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Jul

11

2025

MEMPHIS - The U.S. Secret Service, U.S Department of Agriculture Special Investigations Unit, the Memphis Police Department, Shelby County Sheriff’s Office, the Tennessee Highway Patrol Criminal Investigative Division, the Tennessee Department…

Jul

10

2025

WASHINGTON – As we approach the one-year anniversary of the assassination attempt of President Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, the U.S. Secret Service remembers Corey Comperatore, who was tragically killed, as well as David Dutch and James…

Jul

07

2025

CHICAGO — A drug and firearm investigation centered on the South Side of Chicago has resulted in federal criminal charges against seven individuals.

A superseding indictment returned by a grand jury in U.S. District Court in Chicago…

Jun

30

2025

STATEMENT FROM SAIC OF NEW YORK PATRICK J. FREANEY

The guilty plea in this blatant scheme is a testament to the excellent investigation carried out by the members of the New Haven Resident Office, their law enforcement…

Jun

26

2025

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – A British man, Scott West, 40, of Manchester, United Kingdom, was sentenced on June 23, 2025, to 42 years in prison following his convictions for three counts of sexual exploitation of a child.

At the sentencing…

Jun

18

2025

United States Files Civil Forfeiture Complaint Against $225 Million in Funds Involved in Cryptocurrency Investment Fraud Money LaunderingWASHINGTON – The U.S. Attorney’s Office filed a civil forfeiture complaint in U.S. District Court for the…

Jun

17

2025

MIAMI — Ernesto Ortega Padgett, a Nicaraguan national who was previously residing in Miami, Florida and was deported from the United States in January 2020, made his initial appearance in a federal court in Miami on June 16. Ortega, a fugitive…

Jun

16

2025

The Defendants’ Crimes Involved Brutal Assaults, Extortion, Drug Trafficking, Production and Sale of Fraudulent Identification Documents, and Counterfeit Currency

NEW YORK - Earlier today in federal court in Brooklyn, an indictment was…

Jun

13

2025

Louisville, KY – A Canadian citizen was sentenced to 5 years and 1 month in federal prison for his role in a sweeping “grandparent scam” that targeted victims in Kentucky and across the United States through Canadian-based call centers.

Jun

13

2025

MOLINE, IL – Luisito Espanola, 65, of Las Vegas, Nevada, was sentenced on May 21, 2025, to 32 months in the Federal Bureau of Prisons following his convictions for wire fraud and money laundering. United States District Judge Sara Darrow…

Jun

11

2025

Tampa – U.S. District Judge William F. Jung has sentenced Pranav Patel (33, New Jersey) to six years and three months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit money laundering. The court also entered an order of forfeiture in…

Jun

09

2025

WASHINGTON - Increased local security measures will be in place in the days leading up to, during and immediately following the Army’s 250th Birthday Parade on June 14, 2025, in Washington, D.C.

The Army’s 250th Birthday Parade is…

Jun

09

2025

LOS ANGELES – Five men have pleaded guilty for their roles in laundering more than $36.9 million from victims of an international digital asset investment scam conspiracy that was carried out from scam centers in Cambodia, the Justice…

Jun

04

2025

ALEXANDRIA, VA – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia announced today the seizure of approximately 145 darknet and traditional internet domains, and cryptocurrency funds associated with the BidenCash marketplace. The…

Jun

02

2025

STATEMENT FROM SAIC PATRICK J. FREANEY

The Secret Service works closely with its many law enforcement partners on a wide array of local criminal cases — providing technical expertise that moves investigations forward. In this…