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News Releases

Stay up-to-date with the latest news from Secret Service.


Nov

03

2017

Baltimore, Maryland – On November 2, 2017, United States District Judge Marvin J. Garbis sentenced Tara Kathleen Whyte, age 30, of Hollywood, Florida, and Gambrills, Maryland to 54 months in federal prison followed by 3 years…

Nov

03

2017

(Washington, D.C.) – Today at approximately 9:24 a.m., a male subject approached a U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division Officer on patrol along the north side of Pennsylvania Avenue near Lafayette Park. The individual stated…

Nov

02

2017

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – The owner of American Auto Pros in Corpus Christi has admitted he used numerous credit card accounts belonging to others in order to obtain things of value without authorization, announced Acting United…

Nov

01

2017

 

Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Yaisder Herrera Gargallo, 24, of Miami, Florida, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Chief Judge Nancy Torresen to 40 months in prison…

Oct

31

2017

BIRMINGHAM – The U.S. Attorney’s Office today charged two Shelby County residents with conspiring to operate a large-scale pawnshop fencing ring, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and U.S. Secret Service Special Agent in Charge…

Oct

27

2017

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Karapet Damaryan, 66, of Tujunga, CA, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Garland E. Burrell, Jr. to three years in prison for aggravated identity theft and bank fraud, United States Attorney…

Oct

27

2017

DALLAS — Today, U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater sentenced three defendants for their roles in a conspiracy involving fraudulent purchases in North Texas using counterfeit bank cards, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of…

Oct

27

2017

Anderson, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated that Kenneth Bearden, age 49, of Anderson, South Carolina, entered a guilty plea in federal court in Anderson to Manufacturing Counterfeit Federal Reserve Notes…

Oct

25

2017

Memphis, TN – A Memphis man has been sentenced to 57 months in federal prison for committing bank fraud against financial institutions in the Memphis area. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee,…

Oct

25

2017

TRENTON, N.J. – A former financial advisor entrusted with advising clients on investments was sentenced today to 37 months in prison for defrauding his client, a former factory worker, out of his retirement savings and using the…

Oct

25

2017

The United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Katie Stygles, 29, of Piermont, New Hampshire, pleaded not guilty today in United States District Court in Burlington to federal fraud charges. U.S. Magistrate…

Oct

25

2017

Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that WAYNE SONIAT, age 61, of New Orleans, was charged in a two-count Bill of Information with wire fraud and making false statements on federal income tax returns.

According…

Oct

24

2017

United States Attorney Deirdre M. Daly and representatives of federal, state and local law enforcement today announced the formation of the Connecticut Cyber Task Force to investigate complex crimes in cyberspace.

The…

Oct

24

2017

Greenville, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated that Jamie Edward Cole, age 38, of Gray Court, S.C. entered a guilty plea today in federal court in Greenville, to Manufacturing Counterfeit Currency, in…

Oct

24

2017

ATLANTA – Eight additional members of a large Atlanta-based tax fraud and money laundering conspiracy have been sentenced for their roles in stealing funds from the U.S. Treasury. The defendants were all indicted in United States…