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April 14, 2025 ¡ª Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Klemetsrud Puhl announced that Barrett Clair Prody of Fort Lauderdale, FL, appeared in United States District Court today and was sentenced by Chief Judge Peter Welte to serve 190 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release for the offenses of Continuing Criminal Enterprise, Money Laundering Conspiracy, and Obstruction of Justice. Prody was also ordered to pay a $300 special assessment fee.

April 11, 2025 ¡ª Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Klemetsrud Puhl announced that Barrett Clair Prody of Fort Lauderdale, FL, appeared in United States District Court today and was sentenced by Chief Judge Peter Welte to serve 190 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release for the offenses of Continuing Criminal Enterprise, Money Laundering Conspiracy, and Obstruction of Justice. Prody was also ordered to pay a $300 special assessment fee.

April 24, 2025 ¡ª Former Detroit Riverfront Conservancy chief financial officer William A. Smith was sentenced to 19 years in prison today for embezzling over $40 million from his employer over an eleven-year period, announced Acting United States Attorney Julie Beck. Smith was also sentenced to a three-year term of supervised release, ordered to pay approximately $44.3 million in restitution, and ordered to forfeit ill-gotten gains that were traceable to his scheme.

January 10, 2023 ¡ª Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Joleen D. Simpson, Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation in New England, and, Jean Pierre Njock, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation today announced that John Matava, of Coventry, has been charged by federal criminal complaint with offenses related to his receipt of COVID-19 relief funds.

July 13, 2022 ¡ª A Rome, New York couple and their adult son were sentenced today in federal court in Utica for tax evasion and conspiracy to defraud the United States, announced United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman, Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department¡¯s Tax Division, and Thomas Fattorusso, Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation Division, New York Field Office.

March 11, 2024 ¡ª Alabama State Representative John Rogers has agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and conspiracy to obstruct justice in connection with the scheme to defraud the Jefferson County Community Service Fund, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona, Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation (CI) Acting Special Agent in Charge Demetrius Hardeman, and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Carlton L. Peeples.

April 28, 2023 ¡ª Denise Coit Alston, Monica Faye Barnes, Terron Cortez Parker, and Kami D. Woodard each pleaded guilty earlier this week to conspiracy to commit wire fraud for fraudulently obtaining Paycheck Protection Act (¡°PPP¡±) COVID-19 loans. The defendants requested relief for various companies they owned including companies listed as being engaged in catering, trucking and real estate. They all face up to 20 years in prison.

TACOMA ¨C An Olympia resident pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to wire fraud in connection with his scheme to steal nearly $900,000 from his former employer ¨C the State of Washington ¨C announced Acting U.S. Attorney Teal Luthy Miller. Matthew Randall Ping pleaded guilty to wire fraud and making and subscribing a false tax return. Ping is scheduled for sentencing by U.S. District Judge Tiffany M. Cartwright on September 9, 2025.

Per capita distributions from net casino profits made to certain children are subject to a special tax calculation commonly referred to as the "kiddie tax." For taxable years prior to 2018, the tax is based on the parent¡¯s rate if the parent¡¯s rate is higher than the child¡¯s rate. Pursuant to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, for taxable years 2018 through 2025, children required to make this calculation may be subject to tax based on tax rates normally applicable to trusts and estates.

This section contains data by fiscal year for excise taxes levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of commodities as well as certain activities. Affordable Care Act (ACA) taxes and fees are included beginning with fiscal year 2010, depending upon the provision. The data include amounts reported to or collected by the Internal Revenue Service, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, and the Customs Service. Additionally, this section includes data for excise taxes on certain activities conducted by private foundations, charities, and split-interest trusts.