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News Releases

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


Jan

04

2021

Jacksonville, Florida – United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return of an indictment charging Eugene Stephan Cole (30, Tampa) with possession of credit card manufacturing equipment and producing counterfeit credit cards. If…

Dec

23

2020

Miami, Fl. – A federal district judge has sentenced a Miami man convicted of running a nationwide counterfeit check cashing and identity theft scheme while illegally possessing a firearm to 129 months in prison.  The man, who used fraud…

Dec

22

2020

PORTLAND, Ore.—In separate criminal cases, two Oregon men are facing federal charges for fraudulently converting to their personal use loans intended to help small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic, announced U.S. Attorney Billy J.…

Dec

21

2020

Baltimore, Maryland – Tony Solomon, age 54, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty yesterday to federal charges of conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute controlled substances, related to his participation in a conspiracy to distribute…

Dec

21

2020

The United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Jeremy Fairbanks, 44, formerly of St. Albans, Vermont, was sentenced on December 18, 2020 upon his guilty plea to two counts of wire fraud: one stemming from his conduct in…

Dec

16

2020

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WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Secret Service launched a redesigned public website, including updates to modernize agency communication and…

Dec

10

2020

TUCSON, Ariz. – On November 24, a federal grand jury in Tucson returned a three-count indictment against Michael Tagle Santos, 33, and Cherry Mae Santos, 28, husband and wife, of Tucson, Arizona for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire…

Dec

09

2020

FRANKFORT, Ky. - A Frankfort man, Ricky Joe Cornish Jr., 33, was sentenced to 120 months in prison on Tuesday, by U.S. District Judge Gregory F. Van Tatenhove, after previously pleading guilty to using the internet to entice a minor to…

Dec

09

2020

WASHINGTON – Two U.S. Secret Service individuals and 21 employees with the Safety, Health and Environmental Programs Division (SAF) were recipients of the 2020 Department of Homeland Security Secretary’s Awards.

Special Agent Roy…

Dec

09

2020

WASHINGTON - Today the Secret Service hosted a virtual Cyber Incident Response Simulation for financial services, real estate, retail and hospitality executives who trained on mitigation strategies for a simulated business email compromise (…

Dec

08

2020

PORTLAND, Maine: A Bowie, Maryland man pleaded guilty today in federal court to using counterfeit credit cards, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced.

According to court records, in December 2018, Charles Harris, 37, and his co-…

Dec

08

2020

LOS ANGELES – Five Canadian men have been indicted on federal fraud charges alleging they ran a million-dollar telemarketing scam that deceived victims – many of them elderly Southern California residents – into paying off non-existent…

Dec

07

2020

SAN FRANCISCO – Marc Nunez made an initial appearance today in federal court on a criminal complaint for possession of child pornography, announced David L. Anderson and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security…

Dec

07

2020

BOISE – Edward Fisher, 57, of Stamford, Connecticut, was sentenced to 42 months in federal prison for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced today. U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also imposed a…

Dec

07

2020

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – A grand jury has returned indictments in unrelated cases against two Central Illinois men, one from Springfield and the other from Beardstown, that allege fraud in connection with major disaster or emergency benefits…