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MOBILE, AL – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Alabama today announced sentencings as part of a nationwide enforcement actions led by the Justice Department’s National Fraud Enforcement Division, Internal Revenue Service, and Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) targeting tax fraud and related offenses. The United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Alabama was key participant in this surge effort. Several defendants were sentenced for defrauding the United States of millions of dollars intended for businesses impacted by the...

PHOENIX, Ariz. –Mohammed Maio, 44, of Phoenix, was sentenced yesterday by United States District Judge Michael T. Liburdi to 10 years in prison. Maio previously pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Wire and Bank Fraud, Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering, Bank Fraud, Felon in Possession of a Firearm, and Materially False Statement During the Acquisition of a Firearm.

A North Hollywood man was sentenced today to 70 months in federal prison for his role in a series of fraud schemes that caused nearly $5 million in losses to federal COVID 19 relief and small business lending programs.

"Defendant’s conduct was serious and borne of greed,” said Assistant U.S. Attorney Kartik K. Raman.

BOSTON – The Director of the City of Boston’s Municipal Protective Services has been charged and has agreed to plead guilty to allegedly obtaining federal pandemic funds through fraud.

U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that Welded Tube USA, Inc. has agreed to pay $1,500,000 to resolve allegations that it improperly obtained a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), which it was not eligible to receive. This action is part of the Trump Administration’s Task Force to Eliminate Fraud.

AMAX Engineering Corporation, an AI data center engineering firm, has agreed to pay $2.48 million to resolve allegations that the company violated the False Claims Act by applying for and receiving a loan that it was not eligible for in the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program.

After a three-day trial, a federal jury convicted Oleg Gregorvich Fursov, 52, of Elk Grove, of one count of wire fraud.

A Texas City, Texas, woman, Dorothy Barber, 54, was sentenced last week to 18 months of imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for wire fraud.