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News Releases

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


Feb

21

2018

A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging a Rochester-based tax return preparer with conspiring to file false claims for tax refunds, theft of public money, and aggravated identity theft, announced Principal…

Feb

21

2018

A federal grand jury sitting in the District of Minnesota returned an indictment today charging a Rochester-based tax return preparer with conspiring to file false claims for tax refunds, theft of public money, and aggravated…

Feb

20

2018

John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that on February 16, 2018, RACHAEL ALEXANDER, also known as Rachael Vierling, 40, of Stratford, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Janet…

Feb

20

2018

Frank Dunkow, 52, of Wellington, pled guilty before United States District Judge Robin L. Rosenberg, to bank fraud involving his repeated sales of jewelry to individuals using counterfeit credit cards in 2010-2011.

Feb

20

2018

(Washington, D.C.) – In November, 2017, during a Presidential visit to China, an individual, not part of the official delegation, attempted to prevent one of our protectees from entering a room. A U.S. Secret Service agent quickly…

Feb

20

2018

(Washington, D.C.) – The Secret Service can confirm that an individual serving as a staff contracted driver was briefly detained by U.S. Secret Service personnel and other law enforcement officials today. The individual was found…

Feb

16

2018

United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that MARCIA DENISE JORDAN, age 45, a resident of Mandeville, was charged today in a one-count bill of information with tax evasion, in violation of Title 26, United States Code,…

Feb

16

2018

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, the U.S. Secret Service is Calling all Partners, in a focused effort to partner with state and local law enforcement in deterring, investigating and prosecuting criminal credit card "skimming" at…

Feb

15

2018

El Dorado, Arkansas – Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Justin Grant Crain, age 38, of El Dorado, Arkansas was sentenced today to 148 months in federal prison followed by…

Feb

15

2018

SAN FRANCISCO – Marcus Dieter Felder was convicted of access device fraud and aggravated identity theft, announced Acting United States Attorney Alex G. Tse, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security…

Feb

15

2018

Oklahoma City – DAVID CHESLEY GOODYEAR, 44, of El Segundo, California, was convicted today by a federal jury on one count of directing distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) cyber-attacks against two websites owned by Oklahoma…

Feb

14

2018

CAMDEN, N.J. – Two Russian nationals were sentenced today to federal prison terms for their respective roles in a worldwide hacking and data breach scheme that targeted major corporate networks, compromised 160 million credit card…

Feb

14

2018

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office announced today the results of the February 2018 Federal Grand Jury.

 

"The following named individuals have been charged with a federal crime or…

Feb

14

2018

Newark, New Jersey – Today, Russian Hacker Vladamir Drinkman and a co-conspirator were sentenced in U.S. District Court for the 2009 Heartland Payment Systems hack resulting in more than $300 million in losses.

Drinkman, a Russian…

Feb

13

2018

Richmond VA – A Henrico man was sentenced today to four years in prison for stealing the identity of a deceased child, stealing approximately $33,000 from his employer, and unlawfully purchasing a firearm.

According to…