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News Releases

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


Jun

05

2018

Five members of a fraud ring charged with compromising the internal gift card system of major national retailer, Target Corporation, and defrauding the retailer and its legitimate customers of almost $800,000 have been indicted on…

Jun

04

2018

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Five Florida residents have admitted to their involvement with a gas station skimming fraud scheme, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.

Three pled guilty to one count each of "Conspiracy to Commit…

Jun

04

2018

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Five Florida residents have admitted to their involvement with a gas station skimming fraud scheme, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.

Three pled guilty to one count each of "Conspiracy to Commit…

Jun

01

2018

SAN DIEGO – The leader of a credit card fraud ring that stole account information from dozens of San Diego residents and used it to purchase over $70,000 of merchandise at area retailers was sentenced in federal court today to 51 months in…

May

31

2018

PHILADELPHIA – Terrell Hampton who, along with his father and several other family members, defrauded the City of Philadelphia, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and innocent owners and purchasers of Philadelphia real estate, was…

May

31

2018

TUCSON, Ariz. – On May 29, 2018, Osmar Bustamante-Figueroa, 21, of Tucson, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Jennifer G. Zipps to 65 months’ imprisonment. Bustamante was the third of three defendants convicted of crimes…

May

31

2018

DAYTON – Kenneth Stopkotte, 53, of Unionville, Ind., pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to using counterfeit money.

Benjamin C. Glassman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, Yvonne DiCristoforo,…

May

31

2018

PITSBURGH, Pa. – An Allegheny County resident has been sentenced in federal court to three years of probation and ordered to pay $9,570.00 in restitution on her conviction of conspiracy and passing and uttering counterfeit money,…

May

30

2018

GREAT FALLS - The United States Attorney’s Office announced today that 42-year old Bobby Lamere of Great Falls, Montana, was sentenced to 18 months in prison, 3 years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.…

May

30

2018

Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell has sentenced Junior Jean-Noel (21, Brandon) to five years and one month in federal prison for credit card fraud and identity theft. The court also entered a money…

May

25

2018

BOSTON – A Florida man, who now resides in Melrose, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to making fraudulent charges using stolen credit card information for purchases at fictitious restaurants that he and his co-…

May

25

2018

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A Brandenburg, Kentucky, man pleaded guilty to two child exploitation offenses on Tuesday, May 22, 2108, in United States District Court, announced United States Attorney Russell M. Coleman.

Jeffrey Adam Stone, 31,…

May

24

2018

Washington, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Secret Service is reporting the initial results of a successful ongoing counter-skimming operation established to protect consumers going into Memorial Day weekend. Over the last week, Secret Service agents…

May

18

2018

WASHINGTON D.C. - The U.S. Secret Service is aware of a shooting that took place early this morning at the Trump National Doral Golf Club in Doral, FL. Special Agents from the Miami Field Office are on the scene and working…

May

16

2018

PITTSBURGH, PA – A resident of Albans, New York, has pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.

Dashamae Wayne, 27, pleaded guilty to one count before United States…