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Oct. 23
Oct. 22
- Five individuals including three doctors indicted on charges of illegal distribution of prescription drugs
- L.A. Health Care Fraud Takedown results in 15 defendants charged, including six medical professionals, with $2 billion in losses alleged
- New Jersey real estate investor and online influencer admits to committing multi-million-dollar investment fraud scheme, laundering drug proceeds, and bribing a New Jersey politician
- Meriden tax preparer charged with tax fraud offenses
- Worcester man charged with possession with intent to distribute fentanyl
Oct. 21
- Colombian national sentenced to over thirteen years for international cryptocurrency money laundering scheme of drug trafficking proceeds
- Middle District of Florida joins DOJ Fraud Division, USDA, and USDA OIG in uncovering nearly $42 million in SNAP benefit fraud during Nationwide Enforcement Surge
- Augusta businessman fails to forward payroll taxes to IRS
- Providence man pleads guilty in vehicle theft conspiracy
- Hollidaysburg man pleads guilty to cocaine trafficking and money laundering
- Homeland Security Task Force investigation leads to ten-year sentence for drug trafficking leader and supplier who possessed multiple firearms
- South L.A. man pleads guilty to scheming to defraud IRS out of $9.3 million via bogus COVID-19 business-relief tax credits
- Prolific Chinese money launderer sentenced for laundering drug trafficking proceeds following Homeland Security Task Force investigation
- East Elmhurst tax preparer convicted of defrauding the Internal Revenue Service
- U.S. Attorney’s Office announces over $3 million in fraudulent SNAP benefits uncovered in ongoing fraud crackdown
- Convictions through guilty pleas and sentencings in Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) prosecutions (Oct. 12 through Oct. 16, 2026)
- Las Vegas man sentenced to prison in $5M tax refund fraud scheme
- Third Lows gang member pleads guilty to RICO conspiracy
- Homeland Security Task Force investigation: Two Texas residents charged with offenses stemming from trade-based money laundering scheme
- Homeland Security Task Force: Uzbekistan national charged with stealing trucking cargo theft shipments
- United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan joins DOJ Fraud Division, USDA, and USDA OIG in uncovering nearly $42 million in SNAP benefit fraud during Nationwide Enforcement Surge
Oct. 20
- Homeland Security Task Force prosecution results in multiple convictions of alien smugglers in Del Rio
- Los Angeles man sentenced for using Montana shell companies in COVID relief fraud
- Former general manager of Anchorage business sentenced to jail in wire fraud, tax evasion case
- Michigan woman pleads guilty to employment tax conspiracy
- Laredo man sentenced in Homeland Security Task Force investigation involving fatal fentanyl deal
Oct. 19
Oct. 16
- Federal inmate convicted of using his time in prison to defraud local family and others
- New Haven man pleads guilty to pandemic relief program fraud offense
- Evansville tax preparer lands in federal prison for $965,000 COVID 19 tax credit fraud
- Bronx man going to prison for bank fraud conspiracy and ID theft
- Ohio electrician sentenced to 24 months in prison for role in defrauding non-profit medical organization
- Jamaican fraudster extradited to Michigan sentenced to prison for his role in nationwide fraud scheme
- U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Puerto Rico announces creation of the Interagency Fraud Enforcement Task Force
- The District of Alaska joins DOJ Fraud Division, IRS, and IRS-CI in National Tax Enforcement Surge exposing over $490 million in tax fraud
- Texas residents charged with promoting illegal tax shelter
- Waipahu woman sentenced to two years in prison for pandemic and tax fraud while earning millions from an unlicensed construction business
- Muncie man accused of falsely requesting over $1 million in COVID-19 relief tax credits
- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Tennessee joins DOJ Fraud Division, IRS, and IRS-CI in National Tax Enforcement Surge exposing tax fraud
- Philadelphia man convicted for his role in a $2 million theft
Oct. 15
- Five federally charged following multiagency investigation into drug trafficking operation run from Mexican prison following Homeland Security Task Force investigation
- Naugatuck man charged with making online threats
- Philadelphia restaurateur indicted for employment tax fraud
- Middle District of Florida joins DOJ Fraud Division, IRS, IRS-CI, and the FBI in National Tax Enforcement Surge exposing more than $490M in tax fraud
- U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Indiana joins DOJ Fraud Division, IRS, and IRS-CI in National Tax Enforcement Surge exposing $490M in tax fraud
