Defendant Allegedly Stole DHS Secretary Noem’s Purse
WASHINGTON – Mario Bustamante Leiva, 49, a Chilean National who is in the U.S. illegally, was arrested on April 26, 2025, on a criminal complaint charging wire fraud, aggravated identity theft,…
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NEW YORK - The United States Secret Service, New York Field Office, announced the unsealing of superseding information from a prior indictment charging SAMUEL SELMAR for his role in running an advance-fee loan fraud scheme through which…
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Special Agent in Charge of the Secret Service Washington Field Office Matt McCool released the following the statement:
Special agents, investigative analysts, and technical support personnel from the Washington Field Office…
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CHARLESTON, SC — Anthony Wilson, 42, of Florence, has been sentenced to 36 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to his role in defrauding a chain of home improvement stores.
The investigation revealed that Wilson, and a known…
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WASHINGTON – On April 23, the U.S. Secret Service’s National Threat Assessment Center released a new behavioral case study, First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs: A Case Study on the Link Between Domestic…
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BAKER, LA - Acting United States Attorney April M. Leon announced that U.S. District Judge Brian A. Jackson sentenced Erin D. Jones, 49, of Baker, Louisiana, to 30 months in federal prison following her conviction for wire fraud. The Court…
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WASHINGTON – Investigative and Network Intrusion Forensic Analysts with the United States Secret Service Washington Field Office participated in Operation Avalanche, a coordinated operation with the BC Securities Commission to warn victims of…
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EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – A federal grand jury in southern Illinois charged the former second-in-command of the Bank of O’Fallon for engaging in a fraud scheme to obtain more than $2 million.
Andrew P. Blassie, 69, of St. Louis, is facing one…
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BOSTON – The United States Attorney’s Office has announced that, pursuant to a court-ordered default judgment and final order of forfeiture entered today, it has secured the forfeiture of approximately $5,315,746 of proceeds of a business email…
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ALEXANDRIA, VA – The United States has recovered and cleared title to $7 million of investment fraud proceeds using civil asset forfeiture. The United States will now begin the process of inviting the victims from whom those funds were stolen to…