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The U.S. Secret Service National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) was proud to support the efforts of the FCSS and the Department of Homeland Security by offering recommendations for best practices on threat assessment and early intervention to…

At the wheel was Israel Vasquez, a 46 year-old-citizen of Mexico, who was sentenced last week to life in prison after pleading guilty to drug and money laundering charges earlier this year. According to law enforcement, Mr. Vasquez’…

On Sept. 28, 2018, Schmidt was found guilty by a federal jury of two counts of threatening the President of the United States and two counts of making interstate threatening communications. After learning that his conviction for a prior felony…

“This sentencing marks a success for our multi-agency Stolen Treasury Check Task Force, which targets the widespread problem of U.S. Treasury check thefts in Georgia,” said U.S. Attorney Byung J. “BJay” Pak. “Criminals who steal Treasury…

In connection with her guilty plea, CARRINGTON, a former bookkeeper and office manager for J.W. Grand admitted to fraudulently diverting at least $235,869.52 from J.W. Grand’s business accounts to her personal checking and credit card account…

According to the Indictment, Grisel is a former employee of and consultant for Big Red Box, a national dumpster brokerage firm based in Columbia. Over an almost three-year period, he defrauded the company of approximately $1.05 million by…

United States District Judge Arthur J. Schwab imposed the sentence on Quinyahta Rochelle, 32. According to information presented to the court, Rochelle participated in a number of different crimes. Between March 2016 and July 2016, Rochelle…

Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers, First Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester of the Western District of Oklahoma, and Special Agent in Charge Kathryn Peterson of the FBI’s Oklahoma City Division made the…

During the course of the scheme, the defendants illegally obtained $560,640.43 from the Bureau of the Lottery of Puerto Rico (the “PR Lottery), a division of the Puerto Rico Treasury Department. The United States Secret Service was in charge…

U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided. Ferdinand pleaded guilty earlier to counterfeiting obligations or securities of the United States. In May 2017, the Great Falls Police Department and Cascade County Sheriff’s Office received…

The defendant was arrested in Colombia on a provisional arrest request from the United States and subsequently extradited from Colombia to the United States on December 13, 2018. Magistrate Judge Tiscione ordered Gallo Rodriguez detained…

A second defendant, Justin Robinson, 19, also of Washington, D.C., was sentenced to five years in prison on a related charge. Grover pled guilty in October 2018 to second-degree murder, and Robinson pled guilty to assault with intent to kill.…

He received twelve months and one day of imprisonment, to be followed by thirty-six months of supervised release, and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $164,627.00. The Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation and the US Secret…

According to documents in the case, on September 17, 2018, Mr. Perry, who has a prior conviction for possession of child pornography, uploaded images of child pornography to an online service. The service reported this to the National Center…

According to United States Attorney David J. Freed, the second superseding indictment charges Christy with transporting a stolen vehicle from Pennsylvania to New York State on July 7-8, 2018. The second superseding indictment also includes all…