News Releases

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – LUIS ENRIQUE DAMAZO, also known as Luis Enrique Cassinelli, 54, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, has pleaded guilty to defrauding a Texas company of more than $400,000 through fraudulent invoices, announced…

ALEXANDRIA, La. – United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a Pineville man was sentenced Wednesday to 30 months in prison for counterfeiting and cashing checks.

Deshan Spivey, 31, of Pineville, La., who is…

PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh-area resident has been sentenced in federal court on his conviction of conspiracy and passing and uttering counterfeit money, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.

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ROCK ISLAND, Ill. – Scott Brian Griffith, 54, of Port Byron, Ill., has been sentenced to 20 years (240 months) in prison for possessing, receiving and distributing child pornography. U.S. District Judge Sara L. Darrow sentenced…

PITTSBURGH – An Allegheny County resident pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of conspiracy and passing and uttering counterfeit money, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.

Destiny S. Dayton, 21, of…

(Washington, D.C.) – U.S. Secret Service Chief Information Officer Kevin Nally has been selected to receive Federal Computer Week magazine’s 2018 Federal 100 Award. This prestigious award recognizes the accomplishments of…

TRENTON, N.J. – A New York man and a Middlesex County, New Jersey, man were sentenced to today to federal prison terms for their respective roles in one of the largest credit card fraud schemes ever charged by the Justice, U.S.…

Washington, D.C. – It takes planning, preparation, partnerships and flawless execution to make a National Special Security Event (NSSE) look easy, and as it turns out the U.S. Secret Service specializes in occasions like that, such as the…

Memphis, TN – On January 11, 2018, a federal grand jury charged one defendant with defrauding the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistant Program ("SNAP"), formerly known as the food stamp program. United States Attorney D.…

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A former office manager of New England Anesthesiologists, Inc., and president of Anesthesia Management Consultants, LLC, was sentenced today to 37 months in federal prison for embezzling more than $700,000…

(Washington, D.C.) – On this date, The United States Secret Service issued warnings to financial institutions about cyberattacks on ATM’s known as "jackpotting."

ATM jackpotting is a sophisticated crime in which thieves…

LITTLE ROCK—Cody Hiland, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced today the unsealing of an indictment charging Phillip Hill, a former Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) database manager, with…

SHREVEPORT, La. – United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a federal grand jury returned a five-count indictment charging a Shreveport businessman with scamming more than $96 million from investors and financial institutions…

PROVIDENCE – A Central Falls man who participated in a scheme to use the stolen identity of numerous individuals to open retail store credit cards and lines of credits, which he used to purchase tens of thousands of dollars worth…

Jackson, Miss. – Gonzalo De La Fuente, 23, and Alejandro Boynak, 35, both citizens of Argentina who came to the United States on tourist visas, were sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate to serve 17 months in…