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

The FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force and multiple Denver metro area police departments need your help identifying two individuals who are suspected to have conducted armed take-over style robberies, where they held bank employees and customers at gunpoint. Following is a list of the bank robbery details:

Monday, February 8, 2021
Key Bank
12101 East Dartmouth Avenue
Aurora, Colorado
Robbed at 4:10 p.m.

Key Bank
16796 East Smoky Hill Road
Centennial, Colorado
Robbed at 4:52 p.m.

Tuesday, February 9, 2021
BBVA Compass Bank
8101 East Belleview Avenue
Denver, Colorado
Robbed at 3:36 p.m.

Suspect #1 is described as a Black male, approximately 5’4” to 5’6” tall with a thin build. On Monday, February 8th, he was wearing a baseball cap, glasses, black ski mask, a gray hoodie, khaki pants, dark colored shoes with white soles, and gloves.

Suspect #2 is described as a Black male, approximately 5’8” to 5’10” tall with a thin build. On Monday, February 8th, he was wearing a blue baseball cap, green face covering, a blue hoodie, black pants, and black and white Nike tennis shoes.

Please be on the lookout for anyone matching the suspects’ descriptions. Be aware of anyone similar who might have recently changed their spending habits or discussed coming into money suddenly.

Bank robbery is punishable up to a 20-year prison sentence for each offense, and increases if a dangerous weapon is used in the commission of the crime. The FBI continues to provide financial institutions with the best practices for security to make them less vulnerable to robberies.

If anyone has any information on the bank robbery above, or any bank robbery, please call the FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force at 303-629-7171; or, you can remain anonymous and earn up to two thousand dollars ($2,000) by calling CRIMESTOPPERS at 720-913-STOP (7867).

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

The FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force and the Englewood Police Department need your help identifying an individual who robbed the U.S. Bank inside the King Soopers located at 101 Englewood Parkway, Englewood, Colorado, at 3:20 p.m. on Monday, February 8, 2021.

The suspect is described as a Caucasian male, approximately 5’6” to 5’8” tall, with a thin to medium build. He has brown eyes and thick, dark eyebrows. He was wearing a blue hat, a blue bandana as a face mask, a dark hoodie, blue jeans, and red tennis shoes.

Please be on the lookout for anyone matching the suspect’s description. Be aware of anyone similar who might have recently changed their spending habits or discussed coming into money suddenly.

Bank robbery is punishable up to a 20-year prison sentence for each offense, and increases if a dangerous weapon is used in the commission of the crime. The FBI continues to provide financial institutions with the best practices for security to make them less vulnerable to robberies.

If anyone has any information on the bank robbery above, or any bank robbery, please call the FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force at 303-629-7171; or, you can remain anonymous and earn up to two thousand dollars ($2,000) by calling CRIMESTOPPERS at 720-913-STOP (7867).

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

The FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force and the Aurora and Denver Police Departments need your help identifying an individual who robbed the TCF Bank located at 2084 South Broadway, Denver, Colorado, at 2:15 p.m. Approximately 26 minutes later, at 2:41 p.m., someone who appeared to be the same individual robbed the FirstBank located at 2300 South Havana Street, Aurora, Colorado.

The subject is described as a Caucasian male in his 30’s, approximately 5’8” tall with a thin build. He was wearing a red baseball cap with a black Hurley logo, a neon green gaiter mask, a blue Under Armor pullover with a white pattern on the arms, dark-colored pants, and gray shoes with black stripes.

Please be on the lookout for anyone matching the suspect’s description. Be aware of anyone similar who might have recently changed their spending habits or discussed coming into money suddenly.

Bank robbery is punishable up to a 20-year prison sentence for each offense, and increases if a dangerous weapon is used in the commission of the crime. The FBI continues to provide financial institutions with the best practices for security to make them less vulnerable to robberies.

If anyone has any information on the bank robbery above, or any bank robbery, please call the FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force at 303-629-7171; or, you can remain anonymous and earn up to two thousand dollars ($2,000) by calling CRIMESTOPPERS at 720-913-STOP (7867).

