Building a Digital Defense for School Kids and Cell Phone Safety

Phoenix, Arizona - Summer break is over, and it’s time to pack up the backpacks and lunch bags for another school year. Many students are headed back to class with cell phones in their pockets. More and more kids are getting phones by the time they enter middle school—and some are toting their phones through elementary school hallways.

Operation Guardian Support Air Assets Critical to Border Security

Tucson, Arizona - Casa Grande Border Patrol agents apprehended 17 illegal aliens and seized 10 bundles of marijuana during two incidents Tuesday with the assistance of Arizona National Guard soldiers using a UH-72 Lakota helicopter.

Colorado Business Owner Pleads Guilty to $7 Million Biodiesel Tax Credit Fraud Scheme

Washington, DC - A Colorado business owner pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to impair and impede the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for his role in a $7.2 million renewable fuel tax credit scheme, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.

IRS Employee Pleads Guilty to Identity Theft

Atlanta, Georgia - An Atlanta, Georgia resident pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of aggravated identity theft for her role in a stolen identity refund fraud scheme, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Byung J. Pak for the Northern District of Georgia.

South Carolina Teen Convicted for Attempting to Join ISIS

Charleston, South Carolina - Zakaryia Abdin, 19, of Ladson, South Carolina, pleaded guilty Wednesday to attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization.