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Fraud

 

by Kelli Tippett, MFS (USSS Laboratory Director)

This article was originally published in the February 2025 edition of the United States Secret Service Association's official magazine, The Pipeline.

An aperture is an…

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 JASON…

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…

NEW YORK - The United States Secret Service, New York Field Office, announced that TETIANA BERRIORS was sentenced in the Southern District of New…

CINCINNATI – Nii A. Tei, 47, of Cincinnati, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 48 months in prison for structuring financial transactions to evade reporting requirements. Tei was also ordered to pay approximately $161,000 in restitution to…

BOSTON – A Chicago-area man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Springfield, Mass., for his role in a nationwide wire fraud conspiracy that victimized businesses and individuals across the United States.

Antonio M. Strong, 32, of…

Orlando – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Robert William Burns, III (44, Rockledge) has pleaded guilty to COVID-19-related wire fraud. Burns faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. A…