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March 2026

April 2, 2026

• Las Vegas man convicted at federal trial of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and conspiracy to commit money laundering
• Norfolk man sentenced to over three years in prison for laundering funds fraudulently obtained from a pandemic relief program
• 8 arrested in health care fraud takedown, including owners of hospices that billed taxpayers millions of dollars to serve the ‘dying’

April 1, 2026

• Peoria tax preparer indicted for preparing fraudulent tax returns
• Two defendants plead guilty in transnational fraud scheme targeting elderly victims
• New Jersey emergency medical services company owner admits tax evasion
• Southern Indiana tax preparers sentenced to federal prison for multi-million-dollar tax fraud scheme

March 31, 2026

• Vermilion County business owner sentenced to jail for tax fraud
• Federal Court sentences foreign national drug trafficker who moved thousands of kilograms of cocaine
• 52 members of the criminal organization known as La Familia Nunca Muere (The Family Never Dies) charged with drug trafficking and firearms violations in San Juan, Morovis, and Cataño, Puerto Rico as part of the Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF)
• Former Secretary of Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries pleads guilty to conspiring to take illegal kickbacks to award government contracts

March 30, 2026

• Ten foreign nationals charged in an international operation targeting cryptocurrency market manipulation
• Florida pair pleads guilty to filing fraudulent tax returns
• Sioux Falls man sentenced to 5 years in federal prison for conspiracy to commit money laundering
• Bellevue, Washington tax preparer convicted of assisting in the creation of false tax returns

March 27, 2026

• Four illegal aliens face federal charges after drug busts
• Illegal alien federally charged with identity theft, voter fraud, and passport fraud after allegedly using American citizen's identity to vote
• Dominican national charged in Homeland Security Task Force investigation extradited to U.S.
• Los Angeles man sentenced to over 4 years in prison for money laundering
• Submariner smugglers extradited from Colombia to face international cocaine distribution charges
• Two family members federally indicted in tax refund fraud scheme
• “Ghost preparer” pleads guilty for role in tax return scheme

March 26, 2026

• Minnesota man indicted for filing false tax returns
• Homeland Security Task Force: Waterbury man charged with drug distribution and firearm possession offenses
• Bronx co-conspirator pleads guilty to bank fraud conspiracy and ID theft
• U.S. Attorney Leah B. Foley announces fraud coordinators and Benefit & Voter Fraud Team
• Memphis tax preparer indicted for preparing false returns and witness tampering
• Nevada man pleads guilty to second false tax return scheme
• U.S. Attorney’s Office and South Dakota Attorney General’s Office hold joint press conference on combating government fraud
• Three men sentenced to prison in multimillion dollar tax refund fraud scheme
• Chinese national pleads guilty to defrauding elderly victims throughout Florida

March 25, 2026

• Chicago felon convicted of identity theft and money laundering in U.S. Treasury check scheme
• Danbury man admits filing false tax returns
• Eleven defendants charged in takedown of alleged gang-associated drug dealing
• Armenian man extradited to U.S. faces charges for role in infostealing malware scheme
• Lead defendant in multi-state SNAP and PUA fraud conspiracy pleads guilty
• Walden attorney charged with filing false tax returns
• Syrian national extradited to the United States
• Tennessee couple and Texas woman charged with tax fraud and money laundering conspiracy
• Canadian man detained in connection with “grandparent scam” indictment after removal from Nicaragua

March 24, 2026

• Castle Rock woman sentenced for defrauding victims in romance scams
• Texas tax preparer pleads guilty to tax crime as part of false return scheme
• De Smet man and woman each sentenced to terms in federal prison and home confinement for willful failure to collect or pay over $600,000 in employment tax
• H Block gang member sentenced to five years in prison for drug conspiracy
• St. Clair County tax preparer accused of submitting false returns
• Louisiana woman charged and agrees to plead guilty in pandemic relief scheme

March 23, 2026

• SDNY announces recovery of hundreds of millions of dollars for victims of Iran-sponsored terrorism
• Federal judge sentences suburban Chicago man to six and a half years in prison for $3.3 million COVID-relief fraud
• Los Angeles, California, man sentenced to more than 2 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance
• Wheeling attorney sentenced for money laundering and fraud
• Orlando man pleads guilty to his role in years-long off-the-books payroll scheme

March 20, 2026

• Former financial advisor pleads guilty to 10 counts for investment fraud scheme
• Former Wheeling business owner admits to COVID fraud
• Former bank CEO pleads guilty to multimillion-dollar wire fraud conspiracy and Venezuela sanctions evasion scheme
• Five more plead guilty in Feeding Our Future fraud scheme
• Togo illegal alien sentenced for role in money laundering conspiracy

