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The U.S. Secret Service plans to unveil Tuesday plans for a pan-European task force charged with preventing identity theft, computer hacking and other computer-based crime.

Four men were arrested after a four-day online child predator sting last week by the Louisiana Electronic Crimes Task Force, according to Darin Lake, assistant to the special agent in charge for the Secret Service's New Orleans Office.

Cybercrime spans the entire globe, and, until now, there's been little collaboration between nations when it comes to combating international networks of hackers.

Max Ray Butler, a former security analyst turned hacker, yesterday pleaded guilty in federal court in Pittsburgh to breaking into numerous financial institutions and card-processing networks and stealing credit card and identity data on hundreds of thousands of individuals.

A Rose Hill, Virginia man found guilty of receiving, possessing, and distributing child pornography was sentenced on June 23 to over 19 years in prison.

The head of the U.S. Secret Service on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding with the head of the Italian police and the chief executive officer of the Italian Postal Service to set up an international task force to combat cyber crime.

One of the most prolific computer hackers in U.S. history pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court to stealing almost 2 million credit card numbers in what prosecutors called a "massive" wire fraud case costing banks some $86 million.

MEMPHIS, TN a ' Authorities say a Memphis man has been charged with counterfeiting after he was found with thousands of dollars in fake money.

The La Grande Observer reported that 28-year-old Zachary James Andyke was arrested Wednesday by La Grande police and Union County sheriff's deputies.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has named Pittsburgh's G-20 summit in September a "National Special Security Event," meaning the Secret Service will take the lead role in security planning for the gathering of world leaders.

London, North By Northwest Cert: PG Description: Advertising guru Roger Thornhill is the victim of mistaken identity perpetrated by the US Secret Service to protect one of its undercover operatives.

The Spanish National Police had the help of the United States Secret Service to break up a network of international credit card fraudsters, who are believed to have carried out more than 300 frauds, and controlled some of the most active computer hackers in the world.

State Sen. Todd Lamb has the backing of former U.S. Sen. Don Nickles in his quest for the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor in 2010.

PHOTOS >> >> >> >> >> >> >> 19 arrested in drug ring probe A probe into the burgeoning methamphetamine market in Hudson County has taken down a distribution network selling $10,000 worth of the drug each week and resulted in the arrests of 19 people, authorities announced yesterday.

A Gaston County man's statewide check scam recently came to a halt when local authorities got on his trail.

The Art of Making Money reads like a gangster film waiting to be made. The true story of Art Williams, the master counterfeiter of the book's title, it is a fast-paced tale of a man from a broken family in the rough end of Chicago sucked into a life of crime.

DO YOU HAVE A TIP? If you have information about the scheme, call Secret Service Agent Joe Rusin at 296-0133. They've stolen more than $300,000 from Jacksonville credit unions without pulling a pistol or passing a note.

A Huntington man was sentenced in federal court Monday to 20 years in prison for producing, possessing and sharing child pornography, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced.

Former President Jimmy Carter says he will ask the Obama administration to remove the militant Palestinian group from the U.S.-designated terror list, just as Hamas says it foiled a bomb plot against Carter.. Tuesday, June 16, 2009 Photos Jan.

Posted Monday, June 15, 2009 ; 12:15 PM Man opened a series of fraudulent bank accounts CHARLESTON -- Reco T. Robinson, 33, of St.