SECRET SERVICE

Bolden wrote a book in which he argued he was targeted for speaking out against racist and unprofessional behavior in the Secret Service.

The Secret Service agents duped by the men's purported lies about being DHS agents included ones who protected President Joe Biden's wife and the White House.

BEC scams are a type of crime where criminals hack into email accounts, pretend to be someone they're not and fool victims into sending money where it doesn't belong. The huge payoffs and low risks associated with BEC scams have attracted criminals worldwide. Losses in the U.S. to BEC scams in 2021 were nearly $2.4 billion, according to a new report by the FBI. In 2018, he said, researchers started seeing Nigerian malware being developed in-country by the BEC scammers themselves. Adedeji Oyenuga, a sociology professor at Lagos State University who has studied cybercrime culture, said there’s little fear by BEC scammers of being punished if caught.

Business Email Compromise scams are a type of crime where criminals hack into email accounts, pretend to be someone they’re not and fool victims into sending money to unintended places.

A shopping spree in Beverly Hills, a luxury vacation in Mexico, a bank account that jumped from $299.77 to $1.4 million overnight. From the outside, it looked like Moe and Kateryna Abourched had won the lottery. Rather, a public school district in Michigan was tricked into wiring its monthly health insurance payment to the bank account of a California nail salon the Abourcheds owned, according to a search warrant application filed by a Secret Service agent in federal court.

Authorities detailed the case against two men who they say ingratiated themselves with Secret Service agents.

They have been impersonating federal agents since early 2020, the FBI says. They allegedly offered favors to several Secret Service agents, including one assigned to the first lady's detail.

Secret Service is renting $30,000-a-month Malibu mansion to protect Hunter Biden, ABC News reports

The United States military spent at least $147,000 at Former President Donald Trump’s properties during his presidency, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post.

Congress rightfully doled out big checks for pandemic relief. Unfortunately, many of them ended up in the wrong pockets.

The president's traditional address to a joint session of Congress is scheduled to start at 9 p.m. Eastern. Biden plans to highlight what he accomplished in the past year despite “deep challenges,” as an aide described it, and outline his aspirations for the next year.

The Secret Service agent whose phone was used by then-President Trump was unhappy with the manner in which his device was used, according to CNN.

Since 2018, officials say the employee used his position as a vault associate to replace money from the register with fake, movie prop money.

Stephanie Grisham gave more significant details than expected about what Trump was doing before 6 January, sources say Stephanie Grisham, the then White House press secretary, in October 2019, listens as Donald Trump speaks to the media on the South Lawn of the White House. Photograph: Andrew Harnik/AP The former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham told the House select committee investigating the Capitol attack that Donald Trump hosted secret meetings in the White House residence in d

The U.S. Secret Service says nearly $100 billion has been stolen from COVID-19 relief programs set up to help businesses and people who lost their jobs due to the pandemic.

Criminals targeting pandemic relief funds have stolen close to $100 billion, the U.S. Secret Service said Tuesday.

During the White House briefing on Friday, press secretary Jen Psaki said "there are some forces against us" to get Americans vaccinated, referring to Republicans who've taken a stand against vaccination requirements.

During an address to parliament, Ukraine's Defence minister Oleksiy Reznikov says that Russia will likely be ready for a potential large-scale attack on the country in late January. Western powers have been sounding the alarm for weeks about Russia gathering troops along the border with Ukraine, further stoking tensions in an area where a long-running conflict has already left 13,000 dead.

The House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection is one step closer to holding another Trump ally in contempt. On Wednesday night, the panel voted unanimously to recommend contempt charges against former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion joined "CBSN AM" to talk about the committee's decision and why it's delaying a full House vote.

Here’s the latest for Friday, December 3: Bulgaria's new parliament convenes for first session; South Korea tightens restrictions on social gatherings as it grapples with bad virus wave; Pope presides over mass in Cyprus as protestors demonstrate outside stadium; Biden lights the national Christmas tree. (Dec. 3)

During an address to parliament, Ukraine's Defence minister Oleksiy Reznikov says that Russia will likely be ready for a potential large-scale attack on the country in late January. Western powers have been sounding the alarm for weeks about Russia gathering troops along the border with Ukraine, further stoking tensions in an area where a long-running conflict has already left 13,000 dead.

