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Minnesota Man Pleads Guilty To Central Florida Investment Fraud

News Release: Orlando, Florida Jeremy Kee Anderson (50, Minnesota) has pleaded guilty to 12 counts of wire fraud, 7 counts of mail fraud, and 1 count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud. He faces up to 20 years in federal prison on each count. A sentencing date has not yet been set.


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Faron K. Paramore Named U.S. Secret Service Deputy Director

News Release: WASHINGTON- Today, U.S. Secret Service Director James M. Murray announced that Faron K. Paramore has been named as the agencys 22nd Deputy Director, effective March 14.


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Pennsylvania man indicted on false ID charges

News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA Ray Roberto Carrion-Susana, of Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, appeared today in federal court to face charges of fraud involving false identification, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.


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Guilty Plea Entered in Wide-Ranging Bank Fraud Conspiracy

News Release: PROVIDENCE A Lawrence, MA, man, one of nine individuals indicted by a federal grand jury in Providence, RI, in July 2020, for their alleged participation in a wide-ranging conspiracy to defraud financial institutions in several states, pleaded guilty on Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Providence.


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Romanian National Sentenced to 45 Months Imprisonment For Bank Fraud and Identity Theft Offenses

News Release: SCRANTON The United States Attorneys Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on March 2, 2021, Costel Aparaschivei, age 38, of Romania, was sentenced to 45 months imprisonment by United States District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani, for bank fraud and identity theft offenses.


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Local woman charged with fraudulently receiving millions under CARES Act

News Release: HOUSTON A 37-year-old Houston resident is set to appear in federal court for her alleged submission of two Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan applications pursuant to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.



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Elizabethtown Man Sentenced To 25 Years In Federal Prison For Child Exploitation

News Release: Convicted of online enticement, sex trafficking, production, and distribution of child pornography


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Houston resident charged with fraudulently receiving millions under CARES Act after Secret Service Investigation

News Release: HOUSTON A Secret Service investigation led to a criminal indictment of a 37-year-old Houston resident. The indictment alleges the fraudulent submission of two Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan applications pursuant to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, and was announced by Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.


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Prince Georges County Felon Facing Federal Charge After Firing a Weapon at Security Guards at a U.S. Secret Service Facility in Beltsville, MD

News Release: Fired the Gun at Security Officers After Being Asked to Leave the Front of the Facility; Defendant is on Probation for a Previous Felony Conviction and is Prohibited from Possessing a Firearm or Ammunition


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U.S. Attorney's Office Files Civil Complaint Seeking The Forfeiture Of Over $1 Million Seized From A Money Mule Bank Account Used To Defraud A Virgin Islands Business

News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, announced today the filing of a federal civil complaint seeking the forfeiture of $1,047,535 seized from a money mule bank account being used to defraud a Virgin Islands business via a business email compromise scheme.


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Virginia Man Charged With Passing Counterfeit Currency

News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorneys Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Dale Richard Estep II, age 34, of Woodbridge, Virginia, was indicted by a federal grand jury on Feb. 24, 2021, for passing counterfeit currency.


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Final Member of Methamphetamine Trafficking Organization Sentenced to 14 Years In Prison

News Release: ABINGDON, Va. James Sebastian, a member of a conspiracy that trafficked methamphetamine from the West coast into Southwest Virginia, was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Abingdon to 168 months in prison, Acting United States Attorney Daniel P. Bubar announced.


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Local, state and federal prosecutors launch Georgia Cyber Fraud Task Force

News Release: ATLANTA The U.S. Attorneys Office for the Northern District of Georgia has joined forces with Metro-Atlanta District Attorneys, the Office of the Attorney General, the FBI Atlanta Field Office, U.S. Secret Service, state, and local law enforcement to combat the criminal movement of cyber fraud proceeds through banks in the Atlanta area by employing Business Email Compromise (BEC) fraud schemes.



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New Orleans Man Sentenced To Six Years in Prison for Charges Related To Credit Card Fraud Conspiracy

News Release: NEW ORLEANS U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced thatJEFFERY JOSEPH, age 26, a resident of New Orleans, was sentenced on Feb. 18, 2021 to 74 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Barry W. Ashe. He was the fourth defendant to be sentenced in this seven-defendant conspiracy case.


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Serial Con Artist Charged With Embezzlement Scheme

News Release: Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Kathy A. Michalko, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of the United States Secret Service (USSS), and New York Police Department (NYPD) Commissioner Dermot Shea, announced the arrest today of TRACII SHOW-HUTSONA ...


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Two Indicted for Fraud Scheme Targeting El Dorado County Victim

News Release: New Jersey Residents Allegedly Instructed Victim to Transfer Money Using Bitcoin


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3 North Korean Military Hackers Indicted in Wide-Ranging Scheme to Commit Cyberattacks and Financial Crimes Across the Globe

News Release: Indictment Expands 2018 Case that Detailed Attack on Sony Pictures and Creation of WannaCry Ransomware by Adding 2 New Defendants and Recent Schemes to Steal Money and Cryptocurrency from Banks and Businesses


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Chicago Man Sentenced To Nine Months Imprisonment For Passing Counterfeit Currency At Harrisburg Area Stores

News Release: HARRISBURG The United States Attorneys Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Anthony Derrell Manuel, age 32, of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced on Feb. 16, 2021, to 9 months imprisonment followed by one year of supervised release by United States District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner, for passing $1,700 in counterfeit United States currency.