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News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Shortly before 8:00 a.m., Secret Service Uniformed Division police officers responded to the diplomatic residence of the Peruvian Embassy for a report of a burglary in progress. Upon arrival, officers encountered a subject armed with a long metal pole. Despite numerous commands for the ...

Orleans Parish Financial Manager Charged with Embezzling Over $200,000

News Release: NEW ORLEANS,LOUISIANA U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced thatKATIE LAROCHE, age 53, from New Orleans, was charged on April 19, 2022 with wire fraud, based on her embezzlement of $233,363.53 from a client.

Three Sentenced to Prison in Nationwide Card Fraud, Money Laundering Scheme

News Release: SAN DIEGO Three men were sentenced in federal court today for engaging in a years-long, nation-wide fraud conspiracy that stole victims financial information from ATMs and gas pumps in San Diego and across the country, and then used the stolen information to make fake credit and debit cards.

Cumberland County Man Charged With Threatening President Biden And Former President Trump

News Release: HARRISBURG The United States Attorneys Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Mohamed Farah, age 32, of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, was indicted by a federal grand jury for threatening the President and a former President.

Massachusetts Woman Pleads Guilty to Bank Fraud

News Release: CONCORD -Niurka Lebron, 45, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty in federal court to bank fraud on Wednesday, United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.

Kentwood Man Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Employer and Filing False Taxes

News Release: NEW ORLEANS U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that on April 19, 2022MICHAEL J. GOLL, age 46, of Kentwood, pleaded guilty to wire fraud and filing false federal tax returns.GOLLentered his guilty plea before U.S. District Judge Wendy B. Vitter. Judge Vitter scheduledGOLLs sentencing for July 26, 2022, at 1:30 p.m.

Federal Civil Complaint Seeks The Forfeiture Of Funds Stolen From A California-Based Business And Transferred by Money Mules

News Release: Charlotte, N.C. Today, U.S. Attorney Dena J. King announced the filing of a federal civil complaint seeking the forfeiture of $597,891.46, seized as part of an investigation of at least three individuals operating as money mules responsible for transferring over $1.2 million in funds stolen from a business located in San Diego, California.

Rhea County Man Pleas Guilty To CARES Act Wire Fraud

News Release: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. On April 21, 2022, George Thacker, 59, of Spring City, Tennessee, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud related to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.

Essex County Man Convicted of Using Credit Cards Stolen from U.S. Mail to Defraud Banks and Commit Identity Theft

By Homeland Newswire | Apr 22, 2022

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. An Essex County, New Jersey, man was convicted today for his role in scheming with at least one U.S. Postal Service (USPS) employee and others to steal credit cards from the mail and then steal victims identities in order to use the stolen cards to make hundreds of thousands of dollars of retail and online purchases, Attorney for the United States Vikas Khanna announced.

Former Claims Manager for Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency Pleads Guilty In COVID-19 Fraud Scheme

By Homeland Newswire | Apr 22, 2022

News Release: DETROIT- Jermaine Rose, a former lead claims examiner for the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency (MUIA), pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiracy to commit wire fraud arising out of his participation in a pandemic-related unemployment insurance fraud scheme, announced United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison.

Jury Finds Husband and Wife Guilty of Participating in International Fraud Ring

News Release: Memphis, TN-Caesar Oruade, 38, and Ayana Saunders, 36, of Hawthorne, California, have been convicted of wire fraud conspiracy and conspiracy to launder money. Joseph C. Murphy, Jr., United States Attorney, announced the conviction today.

Secret Service Hosts Cyber Incident Response Simulation

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today the U.S. Secret Service hosted a Cyber Incident Response Simulation with executive business leaders, law enforcement and other government agencies focused on cyberattacks, ransomware and incident response plans.

Six Arrested for Trafficking Methamphetamine and Heroin in Bakersfield

News Release: FRESNO, Calif. Six people were arrested in Kern County today following a year-long investigation of a Bakersfield-based drug trafficking organization that distributed methamphetamine and heroin, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.

South Florida International Firearms Smuggler Sentenced to Almost 20 Years in Federal Prison