News Releases

ATLANTA - Thomas Addaquay has been sentenced following his conviction of 30 felonies related to two nationwide fraud schemes involving tax refund, business email compromise, and romance fraud scams.

“Addaquay’s fraud schemes impacted…

Tampa – U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington has sentenced Jonathan Daniels (46, St. Petersburg) to 14 years and 7 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, and aggravated…

CHICAGO — A Chicago man has been sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison for manufacturing counterfeit $100 bills and using them in retail stores.

MARQUISE SHORES used chemicals and a printer in his Chicago residence to…

NEWARK, N.J. – A Middlesex County man was charged with participating in a conspiracy to defraud Williams-Sonoma, Inc. and another national transportation and logistics company through overbilling for trucking services, Acting U.S. Attorney…

PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Francis J. Battista, 39, of Aston, Pennsylvania, was convicted at trial on all charges against him — 12 counts of wire fraud, three counts of aggravated identity theft,…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Marc Weiss, 50, of Charlotte, was sentenced today to 40 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for embezzling approximately $1.6 million from two small businesses, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney…

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Secret Service, Fairfax, Montgomery, Prince George’s, Prince William, and Arlington County Police Departments, and the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department conducted a payment card skimming and Electronic Benefit…

Danielle R. Sassoon, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Patrick J. Freaney, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of the United States Secret Service (“USSS”), announced today that ERICK…

Scammers Sent Text Messages Claiming to Help Find Remote Jobs; Tricked New Yorkers into Depositing Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars in Cryptocurrency Accounts AG James Freezes $2.2 Million WorthA STATEMENT ON THE LAWSUIT FROM THE SPECIAL AGENT IN…

SAIC STATEMENT 

The Secret Service is committed to bringing its cyber and forensic investigative resources to bear in support of crimes against children,” said Special Agent in Charge Glenn Dennis. “The National Center…

LOS ANGELES – The U.S. Secret Service, in collaboration with state and local law enforcement partners, conducted a community outreach operation targeting payment card skimming and Electronic Benefit Transfer fraud on Dec. 19 and 20 in San…

DENVER – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that Yamany Guerra-Pena, 36, a Cuban national and Miami, Florida resident, was sentenced to 55 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release…

Below is Secret Service Acting Director Ronald L. Rowe, Jr.’s written testimony for December 5, 2024, as submitted to the House Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump for Congressional record.

Good morning, Chairman…

NEW YORK — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers and U. S. Secret Service agents are protecting your currency’s integrity ahead of the upcoming holiday shopping season.

On November 18, CBP officers seized a total of $304,500…

NEW YORK - The United States Secret Service, New York Field Office, announced that TETIANA BERRIORS was sentenced in the Southern District of New York to 84 months in prison for her role in a series of fraudulent schemes, including business…