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Nine illegal immigrants were arrested in Fort Worth last week on charges accusing them of making and selling fake government documents.

The president of a Florida consulting firm convicted in a massive fax blast scam was sentenced Friday to 68 months in prison for his role in defrauding thousands of small business owners across the United States, Mexico and Canada.

Two Newark men accused of altering thousands of $5 bills within the past three months were charged Friday with one count of counterfeiting each during their initial appearances in U.S. Magistrate Court.

Five Minnesotans have been indicted in federal court in connection with a wire fraud scam in which they created bogus bank accounts - with similar names to actual state vendors - to steal more than $3.3 million from West Virginia, Massachusetts, Kansas and Ohio.

Two Novato residents were arrested in a counterfeiting investigation Wednesday after a raid by local and county investigators and agents with the U.S. Secret Service, police said.

Bloomberg News A New York Police Department car was involved in an accident Tuesday during Vice President Biden's visit to New York, according to the U.S. Secret Service.

Two Johnson County businessmen entered no-contest pleas this week for a nationwide theft scheme that took more than a million dollars from elderly customers.Two others involved from Sioux City, Iowa, also have pleaded guilty in Johnson County District Court.District Attorney Steve Howe said today that the consumer fraud scam hooked thousands of ...

A San Francisco man was sentenced Tuesday to four years in state prison for a mail and identity theft scheme that prosecutors said targeted more than 1,000 residents.

Consumers and businesses should be on the lookout for counterfeit bills as the holiday season approaches, the U.S. Secret Service warns.

The Atlanta office of the U.S. Secret Service is warning businesses and consumers across Georgia to be aware that counterfeiters are already up and running this holiday shopping season.

Share + Nov 11, 2009 10:52 pm US/Central Reporting Bill Hudson BLOOMINGTON, Minn.

A pre-trial conference Thursday in Walker River Justice Court involving a Smith Valley man charged with passing counterfeit bills was expected to be continued.

Ernest Bernard Moore, an assistant professor at Williams College, visiting researcher at Yale Law School, and senior policy fellow for a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, has pled guilty to one count each of Student Aid Fraud, Bank Fraud, and Social Security Representative Fraud, Acting U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips, Mary ...

U.S. Park Police say a man was fatally struck by two U.S. Secret Service vehicles at a Suitland Parkway intersection.

ROMULUS BACIAN, 40, and MARIUS ENACHE CSAPAY, 45, both of Romania, pleaded guilty today to their roles in a conspiracy to steal ATM/debit card account information from hundreds of Washington Mutual customers using "skimming" equipment they illegally affixed to ATMs around the metro Atlanta area.

Regina Baker, from the looks of the federal charges brought against her and her alleged ring of check forgers, failed a number of lessons in how to pull off the perfect caper: For instance: When you have a legitimate-looking forgery of a payroll check, make it out to someone other than yourself.

Crooks set sights on bank ATMs Stop and look before inserting your card into an ATM machine.

Media Coordinator, Terry Menshek 565-3099 Media Spokesperson, Assistant District Attorney Christine M. Cook District Attorney Stephan Passalacqua announced today that a Sonoma County jury found parolee Bernie Lee Verrett guilty of one count of felony possession of counterfeit currency.

Jackson police and agents with the U.S. Secret Service are investigating a man arrested Friday on charges that he manufactured and passed counterfeit money at a local restaurant, according to a news release.

Good morning, Chairman Scott, Ranking Member Gohmert and distinguished members of the Subcommittee.