News Releases

Jackson, Miss. – A Ridgeland woman pleaded guilty to theft of government funds involving unemployment insurance benefits fraud, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and U.S. Secret Service Resident Agent in Charge Shawn Wolfe.

Washington, D.C. – A U.S. Secret Service investigation has led to the conviction and sentencing of a Chicago man who executed a well-planned scheme targeting his neighbors’ identities.  

Boyd Egan, of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced on…

A Tulsa man pleaded guilty today in federal court for sending threatening emails to KOTV Channel 6 directed at President Joseph Biden, unnamed members of the Congress, and their families, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.

John…

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Roxanne Bates, 52, of Columbus, Ohio, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today to one count of theft of public money, acknowledging that she took her mother’s Social Security benefits for almost eight years after her mother…

The U.S. Secret Service National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) distributed nearly 40,000 print copies of critical research for preventing targeted school violence to public school districts and private schools in order to inform schools on…

PROVIDENCE, R.I. –  Federal arrest warrants were executed today against two individuals on charges they allegedly participated in a large-scale conspiracy to defraud Home Depot stores in at least three New England states. A third person alleged…

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Secret Service agents and agency task force of partners have been named in multiple categories of awards as announced by the International Association of Financial Crimes Investigators. 

The International…

PEORIA, Ill. –Boyd Egan, of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced on August 13, 2021, to nine years in federal prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for bank fraud and identity theft. Egan also was ordered to pay $160,954.54 in…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – One of eight individuals indicted in April 2021 in connection with a large fraud and money laundering scheme pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering. 

According to court documents and statements made in…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A husband and wife pleaded guilty today for selling more than $300,000 in stolen items online, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and United States Secret Service Special Agent in Charge Patrick Davis.

Christopher…

BOSTON – A Bulgarian national pleaded guilty yesterday in connection with a scheme to create counterfeit ATM cards and to withdraw money from the bank accounts of unsuspecting customers.

Anatoli Mitrev, 34, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to…

WASHINGTON – Andrew Robertson, 54, of Harrison, N.J., formerly of the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, was sentenced today to 41 months in prison for embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from an international law firm with offices in…

COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA – A Council Bluffs man was sentenced Thursday, August 12, 2021, by United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose to 121 months in prison for Possession of Child Pornography. His term of imprisonment will be followed by…

COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA – A Council Bluffs man was sentenced Thursday, August 12, 2021, by United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose to 327 months in prison for Coercion and Enticement of minor foreign exchange students. According to court…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A Birmingham man pleaded guilty today to kidnapping and collecting ransom money, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona, Federal Bureau of Investigation Johnnie Sharp, Jr., and United States Secret Service Special Agent in…