Former Army civilian employee sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for $100 million fraud scheme

Date: July 23, 2024 Contact: newsroom@ci.irs.gov SAN ANTONIO — Janet Yamanaka Mello, the civilian Army employee who stole over $108 million from a grant program designed to provide services to military dependents and their families was sentenced today to 180 months in prison for five counts of mail fraud and five counts of filing a false tax return.  Read More