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Louisville, KY – A Louisville, Kentucky, man was sentenced yesterday to 17 years in Federal prison for enticement and sex trafficking of a minor.

U.S. Attorney Michael A. Bennett of the Western District of Kentucky, Special Agent in…

FRESNO, Calif. — Jorge Calderon-Campos, aka Americano, 42, a Mexican national residing in Bakersfield, was sentenced today to eight years and one month in prison by U.S. District Judge Jennifer L. Thurston for his involvement in a drug…

CINCINNATI – Nii A. Tei, 47, of Cincinnati, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 48 months in prison for structuring financial transactions to evade reporting requirements. Tei was also ordered to pay approximately $161,000 in restitution…

The U.S. Secret Service’s mission assurance report found that multiple operational and communications gaps preceded the July 13 attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. This included a deficiency of established command and…

BOSTON – A Chicago-area man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Springfield, Mass., for his role in a nationwide wire fraud conspiracy that victimized businesses and individuals across the United States.

Antonio M. Strong, 32, of…

Orlando – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Robert William Burns, III (44, Rockledge) has pleaded guilty to COVID-19-related wire fraud. Burns faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison…

BECKLEY, W.Va. – Mark William Bailey, 51, of Beckley, was sentenced on Friday, October 25, 2024, to five years of federal probation, including one year on home detention, and ordered to pay $451,237.51 in restitution for theft of government…

Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that eight alleged members or associates of the “Shiesty 66” gang have been indicted for a bank fraud scheme that allegedly netted them over $10 million, after an investigation by the…

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; and Patrick J. Freaney, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of the United States Secret Service (“USSS”), announced the unsealing of a…

“We respect the work of the Independent Review Panel and will carefully examine the report and recommendations released today. We remain fully committed to working with the Administration, the Department of Homeland Security, and…

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Secret Service’s National Threat Assessment Center released a new guide Wednesday designed to help state and local law enforcement develop programs to prevent targeted violence in the United States.

The guide,…

CHICAGO – The U.S. Secret Service and state and local law enforcement partners completed a two-day payment card skimming and Electronic Benefit Transfer fraud outreach operation in Chicago and the surrounding areas, saving residents an…

Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, John B. Mensch, the former owner and operator of East End Bus Lines, Inc. and its affiliated entities (East End), pleaded guilty in connection with a nearly year-long bank fraud conspiracy.…

"We thank Congress for addressing some of the U.S. Secret Service’s most immediate needs in this heightened threat environment. This short-term funding will better equip the U.S. Secret Service to enhance security measures in the months ahead…

U.S. Secret Service Releases Summary of Mission Assurance Investigation into the Attempted Assassination of Former President Donald Trump  

WASHINGTON – Communications gaps and a lack of diligence by U.S. Secret Service personnel…