ATLANTA - The U.S. Secret Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture Special Investigation Unit, and local law enforcement partners from throughout Georgia concluded a two-day outreach operation aimed at combatting illegal payment card skimming…
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Aug
12
2025
Aug
11
2025
WASHINGTON -The Justice Department announced today coordinated actions against the BlackSuit (Royal) Ransomware group which included the takedown of four servers and nine domains on July 24, 2025. The takedown was conducted by the Department…
Aug
04
2025
HOUSTON – A 45-year-old Houston man has admitted to running a fraudulent investment scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
From July through November 2017, Samuel Ayala-Ibarra operated JASTBITME, a Houston-based company that…
Jul
30
2025
INDIANAPOLIS - Cory Todd Cox, 38, of Noblesville, has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, after pleading guilty to two counts of receipt and distribution of child sexual abuse material.…
Jul
25
2025
MIAMI - The U.S. Secret Service, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Special Investigations Unit, the City of Miami Police Department, Miami Gardens, Miami Beach, Aventura, Doral, Hialeah, Wilson Manors, North Miami Beach, Hollywood, Sunny…
Jul
18
2025
CLEVELAND – A popular former podcaster was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison for orchestrating a real estate Ponzi scheme that took in over $7.3 million from at least 63 victims from across the United States, involving a wide range of…
Jul
18
2025
STATEMENT FROM SAIC PATRICK J. FREANEY
This murder-for-hire scheme arose from — of all things — a feud on social media. An innocent woman was killed because of a perceived slight. The Secret Service stands ready to support…
Jul
18
2025
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – A Federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment charging a Chinese national for allegedly participating in an imposter scam and trying to defraud a Belleville senior out of more than $70,000.
Zhigang Lian, 42…
Jul
17
2025
CROWN POINT, Ind. – A Lake County, Indiana, man has been charged with multiple counts of possessing child sexual abuse material, following an investigation led by the Indiana Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and the U.S. Secret…
Jul
11
2025
MEMPHIS - The U.S. Secret Service, U.S Department of Agriculture Special Investigations Unit, the Memphis Police Department, Shelby County Sheriff’s Office, the Tennessee Highway Patrol Criminal Investigative Division, the Tennessee Department…
Jul
11
2025
SAN ANTONIO – A San Antonio man was arrested Thursday night in San Antonio on criminal charges related to his alleged threat against the President of the United States.
According to court documents, Robert Herrera, 52, commented on a San…
Jul
10
2025
WASHINGTON – As we approach the one-year anniversary of the assassination attempt of President Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, the U.S. Secret Service remembers Corey Comperatore, who was tragically killed, as well as David Dutch and James…
Jul
07
2025
CHICAGO — A drug and firearm investigation centered on the South Side of Chicago has resulted in federal criminal charges against seven individuals.
A superseding indictment returned by a grand jury in U.S. District Court in Chicago…
Jun
30
2025
STATEMENT FROM SAIC OF NEW YORK PATRICK J. FREANEY
The guilty plea in this blatant scheme is a testament to the excellent investigation carried out by the members of the New Haven Resident Office, their law enforcement…
Jun
26
2025
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – A British man, Scott West, 40, of Manchester, United Kingdom, was sentenced on June 23, 2025, to 42 years in prison following his convictions for three counts of sexual exploitation of a child.
At the sentencing…