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IR-2022-102, May 5, 2022 ¡ª The Internal Revenue Service reminded taxpayers today that May includes National Hurricane Preparedness Week and is National Wildfire Awareness Month. This is a good time to create or review an emergency preparedness plan, including steps to protect important tax-related information.

Nov. 19, 2024 ¡ª An Eden Prairie man has been sentenced to 87 months in federal prison, three years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay restitution for fraudulently applying for more than $2.1 million in COVID-19 relief funds and then spending those proceeds on himself, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.

October 4, 2023 ¡ª A Plymouth man was arrested today in connection with his alleged involvement in a scheme to fraudulently obtain and misuse COVID-19 relief funds from multiple assistance programs.

January 3, 2023 ¡ª IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) will count down the agency¡¯s top 10 cases for calendar year 2022 on its Twitter account beginning January 3. These cases include the agency¡¯s most prominent and high-profile investigations the past year.

Oct. 1, 2024 ¡ª A Florida woman today admitted fraudulently obtaining $465,489 in COVID-19 relief funding after submitting fraudulent applications to victim lenders, the U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Oct. 10, 2024 ¡ª Ejembi Onah of Ithaca, New York, was sentenced to serve 24 months in federal prison yesterday following trial convictions for two counts of wire fraud and three counts of transacting in criminally derived property for fraudulently obtaining two Paycheck Program (PPP) loans during the pandemic, receiving over $140,000 in loan proceeds, and spending those proceeds, among other things, in three separate transactions each exceeding $10,000.

July 31, 2023 ¡ª The United States Attorney¡¯s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Brian J. Albelli, of Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, and formerly of Deerfield Beach, Florida, was charged in a criminal information on July 27, 2023, with wire fraud and money laundering.

Feb. 14, 2024 ¡ª A Plymouth, Mass. man pleaded guilty today to his involvement in a COVID-19 relief fund fraud scheme.

May 30, 2025 ¡ª A New Jersey man was sentenced to 20 months in prison for fraudulently obtaining approximately $149,900 in federal Economic Injury Disaster Loans (¡°EIDL¡±) loans, U.S. Alina Habba announced.

IR-2022-56, March 10, 2022 ¡ª The Internal Revenue Service today announced it has begun using voice and chat bots on two of its specialized toll-free telephone assistance lines and IRS.gov, enabling taxpayers with simple payment or collection notice questions to get what they need quickly and avoid waiting.