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You’re well-trained and are prepared for just about anything. You expect to accompany your assigned protectee wherever they go, whether it’s an office building, a basketball game, or dinner at a local restaurant. You are briefed on your…

Douglas P. Simanski, 53, pleaded guilty to five counts before United States District Judge Kim R. Gibson. In connection with the guilty plea, the United States presented information to the Court that established that between February 2002 and…

“I want to take the opportunity to thank the hard-working men and women of the United States Secret Service, they are the true un-sung heroes,” said Director Alles at the ceremony. The Federal Law Enforcement Foundation was established in 1988…

United States District Judge David S. Cercone imposed the sentence on David Edward Johnson, 51. According to information presented to the court, on eight separate dates, Johnson passed 65 counterfeit United States Federal Reserve notes in…

Buse pleaded guilty to a one-count federal indictment without a plea agreement. He faces a prison sentence of 5 to 20 years on the charge. Facts elicited at the plea hearing established that, from January to November 2016, Buse had been…

Nicusor Bonculescu, 24, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge William G. Young to three years in prison and three years of supervised release. Judge Young also ordered Bonculescu to pay restitution of $72,922. In March 2018, Bonculescu…

Randall N. Levesque, 57, of Middletown, owner of Equine Insurance Services, LLC and Randall Levesque Agency, has been charged by way of a federal criminal complaint with wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, announced United States…

According to the Bill of Information, from around June 2010 through February 2017, NICOLE SERUNTINE worked as a secretary and dispatcher at Company A.M.M., located in Jefferson, Louisiana. Around October 2014 through February 17, 2017,…

The Almaguers each face a mandatory minimum term of 15 years up to 30 years in federal prison on each count. Appearing before United States Magistrate Judge Jeffrey C. Manske, the Almaguers admitted that in December 2017 they uploaded sexually…

According to her plea on July 23, 2018, Hand admitted to stealing $23,031.59 in payments made to the union as well as illegally spending an additional $21,776.96 on the union’s credit cards. As office manager, Hand received monies payed to the…

This case involved use of counterfeit access devices – debit or credit cards – trailing from South Carolina to Alabama to purchase goods or pre-paid gift cards. A three-count federal indictment charges OSMANI RAMIREZ CHAVEZ and YANKO TORRES…

A 15-count indictment filed in U.S. District Court charges RANDY EUGENE GREEN, 62, d/b/a RJ’s Auto Sales of Huntsville, with 12-counts of tampering with vehicle odometers and 3-counts of bank fraud. In the twelve counts related to odometer…

On Tuesday, October 23rd, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace hosted a Forum entitled, “Inside the Business of Cybercrime” in which Secret Service Assistant to the Special Agent in Charge Matthew O’Neill discussed information about…

Beginning in April 2010, Saake, a resident of St. Louis, used her position as the controller for a real estate company based in Creve Couer, Missouri to defraud her employer on multiple occasions over the course of seven years. The…

Late on October 23, 2018, the Secret Service recovered a single package addressed to Former First Lady Hillary Clinton in Westchester County, New York. Early this morning, October 24, 2018, a second package addressed to the residence of Former…