News from 2018
Ten people sentenced to prison for installing credit-card skimmers on gas pumps and stealing account information from thousands of people
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: The sentences are as follows: Ranset Rodriguez, 41, of Miami: 81 months in federal prison. Jose Manuel Iglesias, 52, of West New York, New Jersey: 81 months in federal prison. Yaniris Alfonso, 32, of Miami: 57 months in federal prison. Edelberto Hernandez, 46, of Kiowa, Colorado: 33 months in federal ...
Former Insider Convicted of Defrauding Baton Rouge Company
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: CANCIENNE was also ordered to pay $387,025.75 in restitution to Engineers & Constructors International, Inc. (ECI). CANCIENNE, who formerly handled accounting matters at ECI, admitted in connection with her guilty plea, to executing a fraud scheme by, among other things, establishing a shell corporation ...
North Carolina Woman Charged with Embezzling Money from Connecticut Company
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: The indictment was returned on Nov. 15, 2018. Kurus appeared today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Donna F. Martinez in Hartford, entered a plea of not guilty to the charges, and was released on a $200,000 bond. As alleged in the indictment and statements made in court, Kurus formerly resided in Connecticut ...
Florence Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Role in Multi-State Scheme to Manufacture and Pass Counterfeit Money
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: Evidence presented to the court showed that Bembry was involved in a conspiracy to manufacture and pass counterfeit $100 and $50 bills in multiple states, including South Carolina, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. This conspiracy, which began in 2015, included at least nine defendants who ...
Secret Service's National Threat Assessment Center Distributes Critical School Violence Prevention Guide to Educators across Nation
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: The operational guide, which was released by the U.S. Secret Service in digital format in July 2018, provides direction to school personnel, law enforcement officers, and other public safety professionals, regarding the creation of a targeted violence prevention plan.
St. Albans Man Sentenced for Gun and Counterfeit Crimes
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: Stuart praised the investigation conducted by the St. Albans Police Department, the United States Secret Service and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). Several prior felony convictions. Still carrying guns. And getting counterfeit currency to purchase drugs, said United States ...
United States Secret Service - Community Impact Alert
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 3, 2018
News Release: George H. W. Bush State Funeral Monday, Dec. 3, 2018
United States Secret Service Community Impact Alert
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 4, 2018
News Release: George H. W. Bush State Funeral Wednesday, December 5, 2018
Jury Finds Former SunTrust Bank Employee Guilty Of Stealing Nearly $172,000 From A Bank Customer
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: According to testimony and evidence presented at trial, between 2011 and 2018, Green, a SunTrust Bank employee, stole more than $171,000 from a bank customer. Green withdrew more funds then the bank client had authorized, he then directed the extra funds into several different bank accounts that he controlled.
Seattle Man Sentenced to Prison for Cyberstalking Campaign Against a Former Friend and a Co-Worker
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: Harassed Victims with Multiple Texts, Phone Calls, Death Threats, False Online Service Subscriptions and Posed as Reporter Investigating Sex Abuse Allegations
Fourth Defendant Arrested in Credit Card Bust-Out Scheme that Spent $2 Million on Luxury Watches, Liquor, Cars and Cemetery Plots
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 10, 2018
News Release: Gayane Hakobyan, 69, of Hollywood Hills, was taken into custody this morning and is expected to be arraigned on the indictment this afternoon in United States District Court. Previously in this case, Mikayel Hovhannisyan, 36, of North Hollywood, surrendered on December 3. The other two defendants in ...
Pawtucket Man Charged with Manufacturing Counterfeit Money
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 10, 2018
News Release: Louis B. Colavecchio, 76, was arrested by United States Secret Service agents as the agents, assisted by Coventry and Pawtucket Police, executed a federal court-authorized search of his residence. The U.S. Secret Service seized, among other items, electronic media and presses used in the production of ...
Florida man sentenced for fraud charges involving gas station skimmers
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 10, 2018
News Release: Quinones, age 27, pled guilty today to one count of Access Device Fraud-Use of Unauthorized Access Device in June 2018. He admitted to his role in a conspiracy spanning four states that involved using skimming devices at gas pumps, using technology to upload the account information, and creating fraudulent ...
Former Waterloo Resident Pleads Guilty to Receiving Child Pornography
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 10, 2018
News Release: Brueggemann pleaded guilty to a one-count federal indictment without a plea agreement. He faces a prison sentence of 5 to 20 years on the charge. Sentencing is set for March 27, 2019, at the federal courthouse in East St. Louis. This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative ...
McKeesport Man Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison for Passing Counterfeit Cash
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 11, 2018
News Release: United States District Judge Nora Barry Fischer imposed the sentence on Bruce M. Charles, Jr., 32. According to information presented to the court, Charles conspired and passed counterfeit $100, $50, and $20 FRNs throughout the Western District of Pennsylvania. Assistant United States Attorney Shardul ...
Guilty Plea in "Fishing" of U.S. Mail Collection Boxes, Theft of Checks
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: Fishing is a term which describes of obtaining items from U.S. Postal Service collection boxes by utilizing common items such as plastic water bottles, duct tape, glue, and string. A device covered in a sticky substance such as glue is lowered into the closed mail box, and mail that adheres to the sticky ...
Additional Charges Filed Against Schuylkill County Man Previously Charged With Threatening The President
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: According to United States Attorney David J. Freed, the second superseding indictment charges Christy with transporting a stolen vehicle from Pennsylvania to New York State on July 7-8, 2018. The second superseding indictment also includes all of the charges contained in the initial superseding indictment: ...
Equine Insurance Agent Pleads Guilty in $1.3 Million Fraud Scheme
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: Appearing before U.S. District Court Judge John J. McConnell, Jr., Randall N. Levesque, 57, of Middletown, owner of Equine Insurance Services, LLC and Randall Levesque Agency, pled guilty to an information charging him with wire fraud, announced United States Attorney Stephen G. Dambruch, Special Agent ...
Elkhart Man Indicted For Possession and Transportation Of Child Pornography
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: According to documents in the case, on Sept. 17, 2018, Mr. Perry, who has a prior conviction for possession of child pornography, uploaded images of child pornography to an online service. The service reported this to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, who then relayed this cybertip ...
Activity in the United States Attorney's Office Sentences
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: He received twelve months and one day of imprisonment, to be followed by thirty-six months of supervised release, and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $164,627.00. The Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation and the US Secret Service investigated this case. Federal District Court Judge ...