Convictions for June 2026
Referring Agency: Internal Revenue Service
The latest available data from the Justice Department show that during June 2026 the government reported 28 new convictions for these matters. Those cases were referred by the Internal Revenue Service. According to the case-by-case information analyzed by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), this number is up 21.7 percent over the previous month.
The comparisons of the number of defendants convicted are based on case-by-case information obtained by TRAC under the Freedom of Information Act from the Executive Office for United States Attorneys (see Table 1).
When monthly 2026 convictions of this type are compared with those of the same period in the previous year, the number of convictions was down (-17.9%). Convictions over the past year are still much higher than they were five years ago. Overall, the data show that convictions of this type are up 6.3 percent from levels reported in 2021.
Figure 1. Monthly Trends in Convictions
The leveling out from the levels five years ago in convictions for these matters is shown more clearly in Figure 1. The vertical bars in Figure 1 represent the number of convictions of this type recorded on a month-to-month basis. Where a prosecution was initially filed in U.S. Magistrate Court and then transferred to the U.S. District Court, the magistrate filing date was used since this provides an earlier indicator of actual trends. The superimposed line on the bars plots the six-month moving average so that natural fluctuations are smoothed out. The one and five-year rates of change in Table 1 and in the sections that follow are all based upon this six-month moving average. To view trends year-by-year rather than month-by-month, see TRAC's annual report series for a broader picture.
Cases were classified by prosecutors into more specific types.
The largest number of convictions of these matters in June 2026 was for "Fraud-Tax", accounting for 35.7 percent of convictions. Convictions were also filed for "Fraud-Other" (28.6%), "Drugs-Organized Crime Task Force" (21.4%), "Money Laundering-Other" (7.1%), "Fraud-Federal Program" (3.6%), "Postal Service Crimes" (3.6%). See Figure 2.
Convictions in U.S. Magistrate Courts
Top Ranked Lead Charges
In June 2026, no defendants in cases for these matters were convicted in U.S. Magistrate Courts. These courts handle less serious misdemeanor cases, including what are called "petty offenses." In addition, complaints are sometimes filed in the magistrate courts before an indictment or information is entered. In these cases, the matter starts in the magistrate courts and later moves to the district court where subsequent proceedings take place.
Convictions in U.S. District Courts
In June 2026, 28 defendants in new cases for these matters were charged in the U.S. District Courts. In addition during June there were an additional 0 defendants whose cases moved from the magistrate courts to the U.S. district courts after an indictment or information was filed. The sections which follow cover both sets of cases and therefore cover all matters filed in district court during June.
Top Ranked Lead Charges
Table 2 shows the top lead charges recorded in the convictions of matters filed in U.S. District Court during June 2026 referred by the Internal Revenue Service.
Lead Charge Count Rank 18 USC 1956 - Laundering of monetary instruments 6 1 More 26 USC 7201 - Attempt to evade or defeat tax 5 2 More 26 USC 7206 - Fraud and False statements 5 2 More 18 USC 1028 - Fraud and related activity - id documents 3 4 More 18 USC 371 - Conspiracy to commit offense or to defraud US 2 5 More 18 USC 1349 - Mail Fraud - Attempt and Conspiracy 2 5 More 18 USC 1960 - Prohibition of illegal money transmitting business 2 5 More 26 USC 7202 - Willful failure to collect or pay over tax 2 5 More 18 USC 1344 - Bank Fraud 1 9 More Table 2. Top Charges for Convictions
"Laundering of monetary instruments" (Title 18 U.S.C Section 1956) was the most frequent recorded lead charge.
Ranked 2nd in frequency were the lead charges "Attempt to evade or defeat tax" under Title 26 U.S.C Section 7201 and "Fraud and False statements" under Title 26 U.S.C Section 7206.
Top Ranked Judicial Districts
In June 2026 the Justice Department's case-by-case records show that the government obtained 9.9 convictions for every ten million people in the United States.
Understandably, there is great variation in the number of convictions in each of the nation's ninety-four federal judicial districts.
The districts registering the largest number of convictions of this type last month are shown in Table 3.
Judicial District Count Rank Minnesota 3 1 More Arizona 2 2 More Fla, M 2 2 More Fla, S 2 2 More N. Y., E 2 2 More Texas, N 2 2 More Utah 2 2 More Ala, N 1 8 More Cal, E 1 8 More Conn 1 8 More Fla, N 1 8 More Maine 1 8 More Maryland 1 8 More Mo, W 1 8 More N. J. 1 8 More Ohio, S 1 8 More Texas, S 1 8 More Texas, W 1 8 More Wash, W 1 8 More Wisc, E 1 8 More Table 3. Top 10 Districts
The District of Minnesota — with 3 convictions — was the most active during June 2026.
The District of Arizona, Middle District of Florida (Tampa), Southern District of Florida (Miami), Eastern District of New York (Brooklyn), Northern District of Texas (Fort Worth) and District of Utah ranked 2nd.
Top Ranked District Judges
At any one time, there are about 680 federal District Court judges working in the United States. The judges recorded with the largest number of new crime cases resulting in convictions of this type during June 2026 are shown in Table 4.
Judge Count Rank Menendez, Katherine M. Minnesota 3 1 More Snow, G. Murray Arizona 2 2 More Moore, Kevin Michael Fla, S 2 2 More Sam, David Utah 2 2 More Antoon, John, II Fla, M 1 5 More Jung, William Frederic Fla, M 1 5 More Winsor, Allen Cothrel Fla, N 1 5 More Walker, Lance Edward Maine 1 5 More Gallagher, Stephanie A. Maryland 1 5 More Harpool, M. Douglas Mo, W 1 5 More Salas, Esther N. J. 1 5 More Block, Frederic N. Y., E 1 5 More Seybert, Joanna N. Y., E 1 5 More Dlott, Susan J. Ohio, S 1 5 More Lindsay, Sam A. Texas, N 1 5 More Pittman, Mark Timothy Texas, N 1 5 More Lake, Simeon Timothy, III Texas, S 1 5 More Garcia, Orlando Luis Texas, W 1 5 More Table 4. Top Ten Judges
All 18 of the "top ten" judges were in districts which were in the top ten with the largest number of convictions. (Because of ties, there were a total of 18 judges in the "top ten" rankings.)
Judge Katherine M. Menendez in the District of Minnesota ranked 1st with 3 convicted in convictions.
Judges G. Murray Snow in the District of Arizona, Kevin Michael Moore in the Southern District of Florida (Miami) and David Sam in the District of Utah ranked 2nd with 2 convicted in convictions.
Report Generated: August 12, 2026