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

PHOENIX, AZ—Don’t get your heart broken this Valentine’s day. FBI Phoenix wants to educate the public on romance scams, also called confidence fraud. Romance scams occur when a criminal adopts a fake online identity to gain a victim’s affection and trust. The scammer then uses the illusion of a romantic or close relationship to manipulate and/or steal from the victim.

According to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), 560 Arizona victims reported losses of more than $12 million in connection with confidence fraud/romance scams in 2020.

The criminals who carry out romance scams are experts at what they do and will seem genuine, caring, and believable. These scammers are present on most dating and social media sites. They will attempt to earn your love, may even propose marriage, and make plans to meet in person, but victims will likely never see them. Eventually, the criminals will ask for money.

These scam artists often say they are in the building and construction industry and are engaged in projects outside the U.S. That makes it easier to avoid meeting in person—and more plausible when they ask for money for a medical emergency or unexpected legal fee.

The following tips may be helpful to consider if you develop a romantic relationship with someone you meet online:

• Research the person’s photo and profile using online searches to see if the material has been used elsewhere.
• Never provide your financial information, loan money, nor allow your bank accounts to be used for transfers of funds. Never send money to anyone you don’t know personally.
• If you are traveling to a foreign country to meet someone check the State Department’s Travel Advisories beforehand (http://travel.state.gov/), provide your itinerary to family and friends, and do not travel alone if possible.
• Beware if the individual seems too perfect or quickly asks you to leave a dating service or Facebook to go “offline.”
• Beware if the individual attempts to isolate you from friends and family or requests inappropriate photos or financial information that could later be used to extort you.
• Beware if the individual promises to meet in person, but then always comes up with an excuse why he or she can’t. If you haven’t met the person after a few months, for whatever reason, you have good reason to be suspicious.
• If you are planning to meet someone in person you have met online, meet in a public place and let someone know where you will be and what time you should return home.

Victims may be hesitant to report being taken advantage of due to embarrassment, shame, or humiliation. It’s important to remember, romance scams can happen to anyone at any time.

If you suspect your online relationship is a scam, cease all contact immediately. If you are a victim who has already sent money, immediately report the incident to your financial institution. Then inform your local law enforcement agency or FBI Phoenix at (623) 466-1999. Victims are also encouraged to file a complaint with the FBI at ic3.gov.

For more information on romance scams, visit: https://www.fbi.gov/scams-and-safety/common-scams-and-crimes/romance-scams.

Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI Crime News

Director Christopher Wray has named Larissa L. Knapp as the executive assistant director (EAD) of the Human Resources Branch at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. Ms. Knapp most recently served as the assistant director of the Security Division.

As EAD, Ms. Knapp oversees the Human Resources, Security, Finance and Facilities, and Training Divisions, as well as the Office of Disciplinary Appeals and the Office of Diversity and Inclusion.

Ms. Knapp began her FBI career in 1997 as a special agent in the New York Field Office, where she investigated criminal computer intrusion and intellectual property matters. In 2003, she transferred to the FBI office on St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, where she worked mostly counterterrorism investigations.

In 2006, Ms. Knapp was promoted and moved to FBI Headquarters and served in several leadership positions at the CIA Counterterrorism Center and in the FBI’s Counterterrorism Division. In 2011, Ms. Knapp was selected as a field supervisor of a counterterrorism squad at the Washington Field Office. She was promoted to the assistant special agent in charge of an intelligence branch at WFO 2014.

Ms. Knapp was promoted in 2016 to section chief of the Counterterrorism Internet Operations Section in the Counterterrorism Division at Headquarters. She led the coordination, support, and oversight of FBI investigations to detect and disrupt cyber terrorist networks and operatives.

In 2017, Ms. Knapp was elevated to deputy assistant director of the Intelligence Operations Branch in the Directorate of Intelligence. She returned to WFO in 2018 as the special agent in charge of the Counterterrorism Division, where she oversaw the crisis response program and led efforts to protect the region from international and domestic terrorism threats.

Ms. Knapp was named assistant director of the Security Division in 2020. As the FBI’s chief security officer, Ms. Knapp was in charge of global security operations, access control, physical security, background investigations, and related programs.

Ms. Knapp earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from Union College in New York and a Juris Doctor from Hamline University in Minnesota.