The Justice Department’s National Fraud Enforcement Division (Fraud Division), along with the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, today announced a nationwide series of enforcement ...

A Florida man was sentenced on October 6, 2026, to 36 months in prison for filing a false tax return on behalf of a trust he controlled as part of a $4.2 million refund fraud scheme.

A federal grand jury in Dallas, Texas returned an indictment on September 22, 2026, charging four Texas residents with conspiracy to defraud the United States and other crimes for promoting an illegal ...

A federal jury convicted Justin Lee Plunk, 39, of Corinth, Mississippi, for conspiring to distribute and distributing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) for profit on Instagram and Telegram.

Two New Jersey brothers pleaded guilty in September to stealing more than $978,126 and $1,643,172, respectively, in tax refunds.

A Maine man pleaded guilty on October 7, 2026, to filing false tax returns for himself and others and defrauding clients by diverting a portion of their refunds to himself without their authorization.

A Parker, Colorado man pleaded guilty on October 2, 2026, to willfully failing to pay over employment taxes on behalf of the medical spa business he owned and operated.

A Texas tax return preparer was sentenced on October 7, 2026, to 14 months in prison for her role in conspiring to file false tax returns on behalf of clients.

A Minneapolis father and son pleaded guilty in October to conspiring to defraud the United States. The father also pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm.

A Tennessee woman pleaded guilty today to preparing false tax returns for others and willfully failing to file her own tax returns.

A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of New York returned an indictment in September charging Ninti El-Bey, of Charolette, North Carolina, and Dexter Nigel Glasgow, of East Orange, New Jersey, ...

An employee of OpenAI has been arrested for and charged with using or endeavoring to use an electronic, mechanical, or other device to intercept oral communications.