News Releases

Following an Officer-involved shooting near 17th and F Streets the morning of March 9, Secret Service Uniformed Division Chief Michael A. Buck released the following statement:

"On Sunday, March 9, an adult male was shot by U.S. Secret…

WASHINGTON – As part of a coordinated international effort, the United States Secret Service seized website domains linked to Russian cryptocurrency exchange, Garantex and froze multiple crypto currency assets owned by the exchange. Garantex…

Patrick J. Freaney, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of the United States Secret Service (USSS), announced the extradition of AKEEM BADA a/k/a “AK” on charges of conspiracy to commit bank and wire fraud, money laundering…

Greenbelt, MD – On Friday, February 28, Newton Ofioritse Jemide, 47, a Nigerian national, pled guilty to a federal charge for wire fraud conspiracy.  Jemide, who was recently extradited from France, was involved in a scheme to…

Jackson, MS – A Louisiana man pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiring to commit wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft in connection with a scheme to use the stolen identities of others to purchase expensive vehicles in…

ATLANTA - Thomas Addaquay has been sentenced following his conviction of 30 felonies related to two nationwide fraud schemes involving tax refund, business email compromise, and romance fraud scams.

“Addaquay’s fraud schemes impacted…

Tampa – U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington has sentenced Jonathan Daniels (46, St. Petersburg) to 14 years and 7 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, and aggravated…

CHICAGO — A Chicago man has been sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison for manufacturing counterfeit $100 bills and using them in retail stores.

MARQUISE SHORES used…

NEWARK, N.J. – A Middlesex County man was charged with participating in a conspiracy to defraud Williams-Sonoma, Inc. and another national transportation and logistics company through overbilling for trucking services, Acting U.S. Attorney…

PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Francis J. Battista, 39, of Aston, Pennsylvania, was convicted at trial on all charges against him — 12 counts of wire fraud, three counts of aggravated identity theft,…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Marc Weiss, 50, of Charlotte, was sentenced today to 40 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for embezzling approximately $1.6 million from two small businesses, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney…

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Secret Service, Fairfax, Montgomery, Prince George’s, Prince William, and Arlington County Police Departments, and the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department conducted a payment card skimming and Electronic Benefit…

Danielle R. Sassoon, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Patrick J. Freaney, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of the United States Secret Service (“USSS”), announced today that ERICK…

A STATEMENT ON THE LAWSUIT FROM THE SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE OF THE NEW YORK FIELD OFFICE PATRICK J. FREANEY

Crimes of deception continue to evolve, driven by large windfalls stolen from unsuspecting victims. While this cyber…

LOS ANGELES – The U.S. Secret Service, in collaboration with state and local law enforcement partners, conducted a community outreach operation targeting payment card skimming and Electronic Benefit Transfer fraud on Dec. 19 and 20 in San…