News Releases

HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Dale Richard Estep II, age 34, of Woodbridge, Virginia, was indicted by a federal grand jury on February 24, 2021, for passing counterfeit…

ABINGDON, Va. – James Sebastian, a member of a conspiracy that trafficked methamphetamine from the West coast into Southwest Virginia, was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Abingdon to 168 months in prison, Acting United States…

ATLANTA – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia has joined forces with Metro-Atlanta District Attorneys, the Office of the Attorney General, the FBI Atlanta Field Office, U.S. Secret Service, state, and local law…

PEORIA, Ill. –U.S. District Judge James Shadid has sentenced a Peoria man, Nicky McDonald, who is a registered sex-offender, to 15 years in prison for downloading and possessing images and videos of children being sexually exploited. In addition…

Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Kathy A. Michalko, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of the United States Secret Service (“USSS”), and New York Police Department (“NYPD”)…

NEW ORLEANS –  U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that JEFFERY JOSEPH, age 26, a resident of New Orleans, was sentenced on February 18, 2021 to 74 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Barry W. Ashe.  He was the fourth defendant to be…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal grand jury returned an indictment today against Laxmikanth Biyani, 27, and Akshar Patel, 27, of New Jersey, charging them with conspiracy to launder money, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.

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         LOS ANGELES – A federal indictment unsealed today charges three North Korean computer programmers with participating in a wide-ranging criminal conspiracy to conduct a series of destructive cyberattacks, to steal and…

HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Anthony Derrell Manuel, age 32, of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced on February 16, 2021, to 9 months’ imprisonment followed by one year of…

John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that STEVEN A. FINKLER, also known as Andrew Finkler, 56, last residing in New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill to 96 months of…

Harrisburg –Acting U.S. Attorney Bruce D. Brandler recently honored 14 members of law enforcement for their outstanding contributions to public safety in 2020. These awards are made each year to a select group of individuals who perform in an…

WASHINGTON - Today the Secret Service hosted a virtual Cyber Incident Response Simulation for financial services, real estate, retail and hospitality executives who trained on mitigation strategies during a simulated business email compromise (…

Eight men have been arrested in England and Scotland as part of an investigation into a series of SIM swapping attacks, in which criminals illegally gained access to the phones of high-profile victims in the U.S.

The National Crime Agency…

WASHINGTON - Today the United States Secret Service announced Assistant Director (AD) Michael D’Ambrosio was named a finalist for the 2019 Frank B. Rowlett award for Individual Achievement. The Frank B. Rowlett Trophy for Individual Achievement…

A cross-border operation coordinated by Europol and led by the U.S. Secret Service and Spanish National Police (Policía Nacional) resulted in the dismantling of an organized crime group involved in fraud and money laundering. The operation…