Month: August 2021

Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI Crime News (b)

Director Christopher Wray has named Alyssa M. Doyle as the special agent in charge of the Counterintelligence and Cyber Division at the Los Angeles Field Office. She most recently served as a deputy assistant director in the Operational Technology Division at the FBI’s facility in Quantico, Virginia.

Ms. Doyle began her career as an FBI special agent in 2004 and was assigned to work public corruption, counterterrorism, and cyber investigations in the Chicago Field Office. She also served on Chicago’s Evidence Response Team. She was promoted to supervisory special agent in 2010 and led oversight of Chicago’s cyber intrusion program and the regional computer forensics lab.

In 2015, Ms. Doyle was promoted to special assistant, first serving the executive assistant director of the Information and Technology Branch and then the associate deputy director.

Ms. Doyle was promoted in 2017 to assistant special agent in charge of the Sacramento Field Office in California, where she was responsible for the Intelligence Branch and had investigative oversight of the Stockton and Fairfield Resident Agencies.

In 2018, Ms. Doyle was promoted to section chief and named the FBI’s chief information security officer, situated in the Office of the Chief Information Officer at FBI Headquarters in Washington. As CISO, Ms. Doyle was responsible for the FBI’s cybersecurity.

Ms. Doyle was promoted to deputy assistant director in the Operational Technology Division in 2020, in charge of strategy for the Digital and Forensics and Analytics Section, the Collection and Infrastructure Section, and the Business Engagement and Intelligence Section.

Before she joined the FBI, Ms. Doyle developed and implemented pharmaceutical IT systems for a Fortune 500 company in Cincinnati. She earned a bachelor’s degree in management information systems from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and a Master of Business Administration from Xavier University in Cincinnati.

Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI Crime News (b)

Director Christopher Wray has named Jesse Levine as the special agent in charge of the Intelligence Division of the New York Field Office. Mr. Levine most recently served as a deputy assistant director of the Counterintelligence Division at FBI Headquarters in Washington.

Mr. Levine joined the FBI as a special agent in 2001 and was assigned to the New York office to work counterintelligence investigations. After 9/11, he worked at Ground Zero and was later assigned to the team that investigated the attacks, then returned to counterintelligence investigations in New York. In 2004, he transferred to New York’s Joint Terrorism Task Force as part of the Special Operations Group.

In 2008, Mr. Levine was promoted to supervisory special agent in the Guardian Management Unit under the Counterterrorism Division at Headquarters. He was promoted again in 2009 to unit chief of the FBI’s Public Access Center unit, a 24-7 operations center that received and reviewed public tips.

Mr. Levine transferred to the Special Operations Group of the Washington Field Office in 2011, where he served as a team leader. In 2014, he was named the supervisory special agent over the squad. He was also the supervisor for the Special Surveillance Group. He was promoted in 2017 to assistant special agent in charge at the Norfolk Field Office in Virginia, where he oversaw all counterterrorism, counterintelligence, and crisis management activities, as well as other programs.

In 2018, he was selected as the chief of the Counterespionage Section of the Counterintelligence Division at Headquarters, overseeing all FBI investigations into espionage and unauthorized public disclosures. After a division reorganization, Mr. Levine led the China Counterespionage and Technology Transfer Section.

Mr. Levine was named deputy assistant director of the Counterintelligence Division in 2020 in charge of the Russia/Global Mission Center and led the FBI’s efforts to defeat foreign intelligence activities targeting the United States.

Before he joined the FBI, Mr. Levine was a psychiatric social worker at a psychiatric hospital in New York. He earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the State University of New York at Albany and a master’s degree in social work from Adelphi University in New York.

Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI Crime News (b)

The Federal Bureau of Investigation, Toledo Resident Agency’s Northwest Ohio Crimes Against Children Task Force and the Northern District of Ohio United States Attorney’s Office, announce the arrest of John Charles Coy, 71 years old, of Van Wert County, Ohio.

The complaint alleges an initial tip was received in November 2020 by Marion Police Department that alleged John Charles Coy had engaged in sexual contact with minors and had produced child sexual abuse material. An investigation was initiated by the Marion Police Department who requested assistance from the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Cleveland Division, Toledo Resident Agency.

Through the course of this investigation, additional information concerning Coy’s alleged conduct with juvenile females was received by law enforcement. The information received involved allegations of Coy taking sexual photos of juvenile females and engaging in sexual conduct with juvenile females.

Over the course of the last eight months, numerous state search warrants and subpoenas were issued on social media, cell phone service providers, and digital storage providers identified as being accounts of John Charles Coy, including an account most recently used by Coy, “Coyjohn010@gmail.com. Multiple images of what is believed to be prepubescent females were obtained.

On Thursday, July 29, 2021, a search warrant was executed at Coy’s son’s home where Coy was known to be residing. Coy was interviewed by law enforcement investigators during the execution of the search warrant and denied any allegations made against him.

The investigation and interview of Coy resulted in a probable cause arrest for receipt and/or distribution of child pornography, 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(2). Coy was taken into custody without incident at the conclusion of the search warrant. Coy will appear in front of United States Magistrate Judge Darrell A. Clay today, July 30, 2021, at 4:00 p.m.

Law enforcement is encouraging anyone that has a child that has interacted with John Charles Coy and they feel any of those interactions could have been sexually inappropriate or was an attempt to “groom” a minor for future sexual interactions to please contact the FBI at 1-877-FBI-OHIO. (1-877-324-6446). Coy is known to have coached juvenile female softball teams over the past years in Marion County and Van Wert County, Ohio. Coy is also known to have traveled as a truck driver in the region and is also known to have traveled on several occasions to the Philippines.

The FBI wishes to commend the Ohio Bureau of Identification and Investigation, the Marion Police Department, and the Van Wert County Sheriff’s Office for their cooperation and continued assistance in this investigation.

Law enforcement considers this an ongoing investigation and information outside of the federal complaint affidavit cannot be provided.

Any questions regarding this press release can be directed to SA Vicki Anderson at 216-522-1400 or at vagregg@fbi.gov.