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In San Antonio today, 24-year-old Brennan R. Diaz was sentenced to a total of 56 months in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release for scheming with his mother to steal over $1 million from a local church owned by his…

Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that JOHN O’BRIEN, 53, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty yesterday in New Haven federal court to one count of wire fraud related to his…

(Washington, D.C.) – U.S. Secret Service Director Joseph Clancy has named William J. (Bill) Callahan as the agency’s new Deputy Director, effective immediately. Mr. Callahan is a 25-year veteran of the Secret Service and most recently served…

BIRMINGHAM – A federal grand jury today indicted two Atlanta women on federal charges related to an interstate counterfeit credit card scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and U.S. Secret Service Special Agent in…

ALBANY, NEW YORK – Ilie Sitariu, age 37, a citizen of Romania, pled guilty today to stealing about $127,000 through the use of skimming devices that were secretly installed on several bank ATMs in the Capital Region.

The announcement…

Orlando, Florida – United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Eric Leon Ager (77, Clearwater) today pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud. He faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. Ager…

Memphis, TN – Two men have been sentenced for their roles in a lucrative shipping theft scheme that defrauded FedEx and wireless carriers of more than $1.8 million. Edward L. Stanton III, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee,…

SAN DIEGO – Joseph Daniel Saucedo of Vista was arraigned in federal court yesterday on charges that he attempted to coerce two children, ages 11 and 16, into sending naked and sexually explicit photographs of themselves, and then threated to…

United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia G.F. Peterman, III announced William C. Jones, age 61, of Americus, Georgia was sentenced by the Honorable Clay D. Land, United States District Court Judge, in Columbus, Georgia,…

U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that CLIFF DURIO, age 25, of New Orleans, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Indictment charging him with fraud in connection with access devices.

U.S. District…

U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that JOHN PAUL PIERRE, age 29, of Kenner, pled guilty today to conspiracy to commit access device fraud.

According to court documents, PIERRE’s co-conspirator, RYAN CLAVERIE, worked as a waiter…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A Mecklenburg Co. man is facing federal charges in connection with an investment scheme that defrauded 100 victims of $19 million, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. A…

LAS VEGAS, Nev.-The British citizen who was arrested for attempting to seize the firearm of a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department officer at a Donald Trump rally in June 2016, was sentenced today to 12 months and one day in prison,…

NEWARK, N.J. – A native of Romania who was arrested in Spain and extradited to the United States was sentenced today to 57 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to steal bank account information from thousands of customers by…

(Washington, D.C.) - United States Secret Service Director Joseph P. Clancy has announced the appointment of Susan A. Yarwood to the position of Chief Human Capital Officer, effective December 11, 2016.

Yarwood possesses more than 30…