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June 17, 2024 ¡ª A former San Gabriel Valley resident who was a frequent guest on financial television news programs then became a fugitive from justice after being accused of defrauding investors is expected to appear today in federal court after being arrested over the weekend.

August 22, 2022 ¡ª Patrick Martin, of Gainesboro, Tennessee, was sentenced Friday to 15 months in prison for embezzling approximately $211,000 from the Community Prevention Coalition of Jackson County while serving as the Coalition¡¯s Executive Director, announced U.S. Attorney Mark H. Wildasin for the Middle District of Tennessee.

Aug. 28, 2024 ¡ª The Honorable Deborah L. Boardman sentenced Rudolph Brooks Aug. 27 to 18 months in federal prison followed by two years of supervised release for fraudulently obtaining over $3.5 million in COVID-19 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Payroll Protection Program (PPP) loans.

Oct. 4, 2024 ¡ª U.S. District Chief Judge George L. Russell III yesterday sentenced Dolapo Lawal, of Baltimore, Maryland, to 60 months¡¯ imprisonment and 3 years of supervised release for federal charges of access device fraud and aggravated identity theft.

IR-2024-213, Aug. 15, 2024 ¡ª The Internal Revenue Service urged businesses that have received Employee Retention Credit payments to recheck eligibility requirements and consider the second Employee Retention Credit (ERC) Voluntary Disclosure Program (VDP) to resolve incorrect claims without penalties or interest.

June 15, 2023 ¡ª A bookkeeper was sentenced to prison today for embezzling more than $1.35 from his employer, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger ordered Danny Dale Tremble of Conover, N.C., to serve 41 months in prison followed by three of supervised release, and to pay restitution in the amount of $1,639,659.99.

May 17, 2023 ¡ª Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney, for the District of Connecticut, announced that James Sullivan, former chairperson of the Connecticut Municipal Electric Energy Corporation (¡°CMEEC¡±) Board of Directors, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to six months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for misusing CMEEC funds.

IR-2023-43, March 9, 2023 ¡ª The Internal Revenue Service today reminded retirees who turned 72 during 2022 that, in most cases, Sunday, April 1, 2023, is the last day to begin receiving payments from Individual Retirement Arrangements (IRAs), 401(k)s and similar workplace retirement plans.

November 14, 2022 ¡ª Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that David Kania, of Middlefield, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to two months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for offenses stemming from his fraud against several state-run wage subsidy and job training programs.

April 3, 2025 ¡ª Earlier today, at a federal courthouse in Brooklyn, Francius Marganda was sentenced by United States District Judge Dora L. Irizarry to 18 years¡¯ imprisonment for running a $24.5 million Ponzi scheme that defrauded hundreds of predominantly Indonesian and Indo-American victim investors