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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.

May 21, 2025 ¡ª Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that Jack Montoucet, former secretary of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF), has been indicted on federal charges.

Feb. 15, 2024 ¡ª A Lexington toxicology lab, LabTox, LLC, its owner, Ronald Coburn and its compliance officer, Erica Baker, agreed to civil judgments totaling $10,458,933 in favor of the United States, holding LabTox, Coburn, and Baker liable for submitting false claims for urine drug testing services to the Medicare and Kentucky Medicaid programs.

September 15, 2022 ¡ª A Jefferson City man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for a more than $27.1 million fraud scheme that included more than $12.4 million in PPP loans for four businesses, as well as a fraudulent loan for a development in Indiana.

August 25, 2023 ¡ª Branea Bryant, of Cleveland, Ohio, was sentenced yesterday to 290 months in prison by U.S. District Judge John R. Adams. In March 2023, a jury convicted Bryant of one count of Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with Intent to Distribute 400 Grams or More of Fentanyl, one count of Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering, and three counts of Money Laundering. The court also ordered Bryant to serve 10 years of supervised release following imprisonment and pay a $500 special assessment.

June 20, 2023 ¡ª A criminal indictment has been unsealed in federal court in Asheville, charging four individuals with allegedly executing a multi-million dollar bank fraud scheme, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. The indictment charges Kotto Yaphet Paul of Waxhaw, N.C., Latoya Tamieka Ford of Covington, Georgia, Bruce Howard Marko of Charlotte, N.C., and Love Norman of West Palm Beach, Florida, with one count of wire fraud and bank fraud conspiracy, 16 counts of financial institution fraud, and four counts of money laundering.

December 7, 2023 ¡ª The former CEO of a Sacramento non-profit was arrested today, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.

Jan. 29, 2024 ¡ª Glynn Paul Hubbard, Jr., of Charlotte, pleaded guilty today to wire fraud and money laundering charges for obtaining more than $1.2 million in fraudulent COVID-19 relief funds for himself and his customers, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.

December 7, 2022 ¡ª Two men were sentenced yesterday for their roles in the submission of fraudulent loan applications seeking more than $1.7 million in forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.

June 10, 2025 ¡ª A former politician who served on the Orange County Board of Supervisors was sentenced today to 60 months in federal prison for accepting more than $550,000 in bribes for directing and voting in favor of more than $10 million in COVID-19 pandemic relief funds to a charity affiliated with one of his daughters.