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A Las Vegas tax return preparer was indicted Wednesday on 66 counts of preparing and causing the filing of false tax returns, Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Nevada announced on April 9.

Orlando, Florida, based Air Ideal Inc. and its majority owner, Kim Amkraut, have agreed to pay the United States $250,000 to resolve allegations that they made false statements to the Small Business Administration (SBA) to obtain certification as a Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) company, the Justice Department announced on April 8. Under the settlement, the defendants must also pay five percent of Air Ideal’s gross revenues over the next five years.

On April 2, 2015, ANTHONY B. FELDER (44) of Redwood, New York, was sentenced to two years of Probation and a $5,000 fine by the Honorable David E. Peebles, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and Marion F. Robey, Director, Major Procurement Fraud Unit, U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command (Army CID), Quantico, Virginia. Judge Peebles also ordered Felder to pay $35,500 in restitution to the United States Army Corps of Engineers.

A business owner of Chicago based prepaid phone stores pleaded guilty to federal income tax fraud, admitting that he filed four false tax returns, resulting in a tax loss to the United States of more than $174,093, beginning in 2009 on April 2. The defendant, Ken Leon, 47, of Westmont, pleaded guilty to one count of filing a false individual federal income tax return in 2012 at his arraignment in U.S. District Court after he was charged in a single-count information filed late last month. U.S. District Court Judge Sara L. Ellis set sentencing for June 25, 2015.

Keonna Thomas, a/k/a “Fatayat Al Khilafah,” a/k/a “YoungLioness,” 30, of Philadelphia, was charged by Criminal Complaint with knowingly attempting to provide material support and resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger on April 3. According to the complaint, Thomas knowingly attempted to travel overseas in order to join, fight with, and martyr herself on behalf of ISIL.

Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin, U.S. Attorney Zachary T. Fardon of the Northern District of Illinois and Special Agent in Charge Robert J. Holley of the FBI’s Chicago Field Office announced today that two Aurora, Illinois, men were indicted on Thursday for allegedly conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a foreign terrorist organization.

Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin, U.S. Attorney Zachary T. Fardon of the Northern District of Illinois and Special Agent in Charge Robert J. Holley of the FBI’s Chicago Field Office announced that two Aurora, Illinois, men were indicted on Thursday for allegedly conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a foreign terrorist organization on April 3.

A doctor with a practice in Rockville Centre, New York, admitted accepting bribes in exchange for test referrals as part of a long-running and elaborate scheme operated by Biodiagnostic Laboratory Services LLC (BLS), of Parsippany, New Jersey, its president and numerous associates, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced on April 2.

Robert Menendez, a U.S. Senator, and Salomon Melgen, a Florida ophthalmologist, were indicted in connection with a bribery scheme in which Menendez allegedly accepted gifts from Melgen in exchange for using the power of his Senate office to benefit Melgen’s financial and personal interests, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Special Agent in Charge Richard M. Frankel of the FBI’s Newark, New Jersey, Division on April 1.

Alabama and Georgia residents pleaded guilty for their roles in a $20 million stolen identity refund fraud (SIRF) conspiracy, Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney George L. Beck Jr. of the Middle District of Alabama announced on April 1.