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May

07

2015

(WASHINGTON) – Tomorrow, the United States Secret Service (USSS) and National Park Service (NPS) will begin implementing a series of new, temporary security enhancements and aesthetic improvements for the White House complex. These temporary…

Apr

24

2015

(Atlanta, Georgia) – On April 23, 2015, the United States Secret Service Atlanta Field Office arrested eight members of an organized fraud ring accused of stealing over $10 million in U.S. Treasury checks. Five additional targets were already in…

Mar

03

2015

(Columbus, Ohio) – On March 3, 2015, the United States Secret Service Columbus Resident Office arrested five members of an organized crime ring accused of operating a stolen credit card, identity theft, tax fraud, and money laundering conspiracy…

Mar

03

2015

Today, Director Clancy and I announce the appointment of Craig D. Magaw to be Deputy Director of the U.S. Secret Service. Craig Magaw is a veteran of the U.S. Secret Service and previously served as the Assistant Director of the Office of…

Feb

26

2015

(Seattle, WA) – Following a 20 month investigation by the United States Secret Service into an organized fraud ring operating in the Seattle, WA area, ten individuals have been indicted. To date, eight of the defendants listed in the indictment…

Feb

06

2015

(Washington, D.C.) - On February 6, 2015, Boaz Borohov, 44, of Tel Aviv, Israel and Ofra Borohov, 45, of Tel Aviv, Israel pled guilty in the Eastern District of Virginia to Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) conspiracy, in…

Jan

15

2015

WASHINGTON, DC (1/16/15) - On Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 9:00 p.m., the President will deliver the State of the Union address before a Joint Session of Congress in the U.S. Capitol Building. The United States Capitol Police and its law…

Dec

17

2014

(Washington, D.C.) - On December 15, 2014, the United States Secret Service supported Ugandan authorities in an operation in Kampala, Uganda. Ryan Gustafson, aka “Willy Clock,” a U.S. citizen currently residing in Uganda, was arrested and charged…

Nov

25

2014

Earlier today in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, Elvis Rafael Rodriguez was sentenced to 34 months’ imprisonment for his participation in an international cybercrime organization responsible for two cyberattacks that inflicted $45 million in…

Oct

17

2014

(Washington, D.C.) - On October 16, 2014, the United States Secret Service Lima Resident Office supported the Peruvian National Police (PNP) in an operation in San Juan De Lurigancho, Lima and arrested Jose Ernesto Mandujiano-Torres on charges of…

Oct

10

2014

(Washington, D.C.) - On October 10, 2014, Arthur Budovsky, founder of Liberty Reserve, an online payment processor and money transfer system allegedly used by global cyber criminals to launder and distribute criminal proceeds, was extradited to…

Sep

20

2014

(Washington, D.C.) - Yesterday at approximately 7:20PM, Omar J. Gonzalez, W/M/42, of Copperas Cove, TX, climbed over the fence on the north side of the White House complex and ran toward the front of the mansion. Gonzalez failed to comply with…

Aug

12

2014

(Washington, D.C.) - On August 12, 2014, United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger announced the indictment of 20 members of the Mustafa Family, a Twin Cities-based criminal organization, for trafficking stolen and fraudulently obtained mobile…

Aug

07

2014

(Washington, D.C.) - On August 7, 2014, a federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment in the Eastern District of Virginia, charging 10 members of the criminal enterprise with one count of Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations…

Jul

07

2014

(Washington, D.C.) On July 5, 2014 the U.S. Secret Service arrested Roman Valerevich Seleznev. A Russian national, Seleznev was indicted in the Western District of Washington in March 2011 for hacking into point of sale systems at retailers…