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News Releases

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

Jun

14

2017

A mother and daughter who secretly co-owned and operated seven home health care agencies in the Miami, Florida area were each sentenced to over 10 years in prison today for their roles in a $20 million Medicare fraud conspiracy that involved…

Jun

13

2017

Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JUAN THOMPSON pled guilty today to one count of cyberstalking and one count of making hoax bomb threats as part of THOMPSON’s campaign to harass…

Jun

12

2017

HAMMOND - Acting United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson announced that Christopher Pierce, 24, and Harold Jones, 20, both of Chicago, Illinois were sentenced before District Court Senior Judge James T. Moody for the passing of counterfeit…

Jun

12

2017

Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that TIMOTHY SEDLAK was sentenced in Manhattan federal court to 18 months in prison for attempting to access without authorization the computer…

Jun

12

2017

PEORIA, Ill. – On June 7, 2017, Timothy E. King, 30, of Peoria, Ill., pleaded guilty to one count of receipt and attempted receipt of child pornography. King waived indictment and entered his plea before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jonathan E. Hawley,…

Jun

09

2017

United States Attorney Steve Butler of the Southern District of Alabama announces that United States District Court Senior Judge William H. Steele sentenced Jonathan Jernigan on June 6, 2017. Jernigan was sentenced to 5 years on probation and…

Jun

08

2017

Acting United States Attorney Gregory G. Brooker announced a federal indictment charging ROSA MARGARITA MALDONADO with two counts of filing a false claim for tax refund, one count of theft of public money, and two counts of aggravated identity…

Jun

08

2017

(Newark, N.J.) – A Secret Service investigation into an organized cybercrime ring responsible for the theft of $9 million concluded with a lengthy prison sentence for a Filipino national.

Angelo Virtucio, a/k/a “ZaiR,” a/k/a “ZaiRe,” a/k/…

Jun

08

2017

NEWARK, N.J. – Two men from Bronx, New York, were each sentenced today to 61 months in prison for their roles in a scheme to obtain stolen identity information and use it to file phony tax returns with the IRS, Acting U.S. Attorney William E.…

Jun

07

2017

Tampa, Florida – Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that Gary Todd Smith (“Todd Smith”) (47, Fayetteville, North Carolina) today pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud affecting a financial institution…

Jun

07

2017

Jacksonville, Florida – Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that Michael Eugene Williams (60, Jacksonville) has pleaded guilty to attempted commercial sex trafficking of a child. He faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 15…

Jun

06

2017

ATLANTA - Quentin Pickett and Cornelius Henderson have been arraigned on federal charges of wire fraud, wire fraud conspiracy, and aggravated identity theft. Pickett, Henderson, and three other individuals were indicted for, among other things,…

Jun

05

2017

RENO, Nev. – A California woman was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Miranda M. Du to 15 months in prison for making counterfeit $100 bills, then spending the counterfeit money at businesses in Northern Nevada, announced Acting U.S.…

Jun

05

2017

BOSTON – Two men were arrested for allegedly trafficking nearly seven kilos of cocaine that were sent from the Dominican Republic to Boston on a commercial airline.

Juan Luis Perez Garcia, 44, a Dominican national residing in Bronx, N.Y…

Jun

05

2017

DALLAS — Rolando Benitez, aka “San Luis,” 35, arrested in July 2015 following a law enforcement operation that was led by the FBI, the Dallas Police Department and the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation, has been sentenced, announced…