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Aug

31

2016

(Oklahoma City, OK) - United States Secret Service Director Joseph P. Clancy announced the appointment of a veteran agent with a distinguished record to the position of Special Agent in Charge in Oklahoma City.

Kenneth Valentine, a…

Aug

29

2016

(Washington, D.C.) – The United States Secret Service Washington Field Office has received the Property and Evidence Accreditation by the International Association for Property and Evidence (IAPE) making it the first federal field office to…

Aug

25

2016

Seattle, WA – A federal court jury today convicted Roman Valerevich Seleznev, aka “Track2,” 32, of Vladivostok, Russia, of 38 counts related to his scheme to hack into point-of-sale computers to steal and sell credit card numbers to the…

Aug

25

2016

WASHINGTON – A New Hampshire man pleaded guilty today to remotely hacking into the online accounts of almost a dozen female victims and sending them threatening online communications, in some instances containing sexually explicit photos, in…

Aug

23

2016

WASHINGTON – The CEO of Preferred Merchants LLC, a financial services company based in Napa, California, was sentenced today in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina to 15 months in prison for engaging in an…

Aug

15

2016

A Minnesota man was sentenced to 33 months in prison for stealing and using credit card processing machines to steal approximately $215,000. Daniel Martez Walker pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit access device fraud.

Walker…

Aug

12

2016

A Massachusetts man was indicted in connection with a large-scale scheme to steal several million dollars from various bank accounts. Charles Washington was indicted on one count of bank fraud and four counts of bank fraud conspiracy.

Aug

03

2016

GLYNCO, GEORGIA- The Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC) is proud to announce that the 2015 Honor Graduate of the Year is United States Secret Service (USSS) Special Agent Andrew Baker, assigned to the Service’s Washington Field…

Aug

01

2016

A Lebanese national had his initial appearance in federal court after his arrest for selling large quantities of high-grade counterfeit U.S. currency to an undercover Secret Service agent. Louay Ibrahim Hussein was charged in connection with…

Jul

15

2016

Partners: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives City of Cleveland Mayor’s Office Cleveland Division of Emergency Medical Service Cleveland Division of Fire Cleveland Division of Police Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office Cuyahoga…

Jun

22

2016

(Washington, D.C.) - United States Secret Service Director Joseph P. Clancy has announced the appointment of eight veteran agents to the position of Special Agent in Charge of local Secret Service Field Offices in Birmingham, Boston, Buffalo,…

Jun

17

2016

(Washington, D.C.) On Thursday, June 16th, 2016, Tyi Michael Tunstall was sentenced to 30 months in prison for identity theft schemes that enabled him to steal more than $75,000.

The U.S. Secret Service, Washington Field Office and…

Jun

16

2016

(WASHINGTON) – The United States Secret Service (USSS) and the National Park Service (NPS) today presented concepts for a new White House fence to the Commission of Fine Arts (CFA) for concept approval. The CFA voted to approve the essential…

Jun

02

2016

(Reno, N.V.) A year-long investigation by the U.S. Secret Service and local Reno, NV area law enforcement partners has resulted in the indictment of Thomas Morla and Yvonne Flores of Sacramento, California. Both were indicted on Wednesday, May…

May

20

2016

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, at approximately 3:06 pm, an adult male subject, carrying a firearm, approached an outer perimeter checkpoint accessible to the general public on E Street. Secret Service Uniformed Division Officers gave numerous…