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News Releases

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


Apr

18

2017

TRENTON, N.J. – A New York man today admitted his role in one of the largest credit card fraud schemes ever charged by the Justice Department, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.

Habib Chaudhry, 49, of Valley Stream…

Apr

18

2017

NEWARK, N.J. – A member of a scheme that used secret card-reading devices and pinhole cameras on PNC and Bank of America ATMs to steal at least $428,581 pleaded guilty today in Newark federal court.

Acting U.S. Attorney William E.…

Apr

18

2017

TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA – Roosevelt Williams Jr., 25, of Miami, Florida, has been sentenced to 60 months in federal prison after pleading guilty in December 2016 for crimes arising from the filing of fraudulent federal income tax returns. The…

Apr

17

2017

PITTSBURGH - A foreign national residing outside of the United States pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of money laundering and aggravated identity theft, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.

Yoandy Perez…

Apr

17

2017

CINCINNATI – Angelia Zwick, also known as Angelia Strunk, 46, of Cincinnati, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today to charges related to an embezzlement scheme that defrauded her employer. Specifically, she pleaded guilty to one count of…

Apr

13

2017

A Houston couple is set to appear in federal court on charges they fraudulently billed more than $24 million to Medicare through several home health companies, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Oluyemisi Amos, 35, and her husband…

Apr

11

2017

Austin residents Robert Allen Helms and Janniece S. Kaelin pleaded guilty today to federal charges of defrauding investors in companies that presumably were in the business of purchasing oil and gas royalties, announced United States Attorney…

Apr

07

2017

The United States Secret Service honored 61 of its employees during the 5th annual Director’s Awards program held April 6.

This program formally recognizes the outstanding achievements, professional accomplishments, and exemplary…

Apr

07

2017

(Washington, D.C.) – Tamara Kukla, who worked as the “Director of Membership” for a Washington based non-profit organization, has been sentenced to a year and a day in prison for embezzling nearly $250,000 from her employer, announced Brian J…

Apr

06

2017

MADISON, WIS. – Jeffrey M. Anderson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Dominique Gaunichaux, 19, Madison, Wis., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William Conley to eight months in…

Apr

06

2017

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Nicholas Ross McCullen, of Lake Charles, Louisiana, was convicted today for possessing counterfeit money, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen, announced.

McCullen, age 30, pled guilty to…

Apr

04

2017

Stephen A. Turner, 36, was sentenced today in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois to 27 years in federal prison for production of child pornography, announced Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the…

Apr

04

2017

Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JANZAYB KHAN, 28, of Waterbury, was arrested today on a criminal complaint charging him with bank fraud, conspiracy to commit bank fraud, and making a…

Apr

03

2017

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – Franklin K. Dotson, 32, of New Martinsville, West Virginia, was convicted today for passing counterfeit money and being a felon in possession of a firearm, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen…

Apr

03

2017

NEWARK, N.J. – A Fairlawn, New Jersey, tax preparer today admitted preparing fraudulent income tax returns on behalf of her clients, causing losses of over $130,000, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.

Shirley Arias…