News from October 2018
Secret Service Special Agent Receives Medal of Honor
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 1, 2018
News Release: During a ceremony at the White House, President Donald J. Trump placed the medal around Shurer's neck.
Secret Service Statement Regarding Receipt of Suspicious Envelope
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 2, 2018
News Release: The envelope was not received at the White House, nor did it ever enter the White House. As a matter of practice, the Secret Service does not comment regarding matters of Protective Intelligence. However, in this instance, we can confirm that we are working jointly with our law enforcement partners to fully investigate this matter. Further, all threats directed towards the President, or any Secret Service protectee, are treated seriously and fully investigated.
U.S. Secret Service Statement on Protective Mission
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 6, 2018
News Release: One aspect of that security plan is to ensure that all persons entering the site are screened for weapons or other items that may pose a security risk. Once inside, any disruption of the event that does not pose a direct security risk to the safety of a Secret Service protectee is the responsibility of the event sponsor and, in turn, local law enforcement, in accordance with local law.
Jefferson Dispatcher Charged with Wire Fraud
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 9, 2018
News Release: According to the Bill of Information, from around June 2010 through February 2017, NICOLE SERUNTINE worked as a secretary and dispatcher at Company A.M.M., located in Jefferson, Louisiana. Around October 2014 through Feb. 17, 2017, SERUNTINE devised a scheme to defraud Company A.M.M. out of more ...
Romanian national accused of being leader of an international cyber fraud ring that used malware to steal $4 million after taking peoples passwords, personal and bank information
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 9, 2018
News Release: Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Departments Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman of the Northern District of Ohio, Peter Elliot of the U.S. Marshals Service, Stephen D. Anthony of the FBI and Chief Kevin Bielozer of the Westlake Police Department made the ...
2 Florida Men Plead Guilty To Multimillion-Dollar Credit Card Fraud Scheme
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: Defendants Used Companies to Cause More Than $7 Million in Unauthorized Charges to Thousands of Consumers
Michigan man indicted for having 36 counterfeit credit cards, nearly 500 credit card account numbers and a machine for making counterfeit cards
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 12, 2018
News Release: Edris Alim Sherrieff, 24, of Roseville, Michigan, was indicted on one count of possession of counterfeit credit cards and one count of illegal possession of device-making equipment. Sherrieff was found on July 21, 2017, in possession of 36 counterfeit credit cards, 490 unique credit card account numbers ...
Stow man indicted for counterfeiting
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 12, 2018
News Release: DeBaggis. An indictment is only a charge and is not evidence of guilt. A defendant is entitled to a fair trial in which it will be the governments burden to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
U.S. Attorney Adam Braverman Announces Progress in Making our Communities Safer Through Project Safe Neighborhoods
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 12, 2018
News Release: PSN brings together a wide array of community leaders to identify the most pressing violent crime problems and develop comprehensive solutions to address them. In the Southern District of California (SDCA), the PSN program operates primarily as a collaboration between the United States Attorneys Office ...
United States Secret Service: On the Front Line
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 12, 2018
News Release: National Geographic premieres two-hour special Sunday night
Columbia Men Sentenced to Lengthy Prison Terms After Federal Convictions for Large Scale Heroin Conspiracy
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 16, 2018
News Release: Glover and Pollard each plead guilty last year to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 846, 841(a)(1), and 841(b)(1)(B). Glover also plead guilty to a money laundering conspiracy, in violation ...
Massachusetts Man Pleads Guilty to Sending Threatening Letters, Some Containing Suspicious White Powder
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 17, 2018
News Release: Daniel Frisiello, 25, pleaded guilty to 13 counts of mailing a threat to injure the person of another and six counts of false information and hoaxes. U.S. District Court Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton scheduled sentencing for Jan. 16, 2019. Frisiello was arrested and charged on March 1, 2018, and has been ...
Ohio Man Pleads Guilty to Child Sex Charges Involving Minors in Multiple States
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 18, 2018
News Release: According to court documents and admissions made in connection with his guilty pleas, Stone engaged in internet communications with a 15-year old girl who lived in Illinois. In December 2016, Stone traveled from Ohio to Illinois to meet the girl and then drove her to Iowa, where he and the girl engaged ...
Allen Charged In Seven-Count Federal Indictment With Threat To Use A Biological Toxin As A Weapon
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 18, 2018
News Release: The indictment alleges he knowingly threatened to use a biological agent and toxin, specifically ricin, as a weapon. Assistant Attorney General John C. Demers of the Department of Justices National Security Division, U.S. Attorney John W. Huber of Utah, Special Agent in Charge Eric K. Barnhart of the ...
Providence Man Sentenced for Bank Fraud, Aggravated ID Theft
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 18, 2018
News Release: At sentencing, U.S. District Court Judge John J. McConnell, Jr., also ordered Jamal Mansaray, 29, to serve 5 years supervised release upon completion of his term of incarceration and to pay restitution in the amount of $74,300 to Citizens Bank. Mansaray pleaded guilty on May 30, 2018, to conspiracy to ...
Fourteenth and Final Member of the Felony Lane Gang Pleads Guilty in $1 Million Bank Fraud Conspiracy
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 18, 2018
News Release: Traveled From Florida to Maryland to Break into Cars and Commit Bank Fraud and Identity Theft in Columbia, Millersville, and Edgewater
Broussard woman sentenced to 2 years for stealing nearly $275,000 from bank customer accounts
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 18, 2018
News Release: Derlena Carrier, 59, of Broussard, Louisiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge S. Maurice Hicks Jr. on one count of theft, embezzlement or misapplication by a bank officer or employee. She was also sentenced to five years of supervised released and was ordered to pay $274,980. According to the May ...
Secret Service Statement Regarding Interception of Suspicious Packages
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 24, 2018
News Release: Late on Oct. 23, 2018, the Secret Service recovered a single package addressed to Former First Lady Hillary Clinton in Westchester County, New York. Early this morning, Oct. 24, 2018, a second package addressed to the residence of Former President Barack Obama was intercepted by Secret Service personnel in Washington, DC.
Secret Service Investigation Leads to 46 Month Sentence for
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: Beginning in April 2010, Saake, a resident of St. Louis, used her position as the controller for a real estate company based in Creve Couer, Missouri to defraud her employer on multiple occasions over the course of seven years. The investigation revealed that Saake created a fraudulent bank account and ...
Secret Service Takes the Fight to Cyberspace
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: On Tuesday, October 23rd, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace hosted a Forum entitled, Inside the Business of Cybercrime in which Secret Service Assistant to the Special Agent in Charge Matthew ONeill discussed information about the Secret Services investigative mission in combatting cybercrime.