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News Releases

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

Sep

22

2016

NEWARK, N.J. – A Romanian citizen was sentenced today to 36 months in prison for orchestrating an international hacking scheme targeting retailers, security companies, medical offices and individuals in the United States, U.S. Attorney Paul J.…

Sep

22

2016

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that, ISSAC YEBOAH, age 30, of Grand Prairie, Texas, pled guilty to BANK FRAUD, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1344(2…

Sep

20

2016

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Secret Service Special Agent Tate Jarrow will receive the 2016 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal (Sammies Award) at a gala to be held in the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C. This prestigious…

Sep

20

2016

Hurricane joined the Emergency Response Team Tactical Canine Unit in November of 2012.

Hurricane served faithfully alongside Uniformed Division Officer-Technician Marshall J. Mirarchi. Both participated in numerous protective missions to…

Sep

19

2016

Baltimore, Maryland – Chief U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Jose Miguel Tapia, age 30, of Baltimore, to five years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft arising from…

Sep

19

2016

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that, STACY BORLEY BORTEY, age 26, of Houston, Texas, pled guilty to BANK FRAUD, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1344(…

Sep

19

2016

Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that that LISA LANDMAN, 48, of Redding, waived her right to indictment and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to one…

Sep

12

2016

WASHINGTON – Joseph A. Caputo, 23, of Stamford, Conn., pled guilty today to a federal charge stemming from an incident on Thanksgiving Day 2015 in which he illegally scaled the White House fence, announced U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips and…

Sep

09

2016

Cleveland, OH) – On September 8, 2016, the Secret Service Cleveland Field Office and two Special Agents were honored by Mayor Frank Jackson and the City of Cleveland during a proclamation ceremony in Cleveland, Ohio. The Secret Service was…

Sep

08

2016

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Andrew Otto Boggs, aka “INCURSIO,” 22, of North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, and Justin Gray Liverman, aka “D3F4ULT,” 24, of Morehead City, North Carolina, were arrested today on charges related to their alleged roles in the…

Sep

01

2016

Marcel Lehel Lazar, 44, of Arad, Romania, a hacker who used the online moniker “Guccifer,” was sentenced today to 52 months in prison for unauthorized access to a protected computer and aggravated identity theft.

Assistant Attorney…

Aug

31

2016

(Tampa, FL) - United States Secret Service Director Joseph P. Clancy has announced the appointment of a veteran agent with a distinguished record to the position of Special Agent in Charge in Tampa.

Billy Joe Powers, a veteran agent with…

Aug

31

2016

(Birmingham, AL) - United States Secret Service Director Joseph P. Clancy has announced the appointment of a veteran agent with a distinguished record to the position of Special Agent in Charge in Birmingham.

Michael A. Williams, a 31-…

Aug

31

2016

(Oklahoma City, OK) - United States Secret Service Director Joseph P. Clancy announced the appointment of a veteran agent with a distinguished record to the position of Special Agent in Charge in Oklahoma City.

Kenneth Valentine, a…

Aug

29

2016

(Washington, D.C.) – The United States Secret Service Washington Field Office has received the Property and Evidence Accreditation by the International Association for Property and Evidence (IAPE) making it the first federal field office to…