WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Jan. 22, 2025: * * * Defendants Allegedly Filed Over 8,000 False Tax Returns, Seeking to Defraud the United States of Over $600M * * * An indictment was unsealed today in Central Islip, New York, charging seven individuals with operating a multi-state conspiracy in which they attempted to defraud the United States of more than $600 million by filing more than 8,000 false tax returns claiming COVID-19-r  more

ALBANY, New York, Jan. 23 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York issued the following news release: Joshua Atkinson, age 27, of Ellenville, New York, was sentenced last week to serve 156 months in prison for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl and cocaine. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman; William S. Walker, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), New York; and   more