Multiple states are reporting cases of the Omicron COVID-19 variant as officials urge people to get their booster shots. Also, House and Senate lawmakers have approved a spending bill that will keep the government running through February 18. All that and all that matters in today’s Eye Opener.

President Biden has unveiled a new strategy to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. The measures are designed to help slow the spread of the Omicron variant, which has now been confirmed in the U.S. CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang joins CBSN's Lana Zak to analyze the president's plan.

The Daily Poster's Andrew Perez details his reporting that corporate lobbying groups are pressing the biden administration not to reform the Supreme Court.

Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Robby Soave react to Dr. Fauci's most recent appearance at a CNN global town hall.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warns of a return of the "nightmare scenario of a military confrontation" in Europe, as tensions spike over Ukraine. Speaking at the OSCE meeting in Stockholm, Lavrov accuses NATO of bringing its military infrastructure "closer to the Russian borders".

The newly appointed coordinator for the U.S. Secret Service Pandemic Fraud division said law enforcement members of the Cyber Task Force are working leads to track stolen state and national benefits estimated to be between $63 billion to $100 billion or more.

Scott Fairlamb, whose brother is in the U.S. Secret Service, was the first Jan. 6 defendant sentenced in connection with an assault on cops.

Two Central Florida victims have lost hundreds of thousands of dollars when buying and selling homes.

Secret Service agents have faced increasing burdens at the same time the agency dealt with budget cuts, a new report from the National Academy of Public Administration found.

President Biden hit the road Tuesday to promote his pair of spending bills focused on American infrastructure, jobs and social safety net programs. He spoke from a trade union facility in Howell as Democrats in Washington continued to negotiate the size and scope of a $3.5 trillion spending bill. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes joins CBSN's Elaine Quijano with the latest as the U.S. nears its default deadline.

Environmental response crews are cleaning up oil near the Talbert Marsh and Santa Ana River mouth

Here's the latest for Tuesday October 5th: Former Facebook exec testifies before Congress; Malnutrition crisis in Afghanistan; Three share Nobel in physics; One winning ticket in Powerball jackpot.

Authorities say a Drug Enforcement Administration special agent was killed Monday when a passenger, who also died, opened fire as officers were doing a routine inspection for illegal contraband on an Amtrak train in Tucson, Arizona. (Oct. 4)

Promptly removing fallen debris will set your lawn up for success come spring.

Donald Trump cost taxpayers $1.7 million providing his adult children and three officials with Secret Service protection after he left office.

Former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin traveled repeatedly to the Middle East and Mexico while protected by agents.

Four Secret Service agents who were with the president, vice president and first lady during the 9/11 terror attacks describe what that day was like.

Biden told CNN: "You're saying: 'Don't come in for breakfast. We can get our own breakfast,' because I like to walk out in my robe."

Almost 900 Secret Service agents were infected with COVID-19 in the first year of the pandemic, records obtained by a watchdog group in June found.

The bill came atop earlier charges during the former president’s stay at his Florida resort, before he moved north.

The nonprofit Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington published a report detailing how 881 Secret Service employees had tested positive between March 1, 2020, and March 9, 2021.

Vice President Kamala Harris made a surprise appearance at the Pride event in Washington on Saturday but it was one of her protectors who drew the attention of many Twitter users.

An inspector general report clears the Park Police, though that doesn't answer every question.

Investigators did not find that the White House directed the Lafayette Square clearing moments before Trump's visit on June 1, 2020.

Former President Donald Trump reportedly has plans to stay at his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club through the summer,.

Lawyers for the former president claim “national security” concerns justified the actions against demonstrators

Evy Poumpouras is a former Secret Service agent and polygraph examiner, journalist, and author of the 2020 memoir, "Becoming Bulletproof."