March 19, 2026

• Two foreign nationals among 11 arrested on charges they used stolen identities to fraudulently obtain loans backed by properties
• Former Fairview Township tax collector sentenced to 20 months’ imprisonment for embezzling $400,000 in property taxes
• San Joaquin County woman sentenced to 18 months in prison for defrauding the IRS of over $1.2 million
• Father and daughter indicted and arrested for money laundering as part of the Homeland Security Task Force initiative
• Fayette County woman pleads guilty to federal fraud crime
• Jury convicts New York man in drug conspiracy

March 18, 2026

• Anchorage doctor sentenced to prison for multi-million-dollar health care fraud and tax evasion
• Illinois businessman sentenced to ten years in prison for $14 million COVID-relief fraud
• Independence man sentenced for tax evasion
• California man sentenced to five and half years in prison for loan fraud conspiracy
• Koreatown man arrested on charges that he obtained more than $2 million in COVID business loans that he invested in cryptocurrency
• Mexican national unlawfully residing in the United States accused of laundering millions of dollars in narcotics trafficking proceeds
• New Rochelle man sentenced to 37 months in prison for fraudulently obtaining Social Security benefits and tax evasion

March 17, 2026

• L.A. County Sheriff’s deputy pleads guilty to obstructing federal investigation into crypto ‘mogul’ threats against party planner
• Five more defendants sentenced in large, multi-state, fentanyl distribution case
• Court revokes citizenship of fraudster after $3.8 million COVID-19 relief fraud scheme
• London woman sentenced for wire fraud and money laundering conspiracy involving COVID relief loans
• Waterloo man sentenced to three years in federal prison for preparing and filing false tax returns
• Pittsburgh defense contractor convicted on more than a dozen counts of wire and tax fraud by federal jury
• West Virginia doctor sentenced for tax fraud, obstructing justice
• Burlington tax return preparer sentenced in connection with million-dollar tax refund scheme

March 16, 2026

• Apollo Beach businessman charged with COVID-19 fraud
• Leader of North Shore drug trafficking organization sentenced to nineteen years in prison
• Louisville man sentenced to 15 years for drug and firearms offenses
• Former L.A. County Sheriff’s deputy sentenced to more than 5 years in federal prison for extorting, falsely arresting rivals of crypto fraudster
• Former Sacramento man sentenced to over 4 years in prison for filing false tax returns
• Venezuelan national convicted of assaulting federal officer

March 13, 2026

• Virginia man admits to identity theft and money laundering
• Tax shelter promoters plead guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States
• Drug trafficking leader to serve 25 years in multistate narcotics operation
• Greer man sentenced to federal prison for wire fraud, money laundering related to Cares Act fraud
• New Britain man sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for trafficking cocaine
• Teen hitmen for Sinaloa Cartel sentenced to 25 years in prison
• Mexican illegal alien and convicted felon both face federal charges after Norcross drug busts

March 12, 2026

• Milwaukee fraudster sentenced to 11 years in federal prison
• Authorities dismantle global malicious proxy service that deployed malware and defrauded thousands of U.S. persons, businesses, and financial institutions of millions of dollars in losses
• Local businessman charged with filing false tax returns
• Former Robeson County Sheriff’s deputy and family plead guilty to stealing over $542,000 in fraudulent COVID loans
• Two KC area men sentenced for conspiracy to distribute meth and fentanyl
• Maryland business owner sentenced to prison for employment tax crimes
• Former Pagan’s motorcycle gang member sentenced to 80 months for assault against rival
• Two Colorado women charged in multi-state drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracy
• Independence man charged after 24 kilograms of methamphetamine and multiple firearms seized from residence
• Former Pagan’s motorcycle gang member pleaded guilty for armed assaults against rivals

March 11, 2026

• Philadelphia man sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for government theft
• Two men admit pocketing millions in donations from Petco Park and Snapdragon Stadium meant for charity
• New Orleans woman guilty of aiding preparation of false tax return, aiding in making false statements to Small Business Administration and making false statements to Small Business Administration
• New Orleans woman guilty of false statements to the IRS and Cares Act fraud
• Roanoke woman sentenced in Paycheck Protection fraud scheme
• Chinese national pleads guilty to money laundering
• Anchorage man sentenced to over 13 years for role in Alaska drug trafficking conspiracy

