prison sentences

Taxes April 15, 2026 

New Jersey tax preparer Leon Haynes ran what prosecutors called the largest COVID-19 tax relief fraud case ever tried in the U.S.

Taxes April 15, 2026 

Diana Miller-Lloyd, 45, of Port Orange, FL, who was convicted of preparing false tax returns while running a Connecticut-based tax preparation business, was sentenced Tuesday to a year and six months in prison.

Taxes March 11, 2026 

Before Jessenia Cordero finished serving her prison term for a $4.3 million in a tax fraud scheme, the wheels were in motion for her next scheme, federal authorities allege in court records.

IRS March 9, 2026 

Kathleen Mannion, 59, of Lawrence, MA, pleaded guilty last May to four counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation and filing of a false tax return and one count of theft of government money.

General News January 26, 2026 

John Caruso, 80, of Haverhill, MA, was sentenced Jan. 23 to three years and one day in state prison after pleading guilty to maintaining a house of prostitution and multiple drug-related charges.

General News January 23, 2026 

Maria Higgins, 36, of Manchester, CT, who worked as a bookkeeper at businesses in Glastonbury and Danbury, CT, has been sentenced to prison for embezzling more than $860,000 from them, as well as tax evasion.

General News January 15, 2026 

Sadman Dawla, an accountant for All-American Farms Inc. in Boynton Beach, FL, between 2016 and 2022, was sentenced Thursday to 18 years in prison for embezzling more than $5 million from the company.

Taxes December 23, 2025 

Keith Altamirano, 52, of Vancouver, WA, is already in prison for second-degree attempted murder of his son.

Accounting December 4, 2025 

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.

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Accounting November 26, 2025 

Anthony Moon, 44, of Savannah, MO, was sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison Monday after he embezzled money from a local school district to purchase Kansas City Chiefs tickets and other personal expenses.

Accounting October 2, 2025 

Harold Dotson, 54, of Gaithersburg, MD, was also sentenced to three years of supervised release, including six months of home confinement, and ordered to pay $24.8 million in restitution for submitting fraudulent CARES Act loan applications.

Accounting September 12, 2025 

Dejan Karlovic admitted to stealing nearly $585,000 from Jericho Road Community Health Center in Buffalo while working as a senior grants accountant for the nonprofit organization.