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A federal jury convicted the son of a Russian lawmaker Thursday of hacking into U.S. businesses to steal credit card information and orchestrating an international online theft scheme that netted him millions of dollars. Jurors deliberated over two days before finding Roman Seleznev guilty of 38 charges, including nine counts of hacking and 10 counts of wire fraud.
In this June 5, 2013, file photo, attorney John Henry Browne listens to questions from reporters at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state. Browne will be representing accused Russian computer hacker Roman Seleznev as jury selection for a federal trial begins Monday, Aug. 15, 2016, in Seattle.
Prosecutors describe Roman Seleznev, the son of a Russian lawmaker, as a master hacker who orchestrated an international scheme that resulted in about $170 million in fraudulent credit card purchases. In a federal jury trial that begins this week, they plan to lay out evidence that they say will prove Seleznev hacked into U.S. businesses, mostly pizza restaurants in Washington state, and stole credit card information.
U.S. Secret Service had spoken to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's campaign about his controversial gun rights comments, local media said on Wednesday. Citing a U.S. Secret Service official who spoke on condition of anonymity, CNN reported that "more than one conversation" had been held between officials from the agency and Trump's campaign, during which the campaign said Trump did not intend to incite violence against his Democratic counterpart Hillary Clinton.
Another day, another Trump foot-in-mouth disaster following presidential nominee's comments about Hillary Clinton and the Second Amendment Donald Trump shocked commentators and pundits on Tuesday when he seemed to suggest that gun owners should do something about Hillary Clinton and the judges she would choose for the Supreme Court if elected president. But he may have bigger problems than TV pundits, as his comments seemed to have also triggered a chilling response from the U.S. Secret Service.
Federal prosecutors withdrew their case Monday against four political protesters charged last month after scaling an 8-foot security fence outside the Wells Fargo Center during the Democratic National Convention. But authorities have given no indication that they intend to do the same for the seven other Bernie Sanders supporters arrested and charged under federal law during the raucous demonstrations outside the four-day event.
Security planning for the Republican and Democratic national conventions took into account large-scale threats like the vehicle attack that occurred in France and left dozens dead and wounded, a U.S. Secret Service official said Friday. Planning for the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia began in October, and security measures cover everything from people jumping fences to organized attacks, he said.
A British man accused of telling authorities that he wanted to kill Donald Trump at a rally was unemployed, living out of his car and had been treated in the past for obsessive compulsive disorder and anorexia, authorities and others say. Court statements and accounts Tuesday from a family friend in England offered a complex picture of 20-year-old suspect Michael Steven Sandford, who was arrested Saturday in a Las Vegas casino where the Republican candidate was speaking.
Donald Trump Jr. hugs his dad Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump after addressing the crowd during a campaign rally. LAS VEGAS - Donald Trump's son is praising law enforcement for stopping an attempted attack on the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, though he didn't say if there will be any security changes on the campaign trail.
A British man arrested at a weekend Donald Trump rally in Las Vegas tried to grab a police officer's gun so he could kill the presidential candidate after planning an assassination for about a year, according to authorities. U.S. Secret Service agents said Michael Steven Sandford approached a Las Vegas police officer at the campaign stop to say he wanted Trump's autograph, but that he then tried to take the weapon.
A British man accused of trying to take a police officer's gun and kill Donald Trump during a weekend rally in Las Vegas will not be released on bail. Federal Magistrate Judge George Foley said at a hearing Monday that Michael Steven Sandford, 20, was a potential danger to the community and a flight risk.
A man arrested at a Donald Trump rally in Las Vegas told authorities he tried to grab an officer's gun so he could kill the candidate, the Secret Service said. A complaint filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Nevada charges Michael Steven Sandford with an act of violence on restricted grounds.
Weeks before a controversial interview that ultimately led to Glenn Beck's suspension from SiriusXM radio, author Brad Thor predicted that left-wing agitators would commit "unprecedented assassination attempts" against Donald Trump, spurred by journalists demonizing him. Beck's news website The Blaze reported on Thor's comments the day after Trump became the presumptive Republican nominee: Speaking on The Glenn Beck Radio Program , Thor, a prominent Never-Trumper , encouraged listeners to pray for Trump and the U.S. Secret Service.
Last year various individuals within the United States Secret Service improperly accessed and distributed information contained within Secret Service personnel records about a job application made years ago by an individual who is now a Member of Congress. The same information was also wrongfully leaked to the press.
Forty-one employees of the U.S. Secret Service are being disciplined over leaked information about a sitting congressman's past job application to be an agent, an apparent act of retribution. Rep. Jason Chaffetz, chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, had been leading an investigation last fall into Secret Service misbehavior, including intruders around the White House and drinking on the job.
Back in 1996, then first lady Hillary Clinton, accompanied by her daughter Chelsea, paid a visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina on behalf of her husband President Bill Clinton and the American people. Bosnia and Serbia were embroiled in a brutal civil war at the time, with atrocities being regularly committed by both sides.
A hospital official says a man shot by a U.S. Secret Service officer outside the White House remains in critical condition. George Washington University hospital spokeswoman Susan Griffiths said the man was in critical condition on Sunday.
Massachusetts State Police say in a statement that... Authorities say a police officer has been shot in a central Massachusetts town and the suspect is on the loose. A police officer was shot and killed during a traffic stop in a central Massachusetts town early Sunday, and a suspect is on the loose, authorities said.
Cleveland managed to avoid the kind of violent confrontations between police and protesters seen in Missouri and Baltimore after police killed black residents, but will it be able to keep the peace when officers and activists flood downtown for the Republican National Convention? City officials have been coy about their plans for handling convention protests, saying only they are prepared for "challenges" and are working to free up jail cells, while activists have warily eyed the city's acquisition of riot gear.
A man shot by a US Secret Service officer outside the White House remained in critical condition in a Washington hospital, a hospital spokesperson said. George Washington University Hospital spokesperson Susan Griffiths would provide only his condition on Saturday, one day after the shooting.