IRS Criminal Investigation
Coverage of IRS Criminal Investigation in the Nexus archive.
- Minnesota man sentenced for $3M tax fraud scheme
A Minnesota man was sentenced to 30 months in prison and ordered to pay $1.2 million in restitution for leading a $3 million tax fraud scheme involving over 100 fraudulent returns filed between April 2022 and May 2023. The scheme used stolen identities and false employment and income information to claim refundable tax credits tied to pandemic-era benefits.
- U.S. Charges Two Men for $389 Million Bitcoin and Crypto Money Laundering Scheme Tied to Dark Web
Two men were charged with running a $389 million Bitcoin and crypto money laundering scheme tied to the Dark Web. The operation, led by Ruslan Igorevich Tkachuk and Alexander Vladimirovich Ledenev, used a cryptocurrency mixing service and a cybercrime forum called Dark2Web to process illicit funds. The case involved international law enforcement agencies that dismantled the group's infrastructure and froze assets.