- The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Michigan joins DOJ's Fraud Division, IRS, and IRS-CI in National Tax Enforcement Surge exposing $490 million in tax fraud
- Federal prosecutors uncover over $1.5 million in tax fraud as additional cases move forward
- Lee’s Summit man pleads guilty to defrauding millions of dollars from investors through Ponzi scheme
- United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Alabama joins DOJ Fraud Division, IRS, and IRS-CI in National Tax Enforcement Surge exposing over $490 million in tax fraud
- The Eastern District of Michigan joins DOJ Fraud Division, IRS, and IRS-CI in National Tax Enforcement Surge exposing two defendants involved in tax fraud
- U.S. Attorney’s Office for Northern Ohio joins DOJ Fraud Division and IRS partners in National Tax Enforcement Surge exposing millions in tax fraud
- Serbian national sentenced to 17 years in federal prison as part of Homeland Security Task Force investigation into international cocaine trafficking conspiracy
Oct. 14
- Zachary A. Keller and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Louisiana join DOJ Fraud Division, IRS, and IRS-CI in National Tax Enforcement Surge exposing $490M in tax fraud
- United States Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Louisiana joins DOJ Fraud Division, IRS, and IRS-CI in National Tax Enforcement Surge exposing $490M in tax fraud
- Florida man sentenced to prison for tax refund fraud
- Medical spa business owner pleads guilty to employment tax crimes
- Springfield man sentenced for wire fraud, money laundering in connection to embezzlement of retirement funds
- Denver man sentenced to 30 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to bank fraud, money laundering
- DOJ’s Fraud Division, IRS, and IRS-CI expose more than $490M in tax fraud in National Tax Enforcement Surge
- Phoenix man sentenced to 10 years in prison for $2.2 million COVID-19 fraud scheme and firearm offenses
- Plymouth man pleads guilty to defrauding small family-run business out of more than $1 million
- Thirteen, including two convicted felons, indicted for trafficking drugs from California to Kentucky and money laundering following Homeland Security Task Force investigation
- Convictions through guilty pleas and sentencings in Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) prosecutions (Oct. 5 through Oct. 9, 2026)
- Three Mexican men charged in $74 million tax refund scheme
- Owner and Chief Executive Officer of tax preparation firm pleads guilty to federal tax offenses
- Maryland man indicted on tax charges in connection with DOJ National Tax Fraud enforcement surge
- District of Minnesota joins DOJ’s Fraud Division, IRS, and IRS-CI to expose more than $490M in tax fraud in National Tax Enforcement Surge; Minneapolis father and son plead guilty to $9 million fraud conspiracy
- District of Arizona joins DOJ Fraud Division, IRS, and IRS-CI in National Tax Enforcement Surge exposing more than $490 million in tax fraud
- U.S. Attorney’s Office – District of Kansas joins DOJ Fraud Division, IRS, and IRS-CI in National Tax Enforcement Surge exposing more than $490M in tax fraud; Kansas business owner sent to prison for employment tax crimes
- The District of Maine joins DOJ Fraud Division, IRS, and IRS-CI in National Tax Enforcement Surge exposing $490M in tax fraud
- Viva Supermarkets manager found guilty of immigration document fraud, obstruction of 2 federal labor investigations and conspiracy
- The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Tennessee joins DOJ Fraud Division, IRS, and IRS-CI in National Tax Enforcement Surge exposing more than $490M in tax fraud
- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Wisconsin joins DOJ Fraud Division, IRS, and IRS-CI in National Tax Enforcement Surge
- Eastern District of Texas joins DOJ Fraud Division, IRS, and IRS-CI in National Tax Enforcement Surge exposing over $490M in tax fraud
- Arkansas non-profit founders receive maximum prison sentences for defrauding donors and the government
- The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas joins DOJ Fraud Division, IRS and IRS-CI in National Tax Enforcement Surge exposing $490 million in tax fraud
- Western District of Oklahoma joins DOJ Fraud Division, IRS, and IRS-CI in National Tax Enforcement Surge exposing $490 million in tax fraud
Oct. 13
- Cape Cod man pleads guilty to conspiring to launder proceeds of $6 million Medicare fraud scheme
- Pastor of Kirkland, Washington, church indicted on ten counts of wire fraud and five counts of money laundering in $13 million fraud scheme
- Federal investigation into kickback scheme at Evanston/Skokie School District 65 results in two more guilty pleas
- Tolland strip club owner sentenced to federal prison
- Brockton woman sentenced for theft of government funds in connection with stolen $931,000 tax refund check
