The Secret Service has been looking into identifying scammers moving millions of stolen dollars through banks around the New York tri-state area. A Bloomberg report quotes an agent who says he has been reviewing a government database — the Internet Crime Complaint Center, or the...
The Secret Service has reportedly recovered $286 million in COVID-19 relief funds that had been obtained illegally by people using fake identities. According to a Friday (Aug. 26) Wall Street Journal report, the money seized was taken from conspirators using fake or stolen credentials to...
Home Depot worker Adrian Jean Pineda was nabbed by the Secret Service in Tempe, Arizona for allegedly stealing $387,500 in cash by replacing the real money with movie prop bills he ordered on Amazon. Security footage showed Pineda “taking fake bills from his personal wallet,...
As federal investigators recognize the connections between cyber and traditional financial crimes, the U.S. Secret Service has established a single agency to fight them, the Secret Service announced in a press release. The Electronic Crimes Task Forces and Financial Crimes Task Forces will be merged...
April 06, 2020
Fraudsters don’t get furloughs, they aren’t much for vacationing, and they certainly aren’t above taking advantage of a bad situation. In fact, taking advantage and exploiting others’ misfortune for personal gain is more or less the job description of the average fraudster. And as of today, fraudsters find themselves in extraordinary times as people are […]
December 06, 2022
Federal authorities say Chinese hackers have stolen $20 million in COVID relief money since 2020. The U.S. Secret Service has identified the group behind the theft as a hacking team known as APT41 or Winnti, according to media reports. “Of the more than 1,000 ongoing investigations involving transnational and domestic criminal actors defrauding public benefits […]
October 09, 2022
The Secret Service has been looking into identifying scammers moving millions of stolen dollars through banks around the New York tri-state area. A Bloomberg report quotes an agent who says...
August 28, 2022
The Secret Service has reportedly recovered $286 million in COVID-19 relief funds that had been obtained illegally by people using fake identities. According to a Friday (Aug. 26) Wall Street...
February 08, 2022
Home Depot worker Adrian Jean Pineda was nabbed by the Secret Service in Tempe, Arizona for allegedly stealing $387,500 in cash by replacing the real money with movie prop bills...
