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HARRISBURG- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Chelsea Miller, age 19, of Stuart, Florida, pleaded guilty on November 22, 2016, before United States District Court Judge John E.…

NEW YORK – The planning and execution of security at Secret Service protected venues in New York City is a collaborative effort between the Secret Service, the New York Police Department, and the New York Mayor's Office. The security plan is…

PITTSBURGH – A Westmoreland County resident pleaded guilty in federal court jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of fraudulent official seals, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.

Christopher Diiorio, 53, of Greensburg,…

LOUISVILLE, KY – United States Attorney Russell M. Coleman, joined by FBI Special Agent in Charge Amy S. Hess, United States Secret Service Special Agent in Charge Richard Ferretti, and Louisville Metro Police Chief Steve Conrad, today…

WASHINGTON – Today, the Secret Service announces the success of the largest operational seizure of counterfeit currency in the history of the agency.

OPERATION SUNSET is the culmination of an intense global investigation involving six…

Chris Suhail Folad, 37, of Franklin, Tenn., and Khaled Nabil Abdel Fattah, 38, of Antioch, Tenn. were convicted today by a federal jury, after a 3-day trial, of conspiracy to commit computer access fraud and wire fraud as well as 19 individual…

welve individuals were charged with allegedly executing a scheme to defraud customers of Bank of America and PNC Bank through conduct known as “ATM skimming,” according to complaints that were unsealed following the arrest of the majority of…

SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Senior United States District Judge Richard P. Conaboy sentenced a Hazleton man to 15 months’ imprisonment for passing counterfeit $100…

BIRMINGHAM –Federal prosecutors today charged a former Bibb County bank president with bank fraud for issuing 31 fraudulent loans in the names of other people or businesses and using the proceeds for himself, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce…

SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – Michael J. Mahannah, 33, of Auburn was sentenced today in federal court to serve fifteen (15) years in prison to be followed by a ten (10) year term of supervised release in connection with his guilty pleas to eighteen…

Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew has sentenced Alberto Yuniel Garcia (31, Tampa) to six years and two months in federal prison for engaging in the manufacture and use of counterfeit credit cards and identity theft. He…

ALEXANDRIA, La. – United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that an Alexandria woman pleaded guilty Monday to using an Alexandria clinic’s credit cards to make unauthorized purchases of $119,000.

Alaina Stansell, 35, of…

Montgomery, Alabama – A Montgomery, Alabama resident was sentenced to 28 months in prison today for his role in a stolen identity refund fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney George L. Beck Jr. of the Middle District of Alabama, and Principal…

Tampa, FL – U.S. District Judge James S. Moody, Jr. today sentenced Michel Lermos-Hernandez (40, Tampa) to 16 years and 7 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft. The Court also ordered him to…

Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced real estate consultant Alexander Sivels, II, age 32, of Baltimore, and real estate agent Christopher A. Kwegan, age 59, of Randallstown, Maryland, each to 27 months in prison…