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Secret Service Investigation Results in 35 Year Prison Sentence for Sexual Predator of Minors

News Release: (Peoria, IL) A Secret Service child pornography investigation concluded with a lengthy prison


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Secret Service Uniformed Division Chief Announces Retirement

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) Chief Kevin S. Simpson, United States Secret Service Uniformed


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Fourth Defendant Pleads Guilty for Role in Multimillion Dollar India-Based Call Center Scam Targeting U.S. Victims

News Release: HOUSTON An Alabama woman pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering for her role in liquidating and laundering victim payments generated through various telephone fraud and money laundering schemes via India-based call centers.


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Laplace Woman Charged with Embezzling over $940,000 from Employer

News Release: According to the Bill of Information, CAMBRE was hired in August 2011 to be the accountant and bookkeeper for a New Orleans commercial printing company (Company A) that specializes in printing materials, such as flyers and manuals, geared toward the automotive industry. Between November 2011 and June ...


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Three Defendants Sentenced for Stealing Over $4.3 Million in U.S. Government Funds

News Release: ATLANTA - Prentice L. Johnson, Renina Letricia Wortham, a/k/a Renina Simmons-Wortham, and Enobahkare Malik Peterson have each been sentenced to two years, four months in federal prison for theft of government funds associated with the theft of a multi-million dollar U.S. Treasury check.


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Check Cashing Conspirators Sentenced

News Release: G. F. Pete Peterman, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that on May 16 and May 17, 2017, Senior United States District Court Judge Hugh Lawson sentenced Caseita Jenkins, age 39 of Fort Valley, Georgia, Jennifer Wilson, age 38 of Moultrie, Georgia, Tonyal Loud, age 38 of Moultrie, Georgia, and Oceana Pace, age 26 of Moultrie, Georgia, for their participation in a conspiracy to cash fraudulently obtained U.S. Treasury Checks.


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New York Man Sentenced for Credit Card Fraud

News Release: HARRISBURG- The United States Attorneys Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Shavouy Paisley, age 25, of Queens, New York, was sentenced today by United States District Judge William W. Caldwell to 17 months imprisonment for credit card fraud. Paisley was convicted after a jury trial in September 2016, for conspiracy to possess 15 or more counterfeit or unauthorized access devices.


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Arlington Man Sentenced to 24 Months in Federal Prison After Pleading Guilty to a $1 Million Scheme to Defraud Home Depot

News Release: DALLAS Henry Lamon Spruiell, 46, of Arlington, Texas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sam A. Lindsay to serve 24 months in federal prison following his guilty plea in January 2017 to one count of using an unauthorized access device, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.


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Champaign County Man Ordered to Serve 30 Years in Prison for Child Exploitation, Pornography

News Release: Urbana, Ill. U.S. District Judge Colin S. Bruce today sentenced a Champaign county man, Clinton Schaffer, 45, to serve 30 years in federal prison for sexual exploitation of a minor and distribution of child pornography. Schaffer was also ordered to a lifetime term of supervised release following his release from prison, and to pay restitution in the amount of $15,396 to two victims of the pornography distribution offense.


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Simpsonville Woman Pleads Guilty to Passing Counterfeit Currency

News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Jessica A. Dishinger, age 22, of Simposonville, pled guilty today in federal court in Anderson, to passing counterfeit currency, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 472. United States District Judge J. Michelle Childs, of Columbia, accepted the plea and will impose sentence after she has reviewed the presentence report which will be prepared by the U.S. Probation Office.


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Elkins Man Guilty of Manufacturing and Using Counterfeit Money

News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA Anthony Francis Silvester, III, 38, of Elkins, West Virginia, was convicted today of making and possessing counterfeit money, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.


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Charlotte Man Sentenced to More Than 7.5 Years in Connection With Bank Fraud and Identity Theft Scheme

News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. Christopher Bryan Roach, 34, of Charlotte, was sentenced today to 95 months in prison for his involvement in a bank fraud and identity theft scheme, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Chief U.S. District Judge Robert J. Conrad, Jr. also sentenced Roach to two years of supervised release.



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Montgomery Woman Sentenced for Using Stolen Identities to Cash Bad Checks

News Release: Montgomery, Ala. On Wednesday, May 10, 2017, Luciana Mekele Jackson (40) of Montgomery, Alabama, was sentenced to 81 months in federal prison for wire fraud and identity theft, announced A. Clark Morris, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama. Her prison sentence will be followed by 3 years of supervised release.


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Third Indian National Pleads Guilty for Role in Multimillion Dollar India-based Call Center Scam Targeting U.S. Victims

News Release: HOUSTON - An Indian national pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering for his role in liquidating and laundering victim payments generated through various telephone fraud and money laundering schemes via India-based call centers.


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Woman Who Committed Wire Fraud Sentenced in Federal Court

News Release: Abingdon, VIRGINIA A Virginia woman, who conspired with others to commit wire fraud, was sentenced today in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Abingdon Acting United States Attorney Rick A. Mountcastle announced.


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Dayton Man Indicted on Terrorism Charge

News Release: DAYTON A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging Laith Waleed Alebbini, 26, of Dayton, Ohio, with one count of attempting to provide material support and resources to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization. Alebbini allegedly attempted to provide support in the form of personnel, namely himself, to ISIS.


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22 Individuals Charged With Conspiracy to Commit Id Theft

News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R On May 9, 2017, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned a 49-count superseding indictment charging 22 individuals with conspiracy to commit identity theft, aggravated identity theft, and counterfeit access device, announced United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico, Rosa Emilia Rodrguez-Vlez. The United States Secret Service (USSS) and the U.S. Postal Inspectors are conducting the investigation.


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Two Men Sentenced in Multi-State Scheme to Fraudulently Obtain New Cell Phones

News Release: BOSTON Two men were sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston in connection with a fraudulent scheme to obtain and re-sell more than $330,000 in new cell phones.


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Guinea Man Indicted on Conspiracy to Use Fraudulent Credit Cards and Failure to Appear in Court

News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorneys Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Elhadj Barry, age 32, a resident alien originally from Guinea, was indicted on May 9, 2017, by a federal grand jury for conspiracy to use fraudulent credit cards and failure to appear in court.