SAN FRANCISCO– Three individuals have been charged today for their alleged roles in the Twitter hack that occurred on July 15, 2020.
The announcement was made by United States Attorney David L. Anderson; Acting Assistant Attorney…
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Jul
29
2020
WASHINGTON - The United States has filed a complaint to forfeit approximately 482 bitcoins and 1,721,868 tether (collectively worth approximately $6.5 million), announced the Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Michael R.…
Jul
22
2020
WASHINGTON – U.S. Secret Service in partnership with the Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) today announced a reward of up to $1 million dollars each for information leading to the arrest…
Jul
17
2020
A Detroit woman was charged in a criminal complaint for her alleged role in a multi-million dollar unemployment insurance fraud scheme aimed at defrauding the State of Michigan and the U.S. Government of funds earmarked for unemployment…
Jul
16
2020
SAN DIEGO – Daniel Wayne Gorman, a resident of San Diego, was sentenced to 15 years in custody on Monday as a result of mailing over two kilograms of pure methamphetamine to Guam and possessing over 500 counterfeit credit cards.
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Jul
09
2020
WASHINGTON - In recognition of the growing convergence of cyber and traditional financial crimes, the U.S. Secret Service is formally merging its Electronic Crimes Task Forces (ECTFs) and Financial Crimes Task Forces (FCTFs) into a single…
Jul
09
2020
EVANSVILLE – United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler announced today, Rose Ann Azzarello, 60, Ft. Branch, Ind., and Andrea Renee Pytlinski, 38, Ft. Branch, Ind., were arrested and charged with wire fraud.
“With any crisis, comes…
Jul
09
2020
WASHINGTON – The week of July 6, the Secret Service Podcast, Standing Post, released its first episode of their third season. On this episode of Standing Post, Thomas Sullivan, Chief of the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division,…
Jul
06
2020
Baltimore, Maryland – Federal prosecutors in Maryland have filed a federal criminal complaint charging Dogar Singh, age 67, of Carteret, New Jersey, and Rehan Afridi, age 36, of West Deptford, New Jersey, on the federal bank fraud charges…
Jul
03
2020
LOS ANGELES – A Dubai resident who flaunted his extravagant lifestyle on social media has arrived in the United States to face criminal charges alleging he conspired to launder hundreds of millions of dollars from business email compromise (…
Jun
30
2020
DAYTON – A federal grand jury has charged five Dayton men in an identity theft conspiracy that involved re-encoding gift and credit cards in order to steal gasoline at approximately 50 Dayton-area gas stations and convenience…
Jun
26
2020
A Russian national was sentenced today to nine years in prison for his operation of two websites devoted to the facilitation of payment card fraud, computer hacking, and other crimes before Senior U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III in the…
Jun
15
2020
NASHVILLE, Tenn – June 15, 2020 – A former Investments Vice President at Raymond James & Associates, Inc. (Raymond James), has been charged with stealing $933,500 from two elderly clients, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle…
Jun
13
2020
Washington D.C. – On June 5, the U.S. Secret Service released information stating that the agency had concluded that no agency personnel used tear gas or capsicum spray during efforts to secure the area near Lafayette Park on Monday, June 1,…
Jun
11
2020
WASHINGTON – Fifteen defendants have pleaded guilty to-date for their roles in a transnational and multi-million dollar scheme to defraud American victims through online auction fraud.
Four of the guilty pleas took place in the past 24…