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News Releases

Stay up-to-date with the latest news from Secret Service.


Jun

10

2020

St. Louis, MO – Tamara Jo Nyachira, 40, of Pittsburg, Kansas, was indicted today with three felony charges of obtaining anti-malaria and narcotic opioid prescription drugs with forged prescriptions.

According to the Indictment,…

Jun

05

2020

Washington D.C. – The U.S. Secret Service, in coordination with the U.S. Park Police, is announcing the closure of the areas in and around the White House complex. These closures are in an effort to maintain the necessary security measures…

Jun

05

2020

Washington D.C. – The Secret Service has determined that no agency personnel used tear gas or capsicum spray during its efforts to secure the area near Lafayette Park on Monday, June 1st, 2020.  

May

31

2020

Washington, D.C. -- On Saturday, May 30, and into early Sunday, May 31, 2020, U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division Officers made one arrest during the demonstrations near 15th St. NW and Pennsylvania Avenue.

Some…

May

30

2020

Washington D.C. – On Friday, May 29, and into early Saturday, May 30, 2020, U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division Officers made six arrests during demonstrations in and around Lafayette Park and along Pennsylvania Avenue near the White House…

May

28

2020

SAVANNAH, GA: A Georgia man has been charged with attempting to sell 50 million non-existent facemasks to a foreign government.

Paul Penn, together with others, is accused of attempting to defraud a foreign government in connection…

May

13

2020

SAVANNAH, GA: A Florida man who operated a durable medical equipment company has been charged for his alleged participation in a Medicare kickback and telemedicine fraud scheme.

Patrick Wolfe, 48, of Belleair Beach, Fla., the operator…

May

11

2020

Washington, D.C. - Today, the United States Secret Service announced that Dr. Lina Alathari has been named as a 2020 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal finalist. The Partnership for Public Service announced 27 candidates,…

May

08

2020

LIMA, PERU – On April 4, the United States Secret Service Lima Resident Office in partnership with the Peruvian National Police Anti-Counterfeit Group arrested two individuals for the manufacturing of counterfeit United States…

Apr

20

2020

Economic Impact Payment Specimen: The Economic Impact Payment checks will have the following information located on the lower right side of the Statue of Liberty: ECONOMIC IMPACT PAYMENT PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP.

WASHINGTON - The Secret…

Apr

13

2020

Corey W. Howard, 25, pleaded guilty to one count before United States District Judge Nora Barry Fischer. In connection with the guilty plea, the court was advised that in June 2016, Corey W. Howard and conspirators used counterfeit credit…

Apr

06

2020

ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today Timothy Meacham, 32, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of selling counterfeit coins, was sentenced to three years probation and ordered to pay $5,184.00 in…

Apr

06

2020

HOUSTON – A local woman has entered a guilty plea to 12 counts of mail and wire fraud and four counts of filing a false tax return, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.

Gwendolyn M. Berry admitted that from September…

Mar

31

2020

In addition to the prison term, Senior U.S. District Judge David A. Ezra ordered 31-year-old Jennifer Trevino to pay $821,579.18 in restitution for bank fraud plus. Judge Ezra also ordered that Trevino be placed under supervised release for a…

Mar

25

2020

“Our office is committed to investigating and prosecuting all cybercriminals – including computer hackers who illegally ‘jackpot’ ATM machines in Nevada – as they attempt to come up with new ways to circumvent cybersecurity systems,” said…