Tax evasion
FILE - President of Brazil's Olympic Committee Carlos Arthur Nuzman, left, and International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach, right, visit Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Jan. 22, 2014. Nuzman, the head of the Brazilian Olympic Committee for more than two decades, was sentenced to 30 years and 11 months in jail for allegedly buying votes for Rio de Janeiro to host the 2016 Olympics. The ruling by Judge Marcelo Bretas became public Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)
Former Brazil Olympic boss sentenced to jail for corruption

By Mauricio Savarese Nov. 25, 2021 10:03 PM EST

Feds: Unemployment fraud suspect tried to bilk IRS of $1.6M

May. 28, 2021 09:20 PM EDT
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A suspended Nigerian government official accused of stealing $350,000 from Washington state as part of a massive pandemic-related fraud...

FILE - In this June 7, 2018 file photo, U.S. Border Patrol Sector Chief for the Rio Grande Valley Manuel Padilla Jr., center, shakes hands with Tamaulipas Gov. Francisco Garcia Cabeza de Vaca, during a news conference at the Hidalgo-Reynosa International Bridge in Hidalgo, Texas. Mexico’s congress voted Friday, April 30, 2021, to impeach Garcia Cabeza de Vaca on charges of tax evasion, money laundering and organized crime. (Nathan Lambrecht/The Monitor via AP File)
Mexican border governor impeached for alleged tax evasion

By Fabiola Sanchez Apr. 30, 2021 07:55 PM EDT

Florida man charged with COVID relief fraud

Mar. 18, 2021 04:15 AM EDT
MIAMI (AP) — A South Florida tax preparer received nearly $1 million in coronavirus relief funds after submitting more than 100 fraudulent applications for...

Mexican prosecutor denies political charges against governor

Feb. 24, 2021 04:12 PM EST
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican Attorney General Alejandro Gertz Manero denied Wednesday that corruption accusations against the opposition governor of the border...

FILE - In this May 25, 2010 file photo, former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick sits in a Detroit courtroom. Rev. Trump has commuted the prison sentence of Kilpatrick, who has served about seven years of a 28-year sentence for corruption. The announcement Wednesday morning, Jan. 20, 2021, was part of a flurry of clemency action in the final hours of Trump’s White House term. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
US releases Detroit's disgraced former mayor from prison

By Corey Williams, Ed White And Michael Balsamo Jan. 20, 2021 12:55 PM EST

FILE - In this Wednesday, July 22, 2020 file photo, New Orleans City Councilperson Jason Williams arrives at the Clerk of Criminal District Courts to qualify for the Orleans Parish DA race in New Orleans, La. Jason Williams takes the oath of office as the city’s new district attorney on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021 facing budget challenges, a pandemic-related backlog of cases and high expectations from criminal justice reform advocates who rallied around his campaign — despite his indictment on federal tax charges. (Max Becherer/The Advocate via AP, File)
For New Orleans' new prosecutor, high hopes, a legal cloud

By Kevin Mcgill Jan. 11, 2021 09:41 AM EST

Auto detailer gets prison for not paying $1.5M in taxes

Nov. 20, 2020 08:10 AM EST
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A Battle Ground, Washington man who ran a Portland, Oregon auto detailing business was sentenced Wednesday to a year in federal prison...

Court won't revive state fraud charges against Manafort

By Michael R. Sisak Oct. 22, 2020 01:55 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — New York judges on Thursday upheld a lower judge's decision to dismiss state mortgage fraud charges against Paul Manafort, who was previously...

Feds: California convict tried steal $22M from loan program

Associated Press Oct. 03, 2020 04:52 PM EDT
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The former leader of a Black Muslim temple convicted five years ago of defrauding several local governments in California has been charged...

FILE - In this June 18, 2007 file photo, Edward Brown speaks to reporters during a news conference at his home, in Plainfield, N.H. Brown, 78, is up for re-sentencing Tuesday Sept. 29, 2020 over a months long armed standoff with U.S. marshals in 2007 to protest a tax evasion conviction. Brown, originally sentenced to 37 years in prison, says he should be sentenced to the 13 years he has already served. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)
Tax protester in 2007 armed standoff to remain in prison

By Kathy Mccormack Sep. 29, 2020 02:04 PM EDT

Woman charged with forging "Bacon & Bourbon" event licenses

Aug. 20, 2020 01:45 PM EDT
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina woman is accused of forging a tax document to secure an alcohol license for a now-cancelled “Bacon and Bourbon”...

FILE - In this July 16, 2020 file photo, FC Porto fans ride on top of a vehicle while celebrating in downtown Porto, Portugal, after their team beat Sporting CP 2-0 to win the championship. Portugal is taking center stage for soccer during the next two weeks — a country where rivalries between clubs go well beyond the field of play. The decisive stages of the Champions League will begin on Wednesday Aug. 12, 2020, in the southern European nation where back-and-forth accusations and legal actions involving the country’s top teams are routine. (AP Photo/Miguel Angelo Pereira, File)
In Portugal, probes and attacks a routine for soccer clubs

By Tales Azzoni Aug. 10, 2020 07:51 AM EDT

FILE - Michael Cohen arrives at his New York City apartment in this May 21, 2020 file photo. President Donald Trump's longtime personal lawyer and fixer was released federal prison and was expected to serve the remainder of his sentence at home. In a statement to The Associated Press on Thursday, July 9, 2020, the Bureau of Prisons said Cohen had “refused the conditions of his home confinement and as a result, has been returned to a BOP facility. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen back in federal prison

By Jim Mustian And Michael Balsamo Jul. 09, 2020 02:38 PM EDT

FILE - In this June 27, 2019 file photo, Paul Manafort, center, arrives at court in New York. In paperwork made public on Thursday, July 2, 2020, New York prosecutors seeking to revive state mortgage fraud charges against Manafort say their case is distinct from one that sent Trump's former campaign chairman to federal prison and shouldn't have been thrown out on double jeopardy grounds. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
NY prosecutors appeal Manafort's double jeopardy dismissal

By Michael R. Sisak Jul. 02, 2020 04:36 PM EDT

People, wearing face masks to protect against coronavirus, sign to support potential presidential candidates in the upcoming presidential elections in Minsk, Belarus, Sunday, June 14, 2020. The presidential campaign is underway in Belarus despite the coronavirus outbreak after the parliament and government refused to postpone the election scheduled for August 9. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
Belarusian authorities raid Russia-owned bank

By Yuras Karmanau Jun. 15, 2020 11:23 AM EDT

FILE - In this June 18, 2007, file photo, Ed and Elaine Brown talk to reporters during a news conference at their home in Plainfield, N.H. Elaine Brown, who took part in armed standoff to protest tax evasion conviction, can be released after serving over 12 years in prison, a federal judge ruled Friday, Jan. 31, 2020. Brown, 78, was resentenced in federal court in New Hampshire after a U.S. Supreme Court decision last year affected her case. One charge, which carried a mandatory minimum 30-year sentence, was vacated. She is scheduled to be released Feb. 28. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)
Virus release denied for tax evader in armed standoff

By Kathy Mccormack May. 06, 2020 12:42 PM EDT

Former Baltimore mayor Catherine Pugh and her attorney Steven Silverman, left, leave a sentencing hearing at U.S. District Court in Baltimore on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020. Pugh was sentenced to three years in federal prison for arranging fraudulent sales of her self-published children's books to nonprofits and foundations to promote her political career. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)
Ex-Baltimore mayor seeks 2nd delay of start of prison term

By Regina Garcia Cano Apr. 08, 2020 04:25 PM EDT