Dr. Brian K. Harte

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December 23 – December 27, 2024 (Current)

  • Man Sentenced for Role in $300 Million Nationwide Telemarking Fraud Scheme
  • Operator of Helix Darknet Cryptocurrency Mixer Sentenced
  • CFO Pleads Guilty to Embezzling over $40 Billion
  • Former OEMS Associate Director Sentenced for Embezzling $4 Million from Virginia Department of Health
  • Rydox Cybercrime Marketplace Shut Down and Three Administrators Arrested

December 16 – December 20, 2024

  • Former IRS Employee Pleads Guilty to Fraudulent Tax Refunds
  • Computer Intrusion and Theft Charges Unsealed Against Two Men
  • Man Pleads Guilty for His Role in Defrauding Hundreds of Companies
  • Couple Sentenced for Scheme that Defrauded Department of Defense Contractor
  • Bitfinex Hacker Sentenced in Money Laundering Conspiracy

December 9 – December 13, 2024

  • Employee Charged with Wire Fraud and Identity Theft
  • Women Indicted for Stealing Almost $200,000 from Non-profit
  • Businessman Pleads Guilty to Export, Tax Charges in Connection with Shipments
  • Man Sentenced for Role in $658 Million Ponzi Scheme
  • Members of Multi-state Money Laundering Organization Charged in Wide-ranging Conspiracy

December 2 – December 6, 2024

  • Two CPAs’ Sentenced in Billion-dollar Syndicated Conservation Fraud Scheme
  • Former NFL Player Charged with Embezzlement
  • Man Sentenced in $26 Million Bank Fraud Scheme
  • U.S. Joins International Action Against RedLine and META Infostealers
  • Lab Owner Charged in $79 Million Fraud Scheme

November 25 – November 29, 2024

  • Man Sentenced in $4.4 Million Conspiracy to Defraud the IRS
  • TD Bank Pleads Guilty to Bank Secrecy Act and Money Laundering Conspiracy
  • Former Accounting Chief Pleads Guilty to Embezzling Money from Clients and Firm
  • Q Link Wireless and CEO Plead Guilty to Defrauding Federal Government Programs
  • Bitcoin Fog Operator Sentenced for Money Laundering Conspiracy

November 18 – November 22, 2024

  • Scheme to Defraud Distressed Home Owners out of $15 Million
  • Maryland Staffing Firm Owners Indicted for Evading Payments in Taxes of at least $10 Million
  • Filing False Tax Returns for Clients – Caused at Least $28 Million Tax Loss to the IRS
  • Access Device Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft
  • International Operation Targeting Widespread Fraud and Manipulation in the Cryptocurrency Markets

November 11 – November 15, 2024

  • Multi-million Dollar Wire Fraud Scheme
  • International Bribery and Money Laundering Scheme
  • Money Laundering and Employee Embezzlement Scheme
  • $250 Million Feeding Our Future Fraud Scheme
  • Transnational Money Laundering Operation

November 4 – November 8, 2024

  • Tax Preparer Admits Stealing More Than $1.1 Million in Client Funds
  • Inmate and Others Indicted for Over $550 Million Tax Fraud
    Two Charged in $230 Million Cryptocurrency Fraud Scheme
  • $25 Million Tax Fraud Scheme
  • Raytheon Corp. to Pay Over $950 Million

October 28 – November 1, 2024

  • Conspiracy to Defraud Professional Athlete
  • Illegal Kickback Scheme
  • Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Fraud
  • Businessman Sentenced in Tax Scheme
  • Billion Dollar Syndicated Conservation Easement Scheme

October 21 – October 25, 2024

  • Tax Evasion and Disability Benefits Fraud

  • Multi-million Dollar Payroll Tax Fraud Scheme
  • Theft of Funds Intended for Low-income Families
  • Bank Fraud and Identity Theft
  • Charity Fraud Scheme

October 14 – October 18, 2024

  • Former High-ranking New York State Government Employee Charged with Acting as an Undisclosed Agent of the People’s Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party

  • Mexican National Admits Laundering $1.5 Million on Behalf of Cartel

  • Home Health Care Company Operators Sentenced to Prison
  • Staffing Companies Pleads Guilty to Tax Crimes
  • Justice Department Disrupts Russian Intelligence Spear-Phishing Efforts

October 7 – October 11, 2024

  • Fraud of elderly victim

  • Child benefit program theft
  • Embezzlement of more than $1.3 million
  • Multi-million dollar international money laundering scheme
  • Billion dollar money laundering services

September 30 – October 4, 2024

  • Embezzlement and fraud

  • Underreporting of over $1 million in taxes
  • Former Congressman pleads guilty to fraud and identity theft
  • Embezzlement from employees’ 401(k) plans
  • People’s Republic Of China (PRC) state sponsored hackers


September 23 – September 27, 2024

  • Investment fraud scheme
  • Wire fraud and identity theft
  • Transnational drug trafficking and money laundering operations
  • Medicare fraud
  • Bribes from a government subcontractor