Louisiana Woman Sentenced for Wire Fraud and Failure to Pay Employment Taxes

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Fort Polk, La., woman was sentenced to 33 months imprisonment, three years of post-release supervision, and ordered to pay $322,098.70 in restitution, for her conviction of wire fraud and willful failure to pay federal employment taxes. This successful prosecution is one of many federal fraud cases pursued under the leadership of President Donald Trump and through the establishment of the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud.

Juanita Faye Holtschneider, 58, was sentenced before U.S. Senior District Judge Douglas Harpool, for one count of wire fraud, pursuant to Title 18, U.S. Code, Section 1343, and one count of failure to pay employment taxes to the United States, pursuant to Title 26, U.S. Code, Section 7202.

Holtschnieder, working as the accountant for G2 Material Handling, embezzled monies from the United States and G2 by redirecting automatic deposits set up within the business. Holtschnieder used her trusted position to reroute deposits, intended for the bank accounts of the U.S. Treasury and G2's business account, to her personal account. Holtchneider then created false documents that she submitted to her employer that effectively hid her embezzlement. Holtschneider's scheme to defraud was only detected after the Internal Revenue Service detected failure by the business to submit regular payments for collected employment taxes. Holtschneider was ordered to pay $322,098.70 in restitution, with $289,607.70 paid to the U.S. Government, and an additional $32,491.00 paid to G2 Material Handling.

This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Patrick Carney. It was investigated by the Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation.

National Fraud Enforcement Division

On April 7, the Department of Justice announced the creation of the National Fraud Enforcement Division. The core mission of the Fraud Division is to zealously investigate and prosecute those who steal or fraudulently misuse taxpayer dollars. Department of Justice efforts to combat fraud support President Trump's Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, a whole-of-government effort chaired by Vice President J.D. Vance to eliminate fraud, waste, and abuse within Federal benefit programs.