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March 28, 2024 ¡ª Zadih Cadyma, of Charlotte, was sentenced today to 30 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for fraudulently obtaining $780,000 in COVID-19 pandemic relief loans and money laundering, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Cadyma was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $762,952.

November 2, 2023 ¡ª A Washington County resident pleaded guilty today to wire fraud and making a false statement on a tax return after she abused her Homeowners Association (HOA) position of power to divert thousands of dollars to her personal account. She then underreported her personal income to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

July 15, 2022 ¡ª A San Fernando Valley certified public accountant pleaded guilty today to a federal criminal charge for helping a long-time client fraudulently obtain a $1.2 million COVID-19 business loan by knowingly preparing a false corporate tax return on the client¡¯s behalf.

Oct. 28, 2024 ¡ª Today, Martinez Builders Supply, LLC, d/b/a East Coast Truss (ECT), a Florida limited liability company, pled guilty in federal court in Fort Pierce to conspiring to harbor aliens by means of employment. On Aug. 29, Kelly Yanira Del Valle (Del Valle), a former employee of ECT, also pled guilty to conspiring to harbor aliens by means of employment, as well as filing false tax returns and aiding the filing of false tax returns. As part of their guilty pleas, ECT agreed to a forfeiture judgment in the amount $450,000, and Del Valle agreed to a forfeiture judgment in the amount $100,000 and to pay restitution to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in the amount of $100,146.

September 9, 2022 ¡ª United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Michael Garrison, of Croydon, PA, was charged by Information with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, one count of conspiracy to destroy an energy facility, eight counts of wire fraud, two counts of destruction of an energy facility, and one count of filing a false tax return.

Sept. 30, 2024 ¡ª The U.S. Attorney¡¯s Office for the Southern District of Florida remains a leader in COVID-19 pandemic relief prosecutions, holding a range of actors accountable for these crimes. Over this summer alone, the district has charged 17 individuals with COVID-19 relief fraud cases, with scheme amounts totaling over $21 million.

November 30, 2023 ¡ª Ronald S. Zieve, the owner of Hair Restoration Specialists, Inc. (¡°HRS¡±), and Marshall Boyd, the co-director of HRS, have each pleaded guilty to one count of filing a false tax return. Since 2018, Zieve deliberately failed to report approximately $3.2 million in income, and Boyd deliberately failed to report approximately $790,000 in income.

IR-2021-223, November 15, 2021 ¡ª The Internal Revenue Service today launched a new online tool designed to help U.S. withholding agents comply with their reporting and withholding responsibilities with respect to IRS Form 1042-S, Foreign Person¡¯s U.S. Source Income Subject to Withholding.

Jan. 16, 2024 ¡ª Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Thomas Fattorusso, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), announced today the unsealing of an Indictment charging Ai Zhen Xu with criminal tax offenses.

IR-2024-187, July 15, 2024 ¡ª The IRS issued a consumer alert today following bad advice circulating on social media about a non-existent ¡°Self Employment Tax Credit¡± that¡¯s misleading taxpayers into filing false claims.