News Releases

Orlando, Florida – United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Mrugesh G. Patel (38, Edgewater) today pleaded guilty to bank fraud. He faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been…

(Atlanta, Georgia) – Matthew Bevan Cox, wanted for mortgage fraud and identity theft, with additional charges pending including conspiracy, stolen identification documents, mail and wire fraud, money laundering and social security…

(Washington, D.C.) – U.S. Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan has announced the appointment of Brian K. Nagel to the position of Deputy Director. Mr. Nagel is a 23-year veteran of the Secret Service and currently serves as the Assistant…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The United States Secret Service has announced the formation of nine new Electronic Crimes Task Forces, a successful public-private partnership aimed at fighting high-tech computer-based crimes. The new task forces will…

(Washington, D.C.) – The United States Secret Service today made public an ongoing undercover operation called Operation Rolling Stone, which has targeted online fraud and identity theft through criminal web forums since 2005. The Secret…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The State of the Union Address, which is scheduled for January 31, 2006 at the U.S. Capitol, has been designated by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff as a National Special Security Event (…

(Washington, DC) – The United States Secret Service, under the leadership of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and in cooperation with its local, state and federal security and public safety partners, has developed an overall…

(Washington, D.C.) – An information age undercover investigation led by the U.S. Secret Service, a component of the Department of Homeland Security, in collaboration with domestic and foreign law enforcement, the U.S. Department of…

(Washington, D.C.) – Deputy Director C. Danny Spriggs, a veteran of more than 28 years with the United States Secret Service, has announced plans to retire effective September 18, 2004.

“For almost three decades, I have been truly…

(Washington, DC) ― The U.S. Secret Service, a part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute’s CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC) today announced the findings of the…

(Washington, DC) – In what has been described as one of the most significant network intrusion cases involving unauthorized access to personal data, the federal Grand Jury in Arkansas today indicted the former owner of Florida-based e-…

(Washington, DC) – The United States Secret Service, under the leadership of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and in cooperation with its local, state and federal security and public safety partners, has developed an overall…

Mr. Truscott has been named by the Attorney General as the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

“For more than two decades, I have been truly privileged to work with the dedicated men and women…

(Chicago, IL) – On Wednesday and Thursday, March 3 – 4, 2004, the United States Secret Service will host analysts from local, state and federal law enforcement, as well as private industry, at the 2004 Criminal Research Specialist…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Monday, January 12, 2004, Curtis B. Eldridge Jr. was sworn in as the 18th Chief of the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division. A 23-year veteran of the Secret Service, Eldridge succeeds Chief Richard Oskin,…