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Texas Woman Sentenced For Conspiracy to Commit Mail and Wire Fraud as Part of Lottery Scam

News Release: According to court documents, in or before August 2013, and continuing through December 2015, KROM and others operated a scheme to contact elderly individuals and people with diminished capacity. The scheme involved contacting victims by telephone through Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and informing them that they had won a lottery and needed to pay KROM and others monies by cash, check, wire, or other methods in order to claim their lottery winnings.


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Pelion Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Loan Fraud

News Release: Facts presented in court established that Jeffcoat is an accountant who was producing false documentation in support of loan applications and giving that information to an Arthur State Bank loan officer. The officer than facilitated approvals for mortgages and other loans using the fake documents. Some ...


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Goznym Cyber-Criminal Network Operating Out of Europe Targeting American Entities Dismantled in International Operation

News Release: GozNym infected tens of thousands of victim computers worldwide, primarily in the United States and Europe. The operation was highlighted by the unprecedented initiation of criminal prosecutions against members of the network in four different countries as a result of cooperation between the United States, Georgia, Ukraine, Moldova, Germany, Bulgaria, Europol and Eurojust.


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Orlando Woman Pleads Guilty To Committing Fraud While On Federal Supervised Release

News Release: According to court documents, in 2013, Williams was sentenced to five years and three months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for participating in a scheme involving counterfeit travelers checks that were passed at Target stores located throughout the southeastern United ...



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Connecticut Resident Charged with Making

News Release: As alleged in the indictment, in September 2018, Gravelle used the U.S. mail, e-mail and telephone to threaten to harm people and explode property in Connecticut, Vermont and Washington. Certain letters that Gravelle mailed contained a white powdery substance and statements that the substance was Anthrax, ...


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Man Indicted For Threating To Kill The President, A Judge, His Wife, and a Secret Service Agent

News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Meghan A. Tokash, who is handling the case, stated that


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Nevada Cardiologist Sentenced To Three Years In Prison For Unlawful Distribution Of Opioids

News Release: United States Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada, Special Agent in Charge Aaron C. Rouse of the FBIs Las Vegas Division, Resident Agent in Charge Marc C. Kuzmicki of the DEAs Reno Office, and Special Agent in Charge Christian J. Schrank of the Office of Inspector General, for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office Los Angeles Region made the announcement.


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Coral Springs Man Sentenced To More Than Four Years in Federal Prison for Check Counterfeiting Scheme

News Release: The court also ordered Griffin to pay nearly $80,000 in restitution to financial institutions. Griffin had pleaded guilty on Feb. 21, 2019, to seven counts of bank fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud.


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Secret Service Graduates the First Female into the Motorcycle Support Unit

News Release: I grew up in a small town of 400 people, so I would take my motorcycle everywhere because I wanted to see everything, Gunawan said. My favorite ride was to Iowa, I would ride up and down the Mississippi river valley every chance I had.


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Bronx Man Sentenced To 39 Months In Prison For Participating In Scheme To Take Over Ride-Sharing Driver Accounts

News Release: PINA previously pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit access device fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft before U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff, who imposed todays sentence. PINA is the eighth defendant to have pled guilty in this case.


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CEO of medical equipment company sentenced to 40 months for Medicare fraud

News Release: Criminal enterprise is first sentence in nationwide 'Operation Brace Yourself'


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Maine and New York Residents Arrested and Charged with

News Release: Christopher Cruz, 30, of Bronx; and Christopher Martinez, 29, of Bronx, were charged today by criminal. complaint in U.S. District Court with possession with intent to distribute cocaine. base. Timothy Cates, 40, of Cutler was charged today by criminal complaint in U.S. District Court with maintaining ...


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Special Agent in Charge of the Vice Presidential Protective Division Awarded Aguila Statue Award.

News Release: Thanks to the mentoring and friendship Hernandez received from the Hispanic American Police Command Officers Association (HAPCOA) and the Secret Service, he pressed forward. Now, he is the Special Agent in Charge of the Vice Presidential Protective Division and is receiving HAPCOAs most prestigious award.


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International Malvertiser Extradited from Netherlands to Face Hacking Charges in New Jersey

News Release: Defendant Conspired to Expose Millions of Internet Users to Malicious Advertisements Designed to Hack and Infect Victims Computers with Malware


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Harvey Man Indicted For Conspiracy to Commit Bank and Wire Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft

News Release: WATSON was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and wire fraud, three counts of bank fraud, three counts of wire fraud, and four counts of aggravated identity theft.


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Former bookkeeper pleads guilty to stealing nearly $150,000 from Crowley company

News Release: According to the guilty plea, Lewis worked as a bookkeeper for a Crowley equipment company from March 2014 to May 2016. She used accounting software to transfer funds from the companys bank account to accounts and debit cards she and others controlled. She also attempted to hide her actions by covering for the payments using other employees names. Lewis stole $148,753.28 during the course of the scheme.


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Owner of Florida Medical Clinic Sentenced To Prison

News Release: Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Departments Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Ariana Fajardo Orshan of the Southern District of Florida, Special Agent in Charge George L. Piro of the FBIs Miami Field Office, Special Agent in Charge Shimon R. Richmond of the U.S. Department ...


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James M. Murray Appointed Director of U.S. Secret Service

News Release: This is an exciting and invigorating time at the Secret Service and it is an honor to have been selected for this position, said James Murray, Director of the Secret Service. I look forward to the opportunity to lead this extraordinary agency and continue to build upon its success.


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9th Person Arrested in Investigations Into ID Theft, Bank Fraud Conspiracies

News Release: Angel L. Morales, 51, of Bronx, New York, traveled to the Dominican Republic in September 2018, shortly after federal agents executed search warrants at the New Jersey apartment of one of his alleged co-conspirators. Morales returned to the United States on March 30, 2019, and was arrested in Fort Lauderdale, ...