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CINCINNATI – Frank Morris, 73, of Cincinnati, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to using the identity of a deceased childhood friend to obtain more than $120,000 in Social Security and SNAP food stamp benefits. Morris also compiled a…

SHERMAN, Texas – A Wylie man has been sentenced to prison for federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei today. 

Noble Nwachukwu, 26, pleaded guilty on Oct. 23, 2019, to…

TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA – Isaleb Anofils, 32, of Vero Beach, Florida, and Donyell Garland, 32, of Tallahassee, Florida, were each sentenced on Friday and last month, respectively, to 48 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to…

TOKYO - U.S. Secret Service Personnel Security Specialist Trevon Jenifer of the Security Management Division (SMD) is going for gold this summer as a member of the 2020 U.S. Paralympic men's wheelchair basketball team. The 16th Summer…

Washington, D.C. – A U.S. Secret Service investigation has led to the conviction and sentencing of a Chicago man who executed a well-planned scheme targeting his neighbors’ identities.  

Boyd Egan, of Chicago, Illinois, was…

Jackson, Miss. – A Ridgeland woman pleaded guilty to theft of government funds involving unemployment insurance benefits fraud, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and U.S. Secret Service Resident Agent in Charge Shawn Wolfe.…

A Tulsa man pleaded guilty today in federal court for sending threatening emails to KOTV Channel 6 directed at President Joseph Biden, unnamed members of the Congress, and their families, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Roxanne Bates, 52, of Columbus, Ohio, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today to one count of theft of public money, acknowledging that she took her mother’s Social Security benefits for almost eight years after her mother…

The U.S. Secret Service National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) distributed nearly 40,000 print copies of critical research for preventing targeted school violence to public school districts and private schools in order to inform schools on…

PROVIDENCE, R.I. –  Federal arrest warrants were executed today against two individuals on charges they allegedly participated in a large-scale conspiracy to defraud Home Depot stores in at least three New England states. A third person…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – One of eight individuals indicted in April 2021 in connection with a large fraud and money laundering scheme pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering. 

According to court documents and statements…

PEORIA, Ill. –Boyd Egan, of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced on August 13, 2021, to nine years in federal prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for bank fraud and identity theft. Egan also was ordered to pay $160,954.54…

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Secret Service agents and agency task force of partners have been named in multiple categories of awards as announced by the International Association of Financial Crimes Investigators. 

The International…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A husband and wife pleaded guilty today for selling more than $300,000 in stolen items online, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and United States Secret Service Special Agent in Charge Patrick Davis.

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BOSTON – A Bulgarian national pleaded guilty yesterday in connection with a scheme to create counterfeit ATM cards and to withdraw money from the bank accounts of unsuspecting customers.

Anatoli Mitrev, 34, pleaded guilty to conspiracy…