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March 15, 2024 ¡ª A Great Falls man pleaded guilty today to failing to pay over to the IRS the taxes withheld from his employees¡¯ paychecks.

May 13, 2022 ¡ª A California man pleaded guilty today to wire fraud and to conspiring with others in a scheme to prepare false tax returns seeking millions of dollars of tax refunds from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and to defraud the Paycheck Protection (PPP) loan program by filing over 80 PPP loan applications seeking over $100 million.

March 13, 2023 ¡ª On March 7, a federal grand jury in Austin returned an indictment, unsealed today, charging seven individuals with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and other crimes arising out of their scheme to defraud the IRS using stolen identities.

Feb. 14, 2024 ¡ª Tijan Mboob, a/k/a ¡°TJ,¡± a/k/a ¡°Teejay McBoob,¡± a/k/a ¡°Sheikhtijan,¡± of Charlotte, was sentenced today to 24 months in prison followed by one year of supervised release for tax fraud, announced Dena J. King U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.

IR-2021-212, November 1, 2021 ¡ª The Internal Revenue Service recently sent approximately 430,000 refunds totaling more than $510 million to taxpayers who paid taxes on unemployment compensation excluded from income for tax year 2020.

December 14, 2023 ¡ª Brian E. Drake of Parkersburg, pleaded guilty today to tax evasion. Drake admitted to evading payroll and corporate income taxes while the owner and operator of River City Chem Dry (RCCD).

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.

July 25, 2024 ¡ª Brian E. Drake, of Parkersburg, was sentenced today to two years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $2,036,141.59 in restitution for tax evasion. Drake admitted to evading payroll and corporate income taxes while the owner and operator of River City Chem Dry (RCCD).

September 22, 2022 ¡ª A Parkville, Missouri, man who was charged in two federal cases was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a $335 million scheme to defraud federal programs that award contracts to firms owned by minorities, veterans, and service-disabled veterans, and in a separate case to filing false tax returns that cheated the government out of more than $615,000 in taxes owed.

IR-2023-12, January 24, 2023 ¡ª The Internal Revenue Service today reminded taxpayers that they must again answer a digital asset question and report all digital asset-related income when they file their 2022 federal income tax return, as they did for fiscal year 2021. The term ¡°digital assets¡± has replaced ¡°virtual currencies,¡± a term used in previous years.