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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.

Nov. 22, 2024 ¡ª A co-founder of a so-called Christian health care sharing ministry in St. Joseph, Mo., has been sentenced in federal court for his role in an $8 million wire fraud conspiracy that cheated hundreds of members, and for making false statements on a personal tax return.

IR-2024-115, April 18, 2024 ¡ª The Internal Revenue Service today issued its annual Data Book detailing the agency¡¯s activities during fiscal year 2023 (Oct. 1, 2022 ¨C Sept. 30, 2023), including revenue collected and tax returns processed.

July 20, 2022 ¡ª A California man pleaded guilty today to conspiring with others in separate fraud schemes to defraud the IRS and the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), a federal loans initiative designed to help businesses pay their employees and meet expenses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Oct. 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.

IR-2025-26, Feb. 27, 2025 ¡ª The Internal Revenue Service today announced its annual Dirty Dozen list of tax scams for 2025 with a warning for taxpayers, businesses and tax professionals to watch out for common schemes that threaten their tax and financial information.

May 28, 2024 ¡ª Leslie Smith of Indianapolis, has been sentenced to five and a half years in federal prison, followed by two years of supervised release, after pleading guilty to health care fraud, wire fraud, and tax evasion. Smith must also pay $2,341,655.08 in restitution.

March 9, 2023 ¡ª A California woman has pleaded guilty to wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and filing a false tax return after embezzling more than $1 million from her employer, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.

March 6, 2023 ¡ª A downtown Los Angeles man was sentenced today to 292 months in federal prison for fraudulently obtaining nearly $5.5 million in COVID-related jobless benefits by using the identities of California state prison inmates and other third parties, trafficking fentanyl and methamphetamine, and seeking to fraudulently obtain more than $356,400 in tax refunds.

April 2, 2024 ¡ª The owner of a Bozeman construction company accused of not paying to the IRS employee-related taxes of more than $800,000 admitted to tax crimes today, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.