ÐÇ¿ÕÌåÓýÊÖ»ú¶Ë

IR-2024-09, Jan. 12, 2024 ¡ª The Internal Revenue Service announced today continued progress to expand enforcement efforts related to high-income individuals, large corporations and complex partnerships as part of wider efforts to transform the agency.

March 28, 2024 ¡ª A Russian national was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to use stolen identities to file thousands of federal income tax returns that claimed more than $11 million in fraudulent refunds.

May 13, 2025 ¡ª Jennifer Brunenkant, the founder and former owner of Herbal Alternatives II, LLC, a marijuana dispensary licensed in the District of Columbia, pleaded guilty today in connection with her years-long failure to pay federal income and employment taxes associated with her business.

May 4, 2022 ¡ª Timothy M. O¡¯Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Barbara Bortner, Milton, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 3 ? years in prison for wire fraud and tax evasion. Bortner, the former Vice President of Marketing and Public Relations at Mercyhealth in Janesville, pleaded guilty to these charges on October 14, 2021.

September 15, 2023 ¡ª The owner and CEO of a Lexington toxicology lab, Ronald Coburn pleaded guilty on Tuesday, before Chief U.S. District Judge Danny Reeves, to health care fraud and tax evasion. The compliance officer of the same lab, Erica Baker pleaded guilty on Friday to a health care fraud conspiracy with Coburn.

Sept. 18, 2024 ¡ª A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging Kristopher Thomas, Charmane Dozier, Kettisha Thompson-Dozier, and Sharon Vance with conspiracy to commit tax fraud, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.

May 9, 2025 ¡ª A New York man was sentenced today to two years in prison for making false statements on loan applications he submitted on behalf of his clients through a pandemic relief program.

IR-2023-166, Sept. 8, 2023 ¡ª Capitalizing on Inflation Reduction Act funding and following a top-to-bottom review of enforcement efforts, the Internal Revenue Service announced today the start of a sweeping, historic effort to restore fairness in tax compliance by shifting more attention onto high-income earners, partnerships, large corporations and promoters abusing the nation¡¯s tax laws.

May 5, 2022 ¡ª Jehoaddan Wilson was sentenced in federal court today to 81 months for filing false tax claims, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft in a tax fraud scheme that caused losses of $902,040, announced United States Attorney Stephanie M. Hinds and Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) Special Agent in Charge Mark H. Pearson. The sentence was handed down by United States District Judge Jon S. Tigar.

October 23, 2023 ¡ª A former special agent with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) has been sentenced to more than six years in federal prison for tax, structuring, and concealment offenses.