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September 27, 2023 ¡ª A man from Bellflower, California who was a leader of a multi-state methamphetamine and fentanyl distribution ring was sentenced to 15 years in prison in U.S. District Court in Seattle for drug trafficking crimes, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman. At the sentencing hearing, U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour said, ¡°I can¡¯t remember a prior sentencing involving this quantity of methamphetamine.¡±

Nov. 26, 2024 ¡ª Following four days of testimony before a federal jury, a Raleigh man and business owner pled guilty to a Bank Fraud and Wire Fraud, that netted the man almost $300,000 in fraudulent Paycheck Protection Act (PPP) COVID-19 loans. This fraud was part of a multimillion-dollar national scheme, and, to date, more than 30 defendants have pled guilty and 26 have been sentenced.

March 5, 2025 ¡ª Joseph Twilley of Detroit, was sentenced to just over 13 years in prison. United States District Judge Laurie J. Michelson sentenced the Detroit-based leader for overseeing a drug trafficking network that distributed kilograms of cocaine, fentanyl, and heroin; laundering his drug money; and possessing firearms despite being a convicted felon, announced Acting United States Attorney Julie Beck.

April 24, 2025 ¡ª Ten individuals from Arizona, Ohio, Washington, and Mexico¡ªincluding a member of the Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) C¨¢rtel de Sinaloa and one person illegally residing in the United States¡ªpleaded guilty in federal court this week to charges of violating federal narcotics and money laundering laws in relation to an international drug trafficking organization (DTO), Acting United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced today.

April 24, 2025 ¡ª Marc H. Silverman, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that James Blose of Fairfield, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to 48 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for offenses stemming from a decade-long embezzlement scheme at banks where he served as General Counsel and held other high-ranking positions.

May 10, 2022 ¡ª Modern day slavery. Victims with physical and psychological trauma. Hidden in plain sight. Human trafficking is happening around us ¨C often undetected ¨C in communities across the globe, including the Dutch Caribbean. Investigators need to know what to look for and how to prove that a criminal act took place in a court of law, and that's why training and education are so important to combatting this heinous crime.

September 15, 2022 ¡ª Acting United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that Bion A. Flint, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today by Chief United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. to 10 months¡¯ imprisonment for conspiracy to commit wire fraud. After his release from prison, Flint will begin a three-year term of supervised release. Flint was also ordered to pay restitution of $45,833.

May 27, 2025 ¡ª Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that Brian T. Owen, of Caddo Parish, Louisiana, has been sentenced for money laundering. United States District Judge S. Maurice Hicks, Jr. sentenced Owen to 30 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, $100,000 fine, and ordered him to pay $1,157,154.39 in restitution.

March 20, 2025 ¡ª Matthew Podolsky, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; Leslie R. Backschies, the Acting Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); and Harry T. Chavez, Jr., the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigations (IRS-CI), announced the unsealing of a four-count criminal Indictment charging Shan Anand, Nosakhare Nobore, Nicholas Pappas, Leonard Ujkic, Solomon Aluko, a/k/a D1 ReallyRich, and Jorge Gonzalez with a scheme to fraudulently obtain checks and launder the proceeds. Many of the checks were funds provided by the government for COVID-19 relief that the defendants stole before depositing into bank accounts opened using sham businesses or stolen or fake identities. In total, the defendants attempted to steal approximately $80 million and succeeded in depositing approximately $50 million.

Public Law 115-97 (Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017) enacted section 250 for the allowance of a deduction for the eligible percentage of Foreign-Derived Intangible Income (FDII) and Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income (GILTI). Use Form 8993, Section 250 Deduction for Foreign Derived Intangible Income (FDII) and Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income (GILTI), to figure the amount of the eligible deduction for FDII and GILTI under section 250.