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Nov. 25, 2024 ¡ª A federal grand jury returned a 13-count indictment charging three Metro East men for engaging in a PPP loan fraud scheme in East St. Louis.

IR-2024-78, March 22, 2024 ¡ª The Internal Revenue Service announced today that compliance efforts around erroneous Employee Retention Credit (ERC) claims have topped more than $1 billion so far since last fall as work continues on a number of efforts to counter questionable claims pushed by aggressive marketing, including an aggressive push on claims made for 2021.

IR-2023-04, January 11, 2023 ¡ª National Taxpayer Advocate Erin M. Collins today released her 2022 Annual Report to Congress, saying taxpayers and tax professionals ¡°experienced more misery in 2022¡± due to paper processing delays and poor customer service. But the report also says the Internal Revenue Service made considerable progress in reducing the volume of unprocessed tax returns and correspondence and is poised to start the 2023 filing season in a stronger position.

January 13, 2022 ¡ª A federal grand jury today returned an indictment charging Marilyn J. Mosby, of Baltimore, Maryland, on federal charges of perjury and making false mortgage applications, relating to the purchases of two vacation homes in Florida.

IR-2022-20, January 28, 2022 ¡ª More people without children now qualify for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), the federal government¡¯s largest refundable tax credit for low- to moderate-income families.

July 1, 2022 ¡ª Stephanie Simontacchi was sentenced to 29 months in prison for bank fraud, embezzlement of credit union funds, and tax evasion in connection with schemes to use her access as an accountant to enrich herself at the expense of two former employers, announced U.S. Attorney Stephanie M. Hinds, Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Sean Ragan, and IRS Criminal Investigation Division (IRS-CI) Special Agent in Charge Mark H. Pearson. The sentence was handed down by the Hon. William H. Orrick, U.S. District Judge.

IR-2023-31, Feb. 21, 2023 ¡ª The Department of the Treasury and the IRS today issued final regulations amending the rules for filing returns and other documents electronically (e-file). These regulations will require certain filers to e-file beginning in 2024.

SAN FRANCISCO ¨C Kenneth W. Mattson, of Sonoma, was arrested today pursuant to an indictment returned by a federal grand jury charging him with wire fraud, money laundering, and obstruction of justice.

IR-2023-131, July 21, 2023 ¡ª The Internal Revenue Service warned taxpayers today to be on the lookout for a summer surge of tax scams as identity thieves continue pounding out a barrage of email and text messages promising tax refunds or offers to help ¡®fix¡¯ tax problems.

June 17, 2024 ¡ª A defendant in a financial crimes case appeared in federal court today following the return of an indictment by a federal grand jury in St. George after he and another defendant allegedly ran an unlicensed money transmitting business where bulk cash was converted into crypto currency.