- Three individuals arrested for attempting to steal more than $2 million in Treasury checks
Oct. 9
- Canadian man sentenced to prison for participation in “grandparent scam”
- Long Island tax preparer convicted of defrauding the Internal Revenue Service
- North Hollywood man sentenced to over 5 years in federal prison for COVID-19 fraud
Oct. 8
- Nigerian national sentenced for role in email scam
- Homeland Security Task Force investigation leads to 19 arrests in Alice cocaine conspiracy
- Boston public official charged with pandemic fraud
- Minnesota woman convicted in $3.6M scheme to defraud Medicaid Housing Services Program
- Long Island tax preparer sentenced to 48 months in prison for nearly $12 million tax fraud scheme
- 144 suspects arrested following Las Vegas Homeland Security Task Force investigations
- HSTF prosecution sends career drug trafficker to federal prison for 20 years
- 23 Skid Row drug dealers arrested as part of Homeland Security Task Force takedown targeting high-crime areas of Los Angeles
- Georgia man going to prison for scamming victims out of tens of thousands of dollars
Oct. 7
- Two men indicted for drug conspiracy and firearms charges
- Three charged with drug distribution
- U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon announces continued work of the Government Fraud Task Force
- Man arrested and charged for role in plotting to conduct a mass-shooting event in support of ISIS at the Mall of America
- Board chairman and co-owner of Puerto Rican bank sentenced in multimillion-dollar wire fraud conspiracy
- Illegal alien sentenced for being a courier in an investment scam
Oct. 6
- Ten-time convicted scammer pleads guilty to $1.8 million romance fraud scheme targeting two elderly women
- Former Shelby County Commissioner Edmund Ford, Jr. sentenced to two years in prison for tax evasion
- Philadelphia woman indicted for sprawling scheme to defraud the government through bogus pandemic loan applications, false tax returns
- Eastern District of Texas prosecutes multiple defendants as part of Homeland Security Task Force investigations in September 2026
- Tucson income tax preparer found guilty on 22 counts of filing false federal income tax returns
- Former president of 26 U.S.C. § 501(C)(3) non-profit organization pleads guilty to using organization to defraud charitable matching programs and to falsifying tax returns
- Springfield man sentenced to 153 months in federal prison for submitting false documents to the Missouri Department of Revenue
- San Antonio tax preparer sentenced to federal prison for filing false tax returns, over $3.8 million in restitution
- Mexican national sentenced to 40 years in federal prison for methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy as a result of Homeland Security Task Force investigation
- Former TD Bank employee pleads guilty to accepting bribes, laundering $4.8 million to Colombia
Oct. 5
- Omaha woman sentenced for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine
- Lead defendant in multi-state SNAP and PUA fraud conspiracy sentenced to two years in federal prison
- Self-proclaimed ‘Godfather’ sentenced to over 6 years in prison for fraud, tax evasion, and using LASD deputies to torment his opponents
- Bakersfield man sentenced to one year in prison for transferring $5M abroad through illegal money transmitting operation
- Trumbull man admits role in Success Village Apartments embezzlement conspiracy
- U.S. Attorney and DEA San Antonio Field Division announce new Overdose Task Force to combat drug related overdoses
Oct. 2
- Warren County fraudster sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment
- Two individuals plead to roles in $11 million bank fraud conspiracy
- Massachusetts man convicted of laundering $1.2M from Internet-enabled romance scams
- Baltimore man pleads guilty in cross-country drug-trafficking HSTF case
- Foreign national among defendants charged in seven-count housing and Social Security fraud scheme
- Former US Congressman sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for secretly acting as agent of Venezuelan government
Oct. 1
- Two Minnesota men plead guilty to defrauding Medicaid housing services program
- Texas woman sentenced to 18 months in prison for wire fraud
- Yonkers tax preparer pleads guilty after causing nearly $6 million in tax loss
- Flushing, NY man pleads guilty in transnational fraud scheme targeting elderly victims
- United States Attorney’s Office announces creation of Interagency Fraud Task Force in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- Fifteen alleged members and associates of the Untouchable Gorilla Stone Nation charged in bank fraud conspiracy
- St. Paul man sentenced to 33 months’ imprisonment for defrauding $1.6 million in federal child nutrition program funds as part of the Feeding Our Future fraud scheme
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