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…
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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, all federal…
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 Federal Reserve…
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
Brooklyn Man Conspired to Purchase $90K in Gift Cards and Merchandise Using Counterfeit Credit Cards
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
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 2008 through Oct…
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 restitution by…
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
According to court records, in December 2018, an individual from Presque Isle listed a futon for sale on Facebook Messenger. The seller was contacted by the defendant’s girlfriend and agreed to sell the futon for $75. On December 4, 2018, the…
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…
Mar
17
2020
Rodriguez had previously pleaded guilty to Wire Fraud. The court also ordered Ms. Rodriguez to pay $171,631 in restitution for the losses sustained by the victim.
Ms. Rodriguez and her mother, co-defendant Margaret Gastelum, provided…
Mar
16
2020
Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Secret Service can confirm that an employee was the victim of a criminal act in which our Agency issued laptop computer was stolen.
Secret Service issued laptops contain multiple layers of security including…
Mar
13
2020
Defendant Nicole Dunlap was sentenced to 57 months imprisonment; and defendant Marcus Smith was sentenced to 63 months imprisonment. The sentences were handed down by the Honorable Susan Illston, Senior United States District Judge.
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