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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

December 15, 2022 ¡ª On December 15, 2022, Jack D. Vicars, currently of Bluff City, Tennessee, was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison by the Honorable Clifton L. Corker, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Greeneville.

June 28, 2024 ¡ª United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the arrest of Clarence Christofer Ward, a/k/a Khaled Yaqud Mansur-El, on an indictment charging him with one count of wire fraud, ten counts of money laundering, and one count of making a false claim to the Internal Revenue Service.