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April 14, 2025 ¡ª The U.S. Attorney¡¯s Office for the Southern District of Ohio and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement¡¯s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) announced today that the United States filed a civil forfeiture complaint against assets related to an investigation into a potential $126 million illegal staffing and money laundering operation.

April 21, 2025 ¡ª Pilar Rose formerly of Fresno, was sentenced today to two years in prison for tax evasion and obstructing an IRS audit, Acting U.S. Attorney Michele Beckwith announced.

Jan. 29, 2024 ¡ª IRS Criminal Investigation (CI) dedicates 70% of its time and resources to investigating tax crimes that include questionable refund schemes, return preparer fraud, abusive tax schemes, and more. This tax season, CI is cracking down on schemes that victimize U.S. taxpayers.

April 12, 2024 ¡ª A Coffee County man was sentenced to federal prison and ordered to pay more than $1.3 million in restitution for fraudulently obtaining funds intended to help businesses struggling financially during the pandemic.

May 16, 2024 ¡ª A Carlisle man has been arrested and charged for allegedly submitting fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan applications on behalf of multiple companies he owns and controls.

May 28, 2024 ¡ª After a two-week trial, a federal jury in Salt Lake City returned a guilty verdict against two foreign nationals on all counts and returned a special verdict form requiring the forfeiture of $380,395.64 in cash.

August 17, 2022 ¡ª U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Darin R. Pastor, currently of Morristown, NY, and Halford W. Johnson, of Brockport, NY, with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and securities fraud, securities fraud, and wire fraud. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 25 years in prison. Additionally, Pastor is charged with engaging in monetary transactions with criminally derived property and conspiracy to defraud the United States.

May 11, 2023 ¡ª IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) and private sector partners are delivering blockchain analysis tools and cyber training to Ukrainian law enforcement agencies in April and May. The training enhances existing information-sharing and potential case development between Ukrainian and U.S. law enforcement agencies to target financial networks used by sanctioned Russian oligarchs who attempt to conceal their assets.

What is now 26 USC 7623(a) has been on the books since March 1867, allowing the Secretary of the Treasury to pay such amounts as he deems necessary ¡°for detecting and bringing to trial and punishment persons guilty of violating the internal revenue laws or conniving at the same.¡±

April 30, 2025 ¡ª Lawrencium Germaine Martin, a.k.a. Germaine Martin, of Chester, has been sentenced nearly five years in federal prison after pleading guilty to federal tax evasion, being a felon in possession of a firearm, and making false statements to federal investigators.