News from August 2016


Secret Service Investigative Case Summaries

News Release: Lebanese National Extradited to Face Charges in Counterfeit Currency Plot


United States Secret Service Special Agent Andrew Baker Selected As the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers Honor Graduate of the Year

News Release: GLYNCO, GEORGIA- The Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC) is proud to announce that the 2015 Honor Graduate of the Year is United States Secret Service (USSS) Special Agent Andrew Baker, assigned to the Services Washington Field Office.


Secret Service Investigative Case Summaries

News Release: Dorchester Man Charged in $4 Million Bank Fraud Conspiracy


Secret Service Investigative Case Summaries

News Release: Frazee Man Sentenced to Prison for Stealing Point-Of-Sale Credit Card Readers


Financial Services Company Executive Sentenced to 15 Months for Obstruction of Justice

News Release: WASHINGTON The CEO of Preferred Merchants LLC, a financial services company based in Napa, California, was sentenced today in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina to 15 months in prison for engaging in an elaborate obstruction of justice scheme to conceal from the government millions of dollars, which were subject to a freeze order and seizure warrant.


Russian Cyber-Criminal Convicted of 38-Count Indictment Following 10-Year Secret Service Investigation

News Release: WASHINGTON A New Hampshire man pleaded guilty today to remotely hacking into the online accounts of almost a dozen female victims and sending them threatening online communications, in some instances containing sexually explicit photos, in order to force the victims to send him sexually explicit photos of themselves.


Russian Cyber-Criminal Convicted of 38-Count Indictment Following 10-Year Secret Service Investigation

News Release: Hacking Scheme Involving Millions of Credit Card Numbers Defrauded Banks of More Than $169 Million


Secret Service Receives National Accreditation

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) The United States Secret Service Washington Field Office has


Billy Joe Powers Appointed to Head U.S. Secret Service Tampa Field Office

News Release: (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.


Michael A. Williams Appointed to Head U.S. Secret Service Birmingham Field Office

News Release: (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.


Kenneth Valetnine Appointed to Head U.S. Secret Service Oklahoma City Field Office

News Release: (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.