WASHINGTON - Today the U.S. Secret Service hosted a Cyber Incident Response Simulation with executive business leaders, law enforcement and other government agencies focused on cyberattacks, ransomware and incident response plans.
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News Releases
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Apr
26
2022
Miami, Florida – A Delray Beach, Florida man who fueled an international firearms smuggling ring with guns he illegally purchased at South Florida gun shows through straw buyers has been sentenced to 200 months in federal prison.
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Apr
26
2022
FRESNO, Calif. — Six people were arrested in Kern County today following a year-long investigation of a Bakersfield-based drug trafficking organization that distributed methamphetamine and heroin, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.…
Apr
22
2022
DETROIT - Jermaine Rose, a former lead claims examiner for the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency (MUIA), pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiracy to commit wire fraud arising out of his participation in a pandemic-related unemployment…
Apr
22
2022
NEWARK, N.J. – An Essex County, New Jersey, man was convicted today for his role in scheming with at least one U.S. Postal Service (USPS) employee and others to steal credit cards from the mail and then steal victims’ identities in order to…
Apr
21
2022
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – On April 21, 2022, George Thacker, 59, of Spring City, Tennessee, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud related to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act.
The CARES Act is a federal…
Apr
21
2022
Charlotte, N.C. Today, U.S. Attorney Dena J. King announced the filing of a federal civil complaint seeking the forfeiture of $597,891.46, seized as part of an investigation of at least three individuals operating as money mules responsible…
Apr
21
2022
NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that on April 19, 2022 MICHAEL J. GOLL, age 46, of Kentwood, pleaded guilty to wire fraud and filing false federal tax returns. GOLL entered his guilty plea before U.S.…
Apr
21
2022
CONCORD - Niurka Lebron, 45, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty in federal court to bank fraud on Wednesday, United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.
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Apr
20
2022
SAN DIEGO – Three men were sentenced in federal court today for engaging in a years-long, nation-wide fraud conspiracy that stole victims’ financial information from ATMs and gas pumps in San Diego and across the country, and then used the…
Apr
20
2022
HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Mohamed Farah, age 32, of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, was indicted by a federal grand jury for threatening the President and a…
Apr
20
2022
WASHINGTON, DC - Shortly before 8:00 a.m., Secret Service Uniformed Division police officers responded to the diplomatic residence of the Peruvian Embassy for a report of a burglary in progress. Upon arrival, officers encountered a…
Apr
20
2022
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that KATIE LAROCHE, age 53, from New Orleans, was charged on April 19, 2022 with wire fraud, based on her embezzlement of $233,363.53 from a client.
The…
Apr
19
2022
SAVANNAH, GA: Four people have been charged with participating in COVID-19 relief fraud schemes, and three of them have already pled guilty.
The defendants all are charged via Informations as the result of ongoing investigations…
Apr
19
2022
HONOLULU – Brandon Charles Saffeels, 37, a former Maui Police Department officer, pleaded guilty today in the U.S. District Court to attempted child enticement. U.S. District Court Judge Leslie E. Kobayashi took Saffeels’ guilty plea and…