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April 7 – April 11, 2025 (Current)
- CEO and President of Marketing Company Charged in $161 Million Affordable Care Act Fraud Scheme
- Brazilian Citizen in Switzerland Extradited to U.S. for Indictment Charging Involvement in $290 Million Cryptocurrency Fraud Scheme
- Woman Sentenced for Stealing More Than $1.1 Million from Her Employer
- Man Charged with Leading Money Laundering Operation for Transnational Criminal Organizations
- USDOJ Secures Forfeiture of Over $5 Million in Funds Traceable in Business Email Compromise Scheme
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March 31 – April 4, 2025
- Businessman Sentenced to Over Nine Years in Prison for $1.5 Million Fraud Scheme
- Bank Teller Charged in Bank Fraud Conspiracy Involving Stolen U.S. Treasury Checks
- Las Vegas Business Owner Charged in $24 Million Cryptocurrency Ponzi Scheme
- Financial TV News Analyst Turned Fugitive Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges for Conning Investors
- Texas Man Convicted of Sabotaging His Employers’ Computer Systems and Deleting Data
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March 24 – March 28, 2025
- Women Pleads Guilty to Fraud Scheme that Generated $17 Million in Revenue for North Korea
- Attorney Sentenced in Tax Scheme for Evading Income Tax Payment of More than $7.2 Million
- Man Pleads Guilty to Laundering Proceeds from $40 Million Fraud Scheme
- Ten Defendants Plead Guilty in Multi-million Dollar Sports Betting and Money Laundering Scheme
- Department of State Employee Charged for Conspiracy to Gather, Transmit, or Lose National Defense Information
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March 17 – March 21, 2025
- Serial Fraudster Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison
- Former Interpreter Sentenced to Nearly Five Years in Prison for Illegally Transferring Nearly $17 Million from MLB Star’s Bank Account
- U.S. Postal Inspector and Co-conspirator sentenced for Check Fraud Scheme
- New Jersey CPA Sentenced in Syndicated Conservation Easement Tax Scheme
- Active Duty and Former U.S. Soldiers Arrested for Theft of Government Property and Bribery Scheme
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March 10 – March 14, 2025
- Twelve Indicted in Multimillion Dollar Business Email Compromise Scheme
- Corporation and Former CEO Plead Guilty to Health Care Fraud and Tax Conspiracy
- Trio Sentenced for Orchestrating a Multimillion Dollar Tax Evasion Scheme
- Feeding Our Future Fraud Scheme Defendant Sentenced for Role in $250 Million Fraud Scheme
- Man Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Illegally Export Sensitive Technology to China
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March 3 – March 7, 2025
- Two Money Launderers for Colombian-based Drug Money Laundering Organization Convicted
- Seven Charged in Largest U.S. Employee Retention Credit Scheme
- Canadian Dark Web Vendor Sentenced for Importing Millions of Counterfeit Xanax Pills into the U.S.
- Defense Contractor Executive Pleads Guilty to Bribery Scheme Involving $100 Million in Government Contracts
- VP of Health Care Software and Services Company Pleads Guilty to $1 Billion Health Care Fraud Conspiracy
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February 24 – February 28, 2025
- Doctor Conspires with Attorney to Bilk More Than $3 Million from California’s Workers Compensation
- Bikini Barista Coffee Stands Owner Sentenced for Failure to Report up to $6 Million in Income
- Member of Multi-million dollar Ponzi Scheme Involving Off-the-Road Tires Pleads Guilty
- Bank General Counsel Pleads Guilty to Criminal Offenses
- Two Men Plead Guilty in $577 Million Cryptocurrency Fraud Scheme
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February 17 – February 21, 2025
- Business Owner Admits $3.4 Million Tax Evasion
- American Express Agrees to Pay $138 Million to Resolve Wire Fraud Investigation
- Crypto ‘Godfather’ and LASPD Detective Plead Guilty to Civil Rights Violations and Tax Crimes
- Investment Adviser Charged with Misappropriating more than $17 Million in Client Funds
- Canadian Man Charged in $65 Million Cryptocurrency Hacking Schemes
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February 10 – February 14, 2025
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Two Men Indicted in $3 Million Dollar Tax Fraud Conspiracy
- Former President and Executive VP of Teachers Union Indicted for Theft of Union Funds in Leave Scam
- CPA Indicted on Wire Fraud, Money Laundering, and Tax Fraud Charges
- Four Indicted in Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud and Money Laundering Schemes
- Couple Pleads Guilty to $1.2 Billion Dollar Health Care Fraud
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February 3 – February 7, 2025
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Man Sentenced to 11 Years for Defrauding Clients in over $2 Million Bank Fraud Scheme
- Boerne CEO Sentenced for Tax Evasion and Embezzlement of Health Care Premiums
- Former Bank Executive Pleads Guilty to Embezzling Over $4.2 Million from Clients
- Justice Department Secures Civil Forfeiture of Over $20 Million in Foreign Bribery and Money Laundering Scheme
- Seven Charged in Nation’s Largest COVID-19 Tax Credit Scheme
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January 27 – January 31, 2025
- Chinese National Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Laundering $62 Million Dollars
- Bitwise Founders Sentenced to Prison for $115 Million Fraud Scheme
- Bronx Tax Preparer Pleads Guilty in $145 Million Tax Fraud Scheme
- Springfield Business Owner Sentenced in $14 Million Fraud Scheme
- Justice Department and FBI Conduct International Operation to Detect Malware used by Chinese Backed Hackers
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January 20 – January 24, 2025
- Administrator of Online Criminal Marketplace Arrested in Kosovo
- Former Hoboken Director of Health and Human Services Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement and Filing False Tax Return
- Conspirator in Multimillion-dollar International Money Laundering Conspiracy Sentenced to Prison
- Former Harlem Globetrotter Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison in COVID-19 Fraud Schemes
- Cryptocurrency Investment Firm Founder Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Investors in $9 Million Ponzi Scheme
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January 13 – January 17, 2025
- Man Charged in Illegal Scheme to Export Controlled Data and Defraud the DOD
- TD Bank Insider Arrested and Charged with Facilitating Money Laundering
- Former Maintenance Director of Boone County Schools Indicted for Fraud
- Businessman Sentenced for Million Dollar Payroll Tax Fraud Scheme
- Do Kwon Extradited to US to Face Fraud Charges
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January 6 – January 10, 2025
- Man Sentenced in International Money Laundering Conspiracy
- IRS Criminal Investigation Releases FY24 Annual Report
- Man Sent to Prison for Stolen Identities and Stolen U.S. Treasury Checks
- Former Assistant Dean Sentenced for Million-dollar Embezzlement Scheme
- Former Cleveland City Council Member Charged with Bribery and Fraud
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December 30, 2024 – January 3, 2025
- Defendants Charged for Conspiring to Launder U.S. Currency on Behalf of Drug Cartels
- Man Sentenced for $8 Million Fraud Scheme
- Tax Preparer Sentenced to Prison for Defrauding Clients and the IRS
- Man Pleads Guilty to Multi-million Dollar Fraud Schemes and Conspiracy to Launder Money
- Dual Russian and Israeli National Charged as Developer of LockBit Ransomware Group
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