The United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Jeremy Fairbanks, 44, formerly of St. Albans, Vermont, was sentenced on December 18, 2020 upon his guilty plea to two counts of wire fraud: one stemming from his conduct in…
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Dec
16
2020
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WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Secret Service launched a redesigned public website, including updates to modernize agency communication and…
Dec
10
2020
TUCSON, Ariz. – On November 24, a federal grand jury in Tucson returned a three-count indictment against Michael Tagle Santos, 33, and Cherry Mae Santos, 28, husband and wife, of Tucson, Arizona for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire…
Dec
09
2020
FRANKFORT, Ky. - A Frankfort man, Ricky Joe Cornish Jr., 33, was sentenced to 120 months in prison on Tuesday, by U.S. District Judge Gregory F. Van Tatenhove, after previously pleading guilty to using the internet to entice a minor to…
Dec
09
2020
WASHINGTON - Today the Secret Service hosted a virtual Cyber Incident Response Simulation for financial services, real estate, retail and hospitality executives who trained on mitigation strategies for a simulated business email compromise (…
Dec
09
2020
WASHINGTON – Two U.S. Secret Service individuals and 21 employees with the Safety, Health and Environmental Programs Division (SAF) were recipients of the 2020 Department of Homeland Security Secretary’s Awards.
Special Agent Roy…
Dec
08
2020
LOS ANGELES – Five Canadian men have been indicted on federal fraud charges alleging they ran a million-dollar telemarketing scam that deceived victims – many of them elderly Southern California residents – into paying off non-existent…
Dec
08
2020
PORTLAND, Maine: A Bowie, Maryland man pleaded guilty today in federal court to using counterfeit credit cards, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced.
According to court records, in December 2018, Charles Harris, 37, and his co-…
Dec
07
2020
BOISE – Edward Fisher, 57, of Stamford, Connecticut, was sentenced to 42 months in federal prison for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced today. U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also imposed a…
Dec
07
2020
SAN FRANCISCO – Marc Nunez made an initial appearance today in federal court on a criminal complaint for possession of child pornography, announced David L. Anderson and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security…
Dec
07
2020
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – A grand jury has returned indictments in unrelated cases against two Central Illinois men, one from Springfield and the other from Beardstown, that allege fraud in connection with major disaster or emergency benefits…
Dec
03
2020
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced that Melissa Evans, 49, of Palestine, was sentenced to 21 months in prison for bank fraud. She will also pay a total of $145,000 in restitution.
“Evans stole from her…
Dec
03
2020
The U.S. Department of Justice, the FBI, the U.S. Secret Service, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, and five other federal law enforcement agencies announced the completion of the third annual Money Mule Initiative, a coordinated operation…
Dec
03
2020
BOSTON – Six Chicago-area men have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Springfield with participating in a nationwide wire fraud and identity theft scheme that victimized businesses across the United States.
Antonio Strong, 28;…
Dec
03
2020
SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on December 1, 2020, Daniel Gologan, age 31, of Romania, was sentenced to 40 months’ imprisonment by United States District Judge Robert D.…