ÐÇ¿ÕÌåÓýÊÖ»ú¶Ë

MT-2022-01, July 5, 2022

July 7, 2022 ¡ª The manager of a Birmingham grocery store pleaded guilty on Wednesday in federal court to wire and tax fraud for his unlawful manipulation of the Supplemental Nutrition Act Program totaling more than $4.6 million, announced United States Attorney Prim F. Escalona, U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of Inspector General, Investigations, Acting Special Agent-in-Charge Salina Walker, and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Assistant Special Agent in Charge Lisa Fontanette.

May 25, 2023 ¡ª Darren Lee Joy, of Matthews, N.C. was sentenced yesterday in federal court before U.S. District Judge Frank D. Whitney for tax evasion, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, and Stuart M. Goldberg, Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department's Tax Division.

May 2, 2024 ¡ª An Ohio man pleaded guilty today to tax evasion, operating an illegal gambling business and two counts of money laundering associated with his ownership and operation of illegal gambling businesses in Northeast Ohio.

June 9, 2022 ¡ª An Ipswich man who owned and operated numerous Massachusetts businesses was sentenced yesterday for manipulating his payroll to evade over $1.8 million in taxes.

September 16, 2022 ¡ª Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that Mark Pagani, of Bolton, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 45 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for fraud and tax evasion offenses.

IR-2024-60, March 4, 2024 ¡ª The Internal Revenue Service today reminded those who may be entitled to the COVID-era Recovery Rebate Credit in 2020 that time is running out to file a tax return and claim their money.

Dec. 3, 2024 ¡ª Arturo Barcenas Gonzalez, a Cary businessman, was sentenced to 37 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for evading over $1 million in federal taxes. In addition to his prison sentence, Barcenas was ordered to pay restitution to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in an amount to be determined at a later date.

August 3, 2022 ¡ª A Swampscott man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston in connection with a scheme to defraud the Internal Revenue Service by falsely inflating taxpayer¡¯s federal income tax refunds and diverting a portion of those refunds to accounts he and his co-conspirators controlled.

August 21, 2023 ¡ª The owner of a Westminster-based tax preparation business was sentenced today to 41 months in federal prison for participating in a scheme orchestrated by a corrupt social worker who stole his clients¡¯ identities to fraudulently obtain tax refunds, welfare benefits and credit cards.