Taxes December 31, 2025
IRS-CI Releases Its 2025 Highlight Reel
From tax evasion to cybercrime, IRS Criminal Investigation’s top 10 cases of 2025 resulted in multiyear prison sentences and multimillion-dollar financial settlements.
Accounting December 4, 2025
Kansas Accountant, Who Created Fictitious ‘Middle Finger Ranch’ for Fraud Scheme, Sentenced to 4 Years in Jail
Quintin Flanagin, 45, of Colby, KS, was sentenced to 48 months in prison on Dec. 3 after admitting this past summer to defrauding clients, who were his family members, and using part of the money to build a home.
Accounting November 17, 2025
South Carolina Accountant Guilty in Theft of $300K from Lawsuit-Hit Restaurants
A jury in federal court on Nov. 5 convicted Melodie Turner—the bookkeeper for All In Restaurant Group, which owns the restaurants Boku and Publico—of one count of wire fraud and one count of money laundering.
Accounting July 25, 2025
San Francisco-Area Accountant Faces More Federal Charges
Michael Gilbert, who was charged with filing false tax returns in February, was indicted this week on charges of mail fraud and money laundering in an alleged scheme that deceived clients.
Accounting July 8, 2025
Massachusetts Accountant Who Stole $1.2M From Her Own Job Sentenced to Prison
Ashley Sumner, 39, of Weymouth, was sentenced to three and a half years in prison for stealing over $1.2 million from the business where she worked as an accountant.
Taxes March 28, 2025
Bank Secrecy Act Data Key to IRS-CI Cracking Many Financial Crime Cases
The IRS Criminal Investigation unit released new statistics on March 28 highlighting how the agency has investigated financial crimes using Bank Secrecy Act data.