“The Secret Service is committed to aggressively investigating and disrupting organized criminal groups who prey on our most vulnerable citizens,” said Secret Service Director Randolph “Tex” Alles. “The results of the elder fraud sweep…
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Mar
07
2020
(Fairview Heights, IL) – A Secret Service child pornography investigation concluded with the imposition of a lengthy prison sentence for a Smithton, Il, man.
Kyle W. Oberg, was sentenced March 3, 2017, on two counts of sexual…
Mar
05
2020
The Agency remains fully prepared to execute this vital mission and any suggestion to the contrary breeds unfounded public concern and irresponsibly misrepresents the skill and professionalism of our workforce.
CANDIDATE PROTECTION…
Feb
26
2020
More than 3,000 law enforcement officers, educators and administrators, and mental health professionals in Washington, D.C., Chicago, Los Angeles, and Miami attended specialized briefings of the report and its findings. NTAC Chief Dr. Lina…
Feb
25
2020
VOLODYMYR KVASHUK, 25, a Ukrainian citizen residing in Renton, Washington, worked first as a contractor at Microsoft and then as an employee from August 2016 until he was fired in June 2018. Today, following a five-day trial, KVASHUK was…
Feb
25
2020
Kevin A. Johnson, 48, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Mark G. Mastroianni to time served in prison (almost 15 months) and three years of supervised release. In November 2019, Johnson pleaded guilty to two counts of conveying false…
Feb
24
2020
Yvonne Dozier, 50, of Boomer, West Virginia, previously pled guilty to wire fraud on November 18, 2019. She was sentenced to one year and one day of incarceration and was also ordered to pay restitution to the West Virginia Department of…
Feb
21
2020
U.S. District Judge Annemarie Axon sentenced Michael Charles Vines, to 41months in prison for wire fraud. Vines pled guilty to that charge in September 2019.
“The defendant exploited his position of trust with conduct that was…
Feb
21
2020
According to court documents, JOSEPH and the other defendants engaged in a scheme to obtain merchandise and cash from stores through fraud. The defendants obtained stolen credit and debit card information, encoded it onto cards, and then used…
Feb
20
2020
According to the indictment, Patel, 28, of San Francisco, Calif., worked as an event coordinator from 2013 to 2016 at a streaming-video company headquartered in San Francisco. During his time at the company, and continuing for two years…
Feb
20
2020
According to United States Attorney David J. Freed, the indictment alleges that Jackson and De Codio passed $2,700 of counterfeit United States currency in businesses in Mifflin and Juniata Counties on December 11, 2019.
This case was…
Feb
14
2020
Nirmalachandran faces likely removal to Canada after the completion of his prison sentence. According to court documents and statements made in court, in April 2019, Nirmalachandran, Syed Hoque, and Ajitharan Raveendran, conspired with others…
Feb
13
2020
Ariana Fajardo Orshan, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Brian Swain, Special Agent in Charge, United States Secret Service (USSS), Miami Field Office, made the announcement.
On December 3, 2020, Woolley pled…
Feb
13
2020
Clayton was indicted in May 2019 after an investigation determined that he had fraudulently received and misappropriated $84,500 in student loan payments.
During the plea hearing, Clayton admitted that during 2014-2015, while employed…
Feb
12
2020
Michael Glenn Ogden, age 38, was sentenced on December 18, 2019, to 41 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, and ordered to pay a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund.
Marcus Paul…