A Texas man entered a last-minute guilty plea to arranging around 400 false tax returns just after a jury was seated in his case, according to court documents. In Florida, a man pleaded guilty to a kick-back scheme with Williams-Sonoma, as stated by federal prosecutors. A woman in Alameda County, California, admitted to embezzling from two companies, with the District Attorney's Office announcing the plea on Wednesday. A Russian national pled guilty to smuggling large quantities of U.S.-manufactured, dual-use, military-grade microelectronics to Russia and to money laundering, top U.S. justice officials revealed. Additionally, a California man admitted to aiding and abetting a wire fraud scheme during COVID-19 that cost the federal government over $100,000. Two former executives of Polar Air Cargo Worldwide Inc. pleaded guilty to accepting kickbacks from vendors in exchange for favorable business arrangements.