March 10, 2026

• Hobbs-based drug trafficking network supplied by Mexican illegal alien dismantled
• Sacramento woman pleads guilty to fraudulent investment scheme
• Federal judge convicts man who fraudulently received $32 million business tax refund check
• Thirteen members of a prison-based methamphetamine distribution ring sentenced
• Former restauranteur sentenced to 30 months in prison for defrauding elderly victim
• South Florida tax preparer and two others sentenced for conspiring to defraud COVID-19 relief program
• Tennessee tax preparer pleads guilty to $80m pandemic-relief fraud scheme

March 9, 2026

• Connecticut attorney pleads guilty to tax offenses, agrees to pay $2.8 million in restitution
• Par Funding pleads guilty to defrauding investors
• Savani Group owners and associate convicted of racketeering conspiracy
• Bristol man sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison for trafficking narcotics from New Britain car dealership
• Kansas City woman pleads guilty to COVID-19 fraud
• Nantucket gang associate sentenced to prison for dealing fentanyl and cocaine in Nantucket and elsewhere
• Quincy man sentenced to over one year in prison for bank fraud and money laundering as part of stolen Treasury check ring
• Two admit roles in scheme involving millions of dollars stolen from victims of online scams
• DC Solar attorney sentenced to over 11 years in prison for his involvement in the DC Solar billion-dollar Ponzi scheme
• Hattiesburg man pleads guilty to tax offense involving over $2 million loss
• Pennsylvania brothers convicted of decades long racketeering conspiracy

March 6, 2026

• Miami developer charged with $85 million fraud scheme used to fund luxury yacht and lifestyle
• Bookkeeper sentenced to 33 months in prison for embezzling $580,000 from church
• Former San Diego Securities attorney sentenced for tax evasion
• Former IRS employee sentenced to prison for tax fraud and Social Security fraud
• Three sentenced for roles in Covid-19 unemployment scheme that stole $669,124 from Virginia taxpayers
• United States files civil forfeiture complaints against $15m in funds allegedly linked to Iranian oil shipping network
• Illegal alien sentenced to 70 months for money laundering and firearms offenses
• Employee at high-end car dealerships sentenced for tax fraud
• Providence man pleads guilty to filing false tax returns related to multi-million-dollar catalytic converter theft scheme

March 5, 2026

• New Orleans tax preparer indicted for $2 million COVID fraud conspiracy and making false statements to agents
• New Orleans man sentenced for Cares Act fraud and money laundering
• 18th Street gangsters, associates arrested on indictments alleging murder, extortion, drug trafficking in L.A.’s MacArthur Park area
• Over $12 million Medicaid fraud scheme leads to 14 years of prison for substance abuse facility, owner, compliance officer, and office manager
• Colombian national sentenced to 42 months in federal prison for role in nationwide jewelry theft ring
• Auburn woman pleads guilty to filing false tax return
• St. Louis tax preparer admits stealing client funds
• St. Louis County tax preparer admits $1.2 million in pandemic fraud
• Maryland business owner sentenced to prison for employment tax and COVID-19 relief fraud

March 4, 2026

• Minneapolis man sentenced for scheme to bribe Feeding Our Future juror
• Gang member sentenced to 35 years for role in sex trafficking operation
• Owner of Chicago-area convenience stores sentenced to four years in prison for defrauding low-income food program
• Five former employees of alcohol distribution company and salesman for Napa winery charged in bribery and obstruction scheme
• Sandston business owner pleads guilty to filing false tax returns and fraudulent pandemic relief applications
• Extradited Honduran man sentenced to five years in federal prison for fentanyl trafficking
• Bronx man pleads guilty to bank fraud conspiracy and ID theft
• Final defendant sentenced in $100m dietary supplement fraud and money laundering scheme

March 3, 2026

• Former office manager sentenced for embezzling more than $1.7 million from Ocean City home builder
• New Hampshire man sentenced to 15 years in prison for methamphetamine trafficking
• Philadelphia man sentenced to 78 months for COVID relief fraud and international money laundering
• Foreign national sentenced to 20 years in prison for conspiring to traffic nuclear materials, narcotics, and firearms
• California woman sentenced to 3 years following money laundering conviction

March 2, 2026

• Louisville woman pleads guilty to federal charges for defrauding customers
• Mother and son plead guilty to $5 million tax conspiracy
• Former president of Eastern Iowa business convicted of bankruptcy crimes
• Houston man gets 20 years for sex trafficking minor
• Riverside and Colorado women found guilty of stalking ICE officer home from work and livestreaming the pursuit on social media

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