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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.

December 11, 2023 ¡ª IRS Criminal Investigation (CI) will count down the agency¡¯s top 10 cases for calendar year 2023 on its X and LinkedIn accounts beginning Dec. 11. These cases include the agency¡¯s most prominent and high-profile investigations of the past year.

IR-2023-119, June 21, 2023 ¡ª National Taxpayer Advocate Erin M. Collins today released her statutorily mandated midyear report to Congress. The report says the tax-return filing season generally ran smoothly this year, urges the Internal Revenue Service to prioritize a broad array of technology upgrades and sets forth key objectives of the Office of the Taxpayer Advocate for the upcoming fiscal year.

May 31, 2024 ¡ª Two men have been sentenced in a series of cases involving multimillion-dollar health care fraud and kickback conspiracies, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona; IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS CI) Atlanta Field Office Special Agent in Charge Demetrius Hardeman Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Carlton L. Peeples; and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, Special Agent in Charge Tamala E. Miles.