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Elkhart Man Indicted For Possession and Transportation Of Child Pornography

News Release: According to documents in the case, on Sept. 17, 2018, Mr. Perry, who has a prior conviction for possession of child pornography, uploaded images of child pornography to an online service. The service reported this to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, who then relayed this cybertip ...


Equine Insurance Agent Pleads Guilty in $1.3 Million Fraud Scheme

News Release: Appearing before U.S. District Court Judge John J. McConnell, Jr., Randall N. Levesque, 57, of Middletown, owner of Equine Insurance Services, LLC and Randall Levesque Agency, pled guilty to an information charging him with wire fraud, announced United States Attorney Stephen G. Dambruch, Special Agent ...


Additional Charges Filed Against Schuylkill County Man Previously Charged With Threatening The President

News Release: According to United States Attorney David J. Freed, the second superseding indictment charges Christy with transporting a stolen vehicle from Pennsylvania to New York State on July 7-8, 2018. The second superseding indictment also includes all of the charges contained in the initial superseding indictment: ...


Guilty Plea in "Fishing" of U.S. Mail Collection Boxes, Theft of Checks

News Release: Fishing is a term which describes of obtaining items from U.S. Postal Service collection boxes by utilizing common items such as plastic water bottles, duct tape, glue, and string. A device covered in a sticky substance such as glue is lowered into the closed mail box, and mail that adheres to the sticky ...


McKeesport Man Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison for Passing Counterfeit Cash

News Release: United States District Judge Nora Barry Fischer imposed the sentence on Bruce M. Charles, Jr., 32. According to information presented to the court, Charles conspired and passed counterfeit $100, $50, and $20 FRNs throughout the Western District of Pennsylvania. Assistant United States Attorney Shardul ...


Former Waterloo Resident Pleads Guilty to Receiving Child Pornography

News Release: Brueggemann pleaded guilty to a one-count federal indictment without a plea agreement. He faces a prison sentence of 5 to 20 years on the charge. Sentencing is set for March 27, 2019, at the federal courthouse in East St. Louis. This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative ...


Florida man sentenced for fraud charges involving gas station skimmers

News Release: Quinones, age 27, pled guilty today to one count of Access Device Fraud-Use of Unauthorized Access Device in June 2018. He admitted to his role in a conspiracy spanning four states that involved using skimming devices at gas pumps, using technology to upload the account information, and creating fraudulent ...


Pawtucket Man Charged with Manufacturing Counterfeit Money

News Release: Louis B. Colavecchio, 76, was arrested by United States Secret Service agents as the agents, assisted by Coventry and Pawtucket Police, executed a federal court-authorized search of his residence. The U.S. Secret Service seized, among other items, electronic media and presses used in the production of ...


Fourth Defendant Arrested in Credit Card Bust-Out Scheme that Spent $2 Million on Luxury Watches, Liquor, Cars and Cemetery Plots

News Release: Gayane Hakobyan, 69, of Hollywood Hills, was taken into custody this morning and is expected to be arraigned on the indictment this afternoon in United States District Court. Previously in this case, Mikayel Hovhannisyan, 36, of North Hollywood, surrendered on December 3. The other two defendants in ...


Seattle Man Sentenced to Prison for Cyberstalking Campaign Against a Former Friend and a Co-Worker

News Release: Harassed Victims with Multiple Texts, Phone Calls, Death Threats, False Online Service Subscriptions and Posed as Reporter Investigating Sex Abuse Allegations


Jury Finds Former SunTrust Bank Employee Guilty Of Stealing Nearly $172,000 From A Bank Customer

News Release: According to testimony and evidence presented at trial, between 2011 and 2018, Green, a SunTrust Bank employee, stole more than $171,000 from a bank customer. Green withdrew more funds then the bank client had authorized, he then directed the extra funds into several different bank accounts that he controlled.


United States Secret Service Community Impact Alert

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United States Secret Service - Community Impact Alert

News Release: George H. W. Bush State Funeral Monday, Dec. 3, 2018


St. Albans Man Sentenced for Gun and Counterfeit Crimes

News Release: Stuart praised the investigation conducted by the St. Albans Police Department, the United States Secret Service and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). Several prior felony convictions. Still carrying guns. And getting counterfeit currency to purchase drugs, said United States ...


Secret Service's National Threat Assessment Center Distributes Critical School Violence Prevention Guide to Educators across Nation

News Release: The operational guide, which was released by the U.S. Secret Service in digital format in July 2018, provides direction to school personnel, law enforcement officers, and other public safety professionals, regarding the creation of a targeted violence prevention plan.


Florence Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Role in Multi-State Scheme to Manufacture and Pass Counterfeit Money

News Release: Evidence presented to the court showed that Bembry was involved in a conspiracy to manufacture and pass counterfeit $100 and $50 bills in multiple states, including South Carolina, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. This conspiracy, which began in 2015, included at least nine defendants who ...


North Carolina Woman Charged with Embezzling Money from Connecticut Company

News Release: The indictment was returned on Nov. 15, 2018. Kurus appeared today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Donna F. Martinez in Hartford, entered a plea of not guilty to the charges, and was released on a $200,000 bond. As alleged in the indictment and statements made in court, Kurus formerly resided in Connecticut ...


Former Insider Convicted of Defrauding Baton Rouge Company

News Release: CANCIENNE was also ordered to pay $387,025.75 in restitution to Engineers & Constructors International, Inc. (ECI). CANCIENNE, who formerly handled accounting matters at ECI, admitted in connection with her guilty plea, to executing a fraud scheme by, among other things, establishing a shell corporation ...


Ten people sentenced to prison for installing credit-card skimmers on gas pumps and stealing account information from thousands of people

News Release: The sentences are as follows: Ranset Rodriguez, 41, of Miami: 81 months in federal prison. Jose Manuel Iglesias, 52, of West New York, New Jersey: 81 months in federal prison. Yaniris Alfonso, 32, of Miami: 57 months in federal prison. Edelberto Hernandez, 46, of Kiowa, Colorado: 33 months in federal ...


Defendant Sentenced for ATM Skimming Fraud

News Release: Identity theft is a continuing problem that damages the credit of too many unsuspecting Georgians, said U.S. Attorney Byung J. BJay Pak. Citizens are encouraged to visually and physically inspect ATMs for any obvious signs of tampering prior to using their debit or credit cards. This investigation and ...