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News Releases

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

Sep

19

2018

According to the information presented in court, Guy Randal Stockard, a/k/a Randy, 59, defrauded the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as the Food Stamp Program, of more than $1.2 million over an…

Sep

18

2018

In the same case, Judge Vance sentenced ANDRE LION GONCALVES PEREIRA (“PEREIRA”), age 29, also a citizen of Brazil, to two years of imprisonment for aggravated identity theft. According to the court documents, Pereira and three other Brazilian…

Sep

18

2018

William Allen Griffin, 54, of Reno, pleaded guilty to one count of possession of counterfeit obligations of the United States before U.S. District Judge Miranda Du. He has a prior felony conviction for burglary in Carson City. Sentencing is…

Sep

17

2018

If convicted, each faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. The indictment also notifies Russell and Maria Dotson that the United States is seeking a money judgment in the amount of $886,130, the proceeds of the alleged conspiracy.…

Sep

14

2018

According to court documents, in 2012, Hector Antonio Cruz-Mercedes, attempted to negotiate ten U.S. Treasury income tax refund checks totaling $75,808 generated from false tax returns filed in the names of stolen identities of Puerto Rican…

Sep

13

2018

A federal criminal indictment was filed on August 23, 2018, and was unsealed today in federal court. “The 16 individuals charged in the criminal indictment are alleged to have been part of a drug ring that distributed methamphetamine, cocaine and…

Sep

13

2018

He faces a possible sentence of up to ten years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 for the possession count and an additional two years in prison for each of the identity theft counts. According to the trial testimony, Muresanu, along with a…

Sep

11

2018

Juan Perdomo, 59, and his son, Jose Perdomo, 34, both of Newark, are charged by complaint with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The Perdomos and Maria Rodriguez, 58, Juan’s wife…

Sep

11

2018

Ricardo Viera, 49, of Homestead, Florida, was sentenced, to serve a total of 40 months. Luis Raul Hernandez-Ugando, 37, of Coral Gables, Florida, was sentenced to serve a total of 48 months. Upon their release from prison, each will…

Sep

10

2018

According to information presented in court, between June 2011 and July 2016, Melvin Gene Griggs Jr., 32, used the identifying information of multiple victims to access victims’ credit card and bank accounts. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant…

Sep

10

2018

Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes of the Western District of Washington made the announcement. “Joel Kurzynski’s guilty plea demonstrates that conduct…

Sep

07

2018

Daniel Frisiello, 25, has agreed to plead guilty to 13 counts of mailing a threat to injure the person of another and six counts of false information and hoaxes. On March 1, 2018, Frisiello was arrested and charged with five counts of mailing a…

Sep

07

2018

ANDREI TYURIN, a/k/a “Andrei Tiurin,” was extradited from the country of Georgia. TYURIN was arrested by Georgian authorities at the request of the United States for charges arising from his participation in a massive computer hacking campaign…

Sep

07

2018

U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu for the District of Columbia, Brian J. Ebert, Special Agent in Charge, Washington Field Office, U.S. Secret Service, and Robert B. Wemyss, Inspector in Charge, Washington Division, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, made…

Sep

06

2018

U.S. District Judge Abdul K. Kallon sentenced RIKKI ROSS, 38, of Hoover, on one count of federal program fraud for stealing from an agency that received more than $10,000 in federal benefits annually between 2012 and 2017 through grants or other…