Trump charged his own protective detail $396.15 per night to rent a room near him, and U.S. taxpayers footed the bill, documents show.

Carol Leonnig spoke to a number of Secret Service agents for her new book, Zero Fail. "They strongly believed that it was a matter of time before a president was shot on their watch," she says.

Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter Carol Leonnig's new book traces the evolution, and recent scandals, of the agency responsible for protecting the president.

The Secret Service has confiscated and returned to states about $2 billion in stolen Covid unemployment relief funds, agency officials said.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) has mostly stayed out of New York City's mayoral race, but she had some harsh words for candidate Andrew Yang, the presumptive favorite, on Tuesday. Yang had tweeted Monday that he is "standing with the people of Israel" amid the escalating violence between Israeli forces and Hamas, which stems from the government threatening to evict Palestinian families from their homes in east Jerusalem. Yang's words ultimately led his campaign to cancel a planned trip to help distribute groceries in Queens ahead of Eid al-Fitr, the Muslim celebration marking the end of Ramadan. Ocasio-Cortez, who has often criticized the Israeli government and expressed support for the Palestinian people, weighed in after hearing the latest development, calling Yang's initial plan "utterly shameful" after issuing what she described as a "chest-thumping statement of support" for Israel's military strikes on Gaza. Utterly shameful for Yang to try to show up to an Eid event after sending out a chest-thumping statement of support for a strike killing 9 children, especially after his silence as Al-Aqsa was attacked. But then to try that in Astoria? During Ramadan?! They will let you know. https://t.co/r721mHyfri — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) May 11, 2021 More stories from theweek.comTed Cruz walks out of gun violence hearing after failing to change the subjectFederal judge dismisses NRA's bankruptcy caseMcCarthy is reportedly gambling that dumping Liz Cheney will get Trump to help make him House speaker

‘Zero Fail’ depicts missteps, successes and evolution of the agency tasked with protecting the president.

ORLANDO, Fla. – News 6 anchor Julie Broughton said she was stunned when she saw 17 debit card transactions for more than $1,600 listed on her January bank statement. “I thought, ‘My gosh, I’m never going to see this money again.’”News 6 contacted the Orlando Secret Service and presented Broughton’s debit card number to agents. It turns out her card was one of 235 debit and credit cards stolen by thieves who had installed a hidden pin hole camera and skimmer into a convenience store gas pump. Based on the purchase records, it appears Broughton’s data may have been stolen in November. ”But what I think about, though, is all the people who don’t sit across the room from Mike Holfeld.

News 6 confirmed every person from that list of 22 people who applied for unemployment benefits with the Department of Economic Opportunity never worked for the company. Ad“I know that there are people out there hurting and they need unemployment (benefits)” she said. News 6 alerted the DEO’s fraud division and provided all 22 names and social security numbers listed on the claims. The Secret Service is convinced additional companies across the state are being targeted. The forms will reflect taxable unemployment benefits paid to someone using your name and social security number.

The first known case was reported on June 15 when News 6 viewer Monica DaSilva received approval for unemployment benefits from the state of Massachusetts. Because the agency is in an active investigation, Dotson limited his comments on the Secret Service investigation. But when Secret Service agents interviewed Maingot, he admitted a mystery woman offered a deal to use his identification to apply for a small business grant in exchange for 20% of the money. News 6 shared the case with the Secret Service and will continue to share cases that fit the identity theft profile benefits scheme. “There’s several individuals involved that do not have knowledge to the full extent of what is being asked of them to do,” Dotson told News 6.

WASHINGTON Secret Service agents rushed President Donald Trump to a White House bunker on Friday night as hundreds of protesters gathered outside the executive mansion, some of them throwing rocks and tugging at police barricades. They sparked one of the highest alerts on the White House complex since the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001 . The White House does not comment on security protocols and decisions, said White House spokesman Judd Deere. Secret Service protocol would have called for all those under the agency's protection to be in the underground shelter. In recent days security at the White House has been reinforced by the National Guard and additional personnel from the Secret Service and the U.S. Park Police.