $40 million in funds forfeited to the United States from the Western Union Company (Western Union) to approximately 25,000 victims located in the United States and abroad. These victims stand to recover the full amount of their losses.

September 15, 2023 ¡ª A tax preparer has been sent to federal prison following his conviction for willfully preparing a false joint 2017 individual income tax return, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.

September 15, 2023 ¡ª A Dorchester woman was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for tax and fraud offenses in connection with her operation of a temporary employment agency.

September 15, 2023 ¡ª A Jersey City attorney today admitted defrauding his clients of more than $2 million dollars and other crimes, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.