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Aug. 23, 2024 ¡ª Twelve individuals in Central Florida, Puerto Rico, and South Carolina charged with murder, drug trafficking, money laundering, firearms offenses and fraud

Feb. 7, 2025 ¡ª A federal jury has convicted two local men for their roles in a narcotics distribution ring involving bulk amounts of fentanyl, crack cocaine, cocaine, methamphetamine & other narcotics. As part of this case, the government has seized more than $1.7 million, 50 firearms, and nine vehicles, including a motorcycle. One of the defendants convicted at trial also sex-trafficked at least three adult victims.

April 17, 2025 ¡ª The owner and operator of La Popular, a money service business with locations in Oregon and Washington, was arraigned in federal court today after she was charged with laundering drug proceeds.

Jan. 10, 2025 ¡ª On Jan. 9, 2025, Senior United States District Judge J. Michael Seabright sentenced Christopher A. Mazzei and Erin V. Mazzei both of Arroyo Grande, California, to 36 months and 27 months of imprisonment, respectively, for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering in connection with a scheme to defraud the government of forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan funds intended for Coronavirus-related relief.

March 24, 2025 ¡ª A Newark-based expediter today admitted to conspiring to give bribes to Newark public officials, including then-Newark Councilmember Joseph A. McCallum, Jr., in connection with real estate development and construction-related transactions and conspiring with others to create and sell falsified documents supposedly issued by the City of Newark in connection with development, construction, rental or sale of such properties in Newark.

IR-2022-09, January 10, 2022 ¡ª The Internal Revenue Service today announced the appointment of nine new members to the Internal Revenue Service Advisory Council (IRSAC).

Press releases published by IRS-Criminal Investigation in June 2022.

April 20, 2023 ¡ª The Department of Justice today announced criminal charges against 18 defendants in nine federal districts across the United States for their alleged participation in various fraud schemes involving health care services that exploited the COVID-19 pandemic and allegedly resulted in over $490 million in COVID-19 related false billings to federal programs and theft from federally funded pandemic programs.

Jan. 10, 2025 ¡ª IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) unveiled its top 10 cases of 2024 on Friday. The defendants in these cases committed millions of dollars in fraudulent activity, duped investors into believing they were going to strike it rich and tried to funnel money to terrorist organizations.

IR-2024-196, July 25, 2024 ¡ª As part of ongoing transformation efforts, the Internal Revenue Service announced today continued progress on a variety of taxpayer service and technology projects using Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) funding that expand online tools and digital services.