News Releases

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.…

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.…

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,…

Spokane, WA – Joseph H. Harrington, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Scott Johnson, age 43, of Pasco, Washington, was sentenced, after having previously pled guilty on November 24, 2015, to…

(WASHINGTON) –Early this morning, Special Agents from the Secret Service Washington Field Office and officers from the Metropolitan Police Department investigated a report of a potential threat against Secret Service protectees. The Secret…

Raleigh - United States Attorney John Stuart Bruce announced that today in federal court United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced seven defendants to federal prison for their participation in an identity theft and credit card…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Keniona Thomas, 24, of Charlotte, pleaded guilty to one count of identity theft for stealing the Personally Identifying Information (PII) of victims from the patient files of a Charlotte-area medical practice where she was…

BOSTON – A Boston man was sentenced today for his role in a scheme to steal personal information and bank account numbers to withdraw money from retirement accounts.

Kevin Marseille, 26, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Chief Judge…

SAN DIEGO – Joseph Daniel Saucedo of Vista pleaded guilty in federal court today to charges, admitting that he attempted to manipulate two children, ages 11 and 16, into sending sexually explicit photographs of themselves, and then threatened…

SAN JOSE - Grant Ridder was arraigned yesterday on federal charges of production of child pornography, distribution and possession of child pornography, cyberstalking, and coercion and enticement of a minor, announced United States Attorney…

(Peoria, IL) – A Secret Service child pornography investigation concluded with a lengthy prison sentence imposed against a Peoria, IL, man.

Jordan D. Salem, was sentenced May 5, 2017, for producing child pornography while registered as…

HOUSTON – An Alabama woman pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering for her role in liquidating and laundering victim payments generated through various telephone fraud and money laundering schemes via India-…

(Washington, D.C.) – Chief Kevin S. Simpson, United States Secret Service Uniformed Division is announcing his retirement after 28 years of public service. The retirement is effective May 31st.

“For nearly three decades, Kevin Simpson…

G. F. “Pete” Peterman, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that on May 16 and May 17, 2017, Senior United States District Court Judge Hugh Lawson sentenced Caseita Jenkins, age 39 of Fort Valley, Georgia,…

ATLANTA - Prentice L. Johnson, Renina Letricia Wortham, a/k/a Renina Simmons-Wortham, and Enobahkare Malik Peterson have each been sentenced to two years, four months in federal prison for theft of government funds associated with the theft of…