Fraud

WASHINGTON - On Dec. 23, 2022, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023. This bill formally reauthorizes the United States Secret Service to continue operating the National…

CHICAGO — A federal judge has sentenced a suburban Chicago man to nearly six years in prison for fraudulently obtaining more than $550,000 in small business loans under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.

In 2020…

OAKLAND – A federal grand jury has indicted eight individuals in California, Michigan, Ohio, and Oregon for their roles in a nationwide scheme to defraud two mobile shopping service companies.

According to the indictment filed Aug. 7, 2025…

BIRMINGHAM, AL  – A Federal grand jury in Birmingham has returned an indictment charging two Chinese nationals with possessing counterfeit devices, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona.  

A one-count indictment filed in U.S.…

LOS ANGELES – An illegal alien from Romania was sentenced today to 120 months in federal prison for skimming tens of thousands of Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards in California and New York.

Catalin-Marius Graur, 43, whose last known…

MIAMI – Kisean Paul Anderson aka Sean Kingston, 35, was sentenced today to 42 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge David S. Leibowitz, following his conviction by a federal jury on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire…

MOBILE, AL – A Mobile, AL, man was sentenced to 46 months in prison for conspiracy to commit bank fraud and bank fraud.

According to court documents, Travis Sopson, 45, pleaded guilty to defrauding numerous banks and credit unions between…

CHICAGO — The former chief financial officer of a staffing firm has been sentenced to more than two years in federal prison for embezzling more than $510,000 from the firm.

CHARLES NELSON misappropriated the money in 2018 and 2019 while…

SAVANNAH, GA - The U.S. Secret Service, and local law enforcement partners conducted a payment card skimming and Electronic Benefit Transfer fraud outreach operation in various cities throughout Southeast Georgia August 12-14, 2025.

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Tourists headed to Italy have one less scam to worry about, thanks to a collaboration between the U.S. Secret Service and the Polizia di Stato, Italy's national police force.

Earlier…