On Wednesday afternoon at approximately 12:35 p.m. EST, based on information generated by Secret Service agents from the Pittsburgh Field Office, Pennsylvania State Police Troop A located and arrested Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez at a hotel…
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Oct
20
2011
(Honolulu, HI) – The Asia – Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Meeting will take place on Saturday, November 12, 2011, at the Hale Koa Hotel and Sunday, November 13, 2011 at the J.W. Marriott Ihilani in Ko Olina.
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May
06
2011
(Washington, D.C.) – Following the successful launch of a new recruiting website, the U.S. Secret Service will launch its official Twitter page (http://www.twitter.com/SecretService) on Monday, May 9, 2011.
“The internet is a valuable…
Mar
11
2011
(Washington, D.C.) – Thirty years after the assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan, the United States Secret Service is releasing an audio recording as well as internal agency interviews examining the event.
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Jan
20
2011
(Washington, D.C.) – The following is a statement from U.S. Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan on the death of Emergency Services Specialist Mark Falkenhan.
“On Wednesday evening, January 19, the U.S. Secret Service lost not only a…
Dec
02
2010
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – United States Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan has announced the appointment of Kevin S. Simpson to the position of Chief of the U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division effective December 5, 2010. Chief Simpson will…
Aug
11
2010
(Washington, D.C.) – Continuing its investigation into global credit card fraud rings, the U.S. Secret Service has identified Vladislav Anatolieviech Horohorin, 27, of Moscow, Russia, as an alleged co-founder of one of the most sophisticated…
Aug
09
2010
(Washington, D.C.) The 2010 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, now available to the public, provides an expanded view of data breaches over the last six years. In the first-ofits- kind collaboration, the Secret Service contributed data…
Aug
09
2010
(Washington, D.C.) – Creating the United Kingdom Electronic Crimes Task Force, the United States Secret Service has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Serious Organised Crime Agency. The task force, based on the U.S. Secret Service’…
Apr
15
2010
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Friday, April 16, 2010, the U.S. Secret Service, the U.S. Department of Education and the Federal Bureau of Investigation will release a study of targeted violence incidents on U.S. campuses of higher learning.
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Apr
02
2010
April 2, 2010 JIC-01 Contact: Metropolitan Police Department, 202-727-4383 District Department of Transportation, 202-671-3490 District Department of Public Works, 202-671-2375 Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, 202- 962-1051…
Feb
04
2010
(MEMPHIS, Tenn.) – The United States Secret Service has announced the formation of a new Electronic Crimes Task Force (ECTF), a successful public-private partnership aimed at fighting high-tech computer-based crimes. The new task force is…
Sep
22
2009
(Washington, D.C.) – The United States Secret Service in cooperation with its local, state and federal security, public safety and military partners, is developing the overall security plan for the Pittsburgh Summit. The summit will take place…
Sep
11
2009
(Washington, D.C.) – The key defendant in a U.S. Secret Service investigation into one of the largest hacking and identity theft cases prosecuted to date in the United States today pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston. Albert Gonzalez (…
Sep
10
2009
(Washington, D.C) – H. Stuart Knight, retired Director of the United States Secret Service, died on Monday, September 7, 2009, after an extended illness. He was 88 years old.
Mr. Knight was appointed as the 15th Director of the U.S.…