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Raytown Man Sentenced for Stealing $86,000 from Two Churches

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Raytown, Mo., man who worked or volunteered at two area churches was sentenced in federal court today for embezzling more than $86,000 from those parishes.


Massachusetts Man Pleaded Guilty to Conspiring to Defraud the IRS Using Stolen Ids of Puerto Rico Residents to Claim Tax Refunds

News Release: A Lawrence, Massachusetts man pleaded guilty today during his trial in the District of Massachusetts to conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), access device fraud, theft of government property, aggravated identity theft and money laundering, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Departments Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney William D. Weinreb for the District of Massachusetts.


Canadian Homicide Suspect Captured by U.S. Secret Service, San Antonio, TX

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) On July 11, 2017, Ager Hasan, Canadian homicide suspect, was arrested


Moments in History: Operation Firewall

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - In 2004, the Secret Service arrested more than 28


Three Louisiana Residents Indicted for Insider Trading in Connection With Shaw Group Acquisitionon With Shaw Group Acquisition

News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA Acting United States Attorney Corey Amundson announced today that three more individuals have been charged with insider trading in connection with the acquisition of the Shaw Group. A federal grand jury sitting in the Middle District of Louisiana has indicted KELLY LIU, age 31, SALVADOR ...


Miami-Based Physician Pleads Guilty for Role in Pain Pill Diversion and Medicare Fraud Scheme

News Release: A licensed physician in Miami pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday for his role in a multi-faceted $4.8 million health care fraud scheme that ran from April 2011 to February 2017, involving the submission of false and fraudulent claims to Medicare and the illegal prescribing of Schedule II (e.g., oxycodone and hydrocodone) and Schedule IV (e.g., alprazolam) controlled substances.


Brewer Man Sentenced to 69 Months for Possessing Child Pornography

News Release: Bangor, Maine: Acting United States Attorney Richard W. Murphy announced that Ronald Boersma, 38, of Brewer, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to 69 months in prison to be followed by 15 years of supervised release for possessing child pornography. Boersma pleaded guilty on Nov. 18, 2016.


Secret Service Nets Significant Counterfeit Seizure and Arrests in Colombian Operation

News Release: WASHINGTON Today, the Secret Service announces the success of an operation that


Final Member of Credit Card Fraud Conspiracy Pleads Guilty

News Release: Quentin Bruce and Five Others Targeted Rural Communities in the Southeast


Former Jefferson County Resident Pleads Guilty to Identity Theft and Student Loan Fraud Charges

News Release: St. Louis, MO Malachi Duncan a/k/a Demarcus Brewster pled guilty to charges of student loan fraud and aggravated identity theft. Duncan appeared today before United States District Judge John A. Ross.


U.S. Secret Service Cybercrime Investigation Results in Nine Year Prison Sentence for Member of Several Elite Russian-Speaking Cybercrime Forums

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) A multi-year cyber investigation, led by the U.S. Secret Service, culminated


Secret Service Investigation Results in 37 Month Prison Sentence for a $255 Thousand Fraud Scheme

News Release: (Norfolk, VA) A United States Secret Service investigation resulted in a lengthy prison sentence


Jonesboro Man Sentenced to More Than 21 Years on Multiple Child Pornography Charges

News Release: LITTLE ROCKPatrick C. Harris, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced today that Steven Thorpe, 44, of Jonesboro, will spend more than 21 years in federal prison for advertising child pornography.


Secret Service Investigation Results in Five Arrests for a $28 Million Credit Card and Idenity Theft Scheme

News Release: (New York, NY) A United States Secret Service investigation resulted in the arrest of five men


Staten Island Man Charged With Brokering Sale of Anti-Tank Rocket Launcher and Fifteen Ak-47 Rifles in Kosovo

News Release: Albert Veliu Among Eight Defendants Charged with Money Laundering, Extortion and International Arms Trafficking


Moments in History: A Remarkable Story of a Secret Service Father and Son

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) As a child during World War I, Albert Routier was an orphan on


Pekin Man Sentenced to 6 1/2 Years in Prison for Receiving, Possessing Child Pornography

News Release: PEORIA, Ill. Darin E. Eldridge, 55, of Pekin, Ill., has been sentenced to 80 months (6 years, 8 months) in prison for receiving and possessing child pornography. U.S. District Judge Michael M. Mihm sentenced Eldridge on June 23. Judge Mihm also ordered that Eldridge remain on supervised release for 10 ...


Secret Service Buffalo Electronic Crimes Task Force Promotes Robust Partnerships Through Tabletop Exercise

News Release: (Buffalo, NY) The United States Secret Service Buffalo Electronic Crimes Task Force recently


Leader Of Fraudulent Credit Card Scheme Sentenced To Five Years In Prison

News Release: Used the Personal Information of Victims to Fraudulently Obtain Credit, With Losses of More Than $225,000