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DHS Statement on Safety and Enforcement During Severe Weather in California and Nevada

News Release: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is working with its federal, state, local, and non-governmental partners to support the needs of the areas that may be impacted by the significant atmospheric river events in California and Nevada.


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TSA offers tips for traveling with small pets through the security checkpoint at PDX during spring break and year round

Release: PORTLAND, Oregon - With the spring break travel period upon us, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is expecting to see a marked increase in the number of pets brought to the security checkpoint at Portland International Airport (PDX). Traveling through the security checkpoint with your pet can be easy when you know what to expect.


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DHS and DOJ Announce Historic Guatemalan Human Smuggling Extraditions at Joint Task Force Alpha Summit

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security joined the U.S. Department of Justice yesterday to announce the first ever extraditions from Guatemala to the United States on charges of human smuggling resulting in death, and the first Guatemalan human smuggling extraditions to the United States of any kind in nearly five years.


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TSA recruiting Federal Air Marshals in Boston area

Release: BOSTON - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is hiring additional women and men to serve as Federal Air Marshals. Applications are being accepted now through Wednesday, March 29, 2023.


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Tax Time Savings Tips

News Release: For many people, making ends meet throughout the year is tough, and saving regularly may seem unrealistic. In 2019, around 72% of Americans received a refund on their taxes. This extra jolt of cash can be a perfect opportunity to start-or increase-your emergency savings funds.


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And the Rest is History

News Release: The title of this blog comes directly from this week’s Tech Speak, a mini episode of our Technologically Speaking podcast. While I’ll give you a brief highlight here of what’s in store in the episode, I hope you won’t just take it from me when I say that our guests are some of the finest public servants that S&T has to offer. Listening to them directly will give you a glimpse into the character (and characters) that drives what we do and who we do it for.


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Four Charged after a Mail Theft Sting Operation

News Release: LITTLE ROCKFour individuals have been charged by federal criminal complaint for their alleged involvement in stealing mail from blue postal collection boxes in central Arkansas. Over the weekend, law enforcement conducted numerous sting operations at a number of post office locations. In the early morning ...


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Two Men Sentenced for Laundering Proceeds of a Business Email Compromise Scheme

News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. Two men were sentenced today to over 14 years in prison combined for money laundering as part of a business email compromise (BEC) scheme.


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Virginia Woman Sentenced in Cryptocurrency Money Laundering Conspiracy

News Release: TYLER, Texas A Virginia woman has been sentenced to federal prison for her role in a cryptocurrency money laundering conspiracy in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston.


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Owner Of Insurance Firm Pleads Guilty In $40 Million Scheme To Steal Client Healthcare Funds And Defraud Lenders

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that ANTHONY RICCARDI, an owner and manager of the Connecticut insurance firm Employee Benefit Solutions LLC (EBS), pled guilty today in White Plains federal court to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and ...


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District Man Admits to Perpetrating Sophisticated Fraud Scheme

News Release: Defendant Used False and Stolen Identification to Benefit and Enrich Himself



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Former Account Manager for Two Churches in Belleville Sentenced for Embezzling Funds

News Release: BENTON, Ill. A U.S. District Court judge sentenced a Freeburg woman to 15 months in prison after she admitted to committing bank fraud while employed by St. Teresa and St. Luke Catholic parishes in Belleville.


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Shawnee Man Sentenced for Child Porn

News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. A Kansas man was sentenced to 96 months in prison time followed by five years of supervised release after he admitted to possessing child pornography images.


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U.S. Secret Service Opens Regional Cyber Training Program in Tallinn

News Release: Today, the U.S. Secret Service, in partnership with the Estonian Academy of Security Sciences and Baltic regional law enforcement authorities, opened a new cyber training program. The Baltic Computer Forensics Training Program (CFTP) will bring together law enforcement officers from around the Baltic region to develop new techniques to investigate and prosecute cyber criminals.


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Russian National Charged with Bank Fraud Related to Hacking Campaign

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. A Russian national was charged in an indictment unsealed today in connection with a series of computer system intrusions that occurred in 2009 and 2010, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.


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Federal Jury Finds Man Guilty of Procuring U.S. Citizenship Illegally During Execution of Multi-Million Dollar Covid-19 Fraud Scheme

News Release: MIAMI Following a trial in Fort Lauderdale federal court, a jury has found Joff Stenn Wroy Philossaint, 32, guilty of illegally obtaining his U.S. citizenship by lying about fraud that he committed while his citizenship application was pending.


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Tennessee Woman Sentenced to 78 Months for PPP Loan Fraud and Violating Supervised Release

News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. On February 6, 2023, Leslie D. Bethea, 30, currently of Surgoinsville, TN, was sentenced to 78 months in federal prison by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Greeneville.


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Bixby Man Pleads Guilty to Fraudulently Acquiring Almost $28,000 Worth of Commercial Products from a California Company

News Release: A man who attempted to fraudulently acquire more than $92,000 worth of commercial products from a California-based company pleaded guilty in federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.


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California Man Who Made Lavish Purchases with CARES Act Funds Sentenced to 41 Months in Prison

News Release: CONCORD Pierre Rogers, 44, of Irvine, California, was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud, United States Attorney Jane E. Young, William A. Kalb, Special Agent in Charge, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, Northeast Field Division, and Timothy R. Benitez, Resident Agent in Charge, U.S. Secret Service, announced today.