News Releases

OAKLAND, CA – Three individuals were charged with the use of unauthorized access devices were filed this week, announced United States Attorney Ismail J. Ramsey and United States Secret Service (“USSS”) – San Francisco Field Office, Special…

WASHINGTON – In coordination with our law enforcement partners, the United States Secret Service conducted “Operation April Fools” in San Diego and Oakland, Calif., targeting transnational organized crime organizations engaged in Electronic…

SAN DIEGO – Seven people were arrested and charged this week in connection with the theft of hundreds of thousands of dollars in public-assistance benefits from low-income families that need the funds to pay for food, housing and other…

MILWAUKEE – The U.S. Secret Service and Milwaukee Fire Department hosted an informational security event for local fire and emergency medical services departments on April 2 in preparation for the 2024 Republican National Convention.

The…

INDIANAPOLIS - Dustin Rose, 33, of Indianapolis, has been sentenced to 35 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to sexual exploitation of a child and possession of child sex abuse material.

According to court documents, over a…

EVANSVILLE, IN -- Ryan Watkins, 47, of Loogootee, Martin County, Indiana, has been sentenced to ten years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession of sexually explicit material involving minors.

According to court documents…

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO – A Bayamón man was arrested on March 19, 2024, on criminal charges related to various schemes involving bank fraud, aggravated identity theft, money laundering, and wire fraud.

According to court documents, from…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Shaquille Taylor, 28, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced to 12 years in prison, yesterday, for causing near-fatal injuries to another motorist in May 2022, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves, Special Agent in Charge…

SAN DIEGO – Alvin Pates of San Diego was sentenced in federal court today to 41 months in prison for participating in a scheme to deceive banks by using straw borrowers and bogus financial information to obtain loans.

According to his…

New York - Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, an indictment charging defendants with fraud and aggravated identity theft for various ATM skimming-related crimes perpetrated between May 2022 and February 2023, was…

JACKSON, MS – A Texas man was sentenced to six years in prison and ordered to pay restitution for illegally obtaining more than $400,000 in government benefits.

According to court documents, Ganiyu Abayomi Jimoh, 30, a Nigerian national…

MILWAUKEE – On Feb. 21, the U.S. Secret Service released a map of the general areas expected to be affected by the operational security plan for the 2024 Republican National Convention.

The map (below) is tentative and does…

MILWAUKEE – On Feb. 21, the U.S. Secret Service released a map of the general areas expected to be affected by the operational security plan for the 2024 Republican National Convention.

The map (below) is tentative and does not contain…

Montgomery, AL – Today, Acting United States Attorney Jonathan S. Ross, along with Alabama Securities Commission Director Amanda Senn, announced that a federal judge sentenced Nicholas Houston Allen, 36, a resident of Montgomery, Alabama, to…

CONCORD, NH – A Hampton man pleaded guilty today in federal court to four separate fraud schemes involving a total intended loss of approximately $2.1 million, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces.   

Anthony Silva, 39,…