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How To Report A Crime

The following is a list of persons and/or organizations to contact, if you have a crime to report. It is organized, alphabetically, by type of crime. All area codes are "215" unless noted otherwise.

Arson and Explosives

ATF: 215-597-9098
David Webb, USAO: 861-8200

Bank and Financial Institution Fraud/Money Laundering

FBI: 418-4000
Richard Goldberg, USAO: 861-8200

Bank Robberies

FBI: 418-4000
David Webb, USAO: 861-8200

Carjacking

FBI: 418-4000
David Webb, USAO: 861-8200

Child Exploitation

FBI: 418-4000
Postal Inspection Service: 895-8437
Michael Levy, USAO: 861-8200

Civil Rights Abuses

FBI: 418-4000
Richard Barrett, USAO: 861-8582

Computer Crimes

FBI: 418-4000
U.S. Secret Service: 215-861-3300
Postal Inspection Service: 215-895-8450
Immigration & Customs Enforcement: 215-597-4305
Michael Levy, USAO: 861-8200

For businesses, the FBI and the U.S. Secret Service have organizations that provide information to the business community.  For more information, see:

http://www.infragard.net/
http://www.infragardphl.org/inf/website/index.php
http://www.ectaskforce.org/

Consumer Fraud

FBI: 418-4000
Postal Inspection Service: 895-8450
Pete Schenck, USAO: 861-8200

Counterfeiting

Secret Service: 861-3300
Richard Goldberg, USAO: 861-8200

Credit Card Fraud

Secret Service: 861-3300
Richard Goldberg, USAO: 861-8200

Drugs and Narcotics

DEA: 861-3474
Kathy Stark, USAO: 861-8438

Elder Abuse

Health & Human Services: 861-4586
Catherine Votaw, USAO: 861-8200

Environmental Crime

FBI: 418-4000
EPA: 814-2360
Catherine Votaw, USAO: 861-8200

Firearms

ATF: Convicted Felons w/Guns & Illegal Sales of Guns: 717-4760
Robert Reed, USAO: 861-8200

Forfeiture

Alvin Stout, USAO: 861-8200

Fraud on Government

FBI: 418-4000
Catherine Votaw, USAO: 861-8200

Hate Crimes

FBI: 418-4000
Richard Barrett, USAO: 861-8582

Health Care Fraud

Health & Human Service: 861-4586
Food & Drug Administration - Office of Criminal Investigations:
861-8315 or 861-8253
FBI: 418-4000
Catherine Votaw, USAO: 861-8200

Identity Theft

FBI: 418-4000
Richard Goldberg, USAO: 861-8200

Immigration Crime

Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (BICE): 656-7195
David Webb, USAO: 861-8200

Organized Crime

FBI: 418-4000
David Troyer, Strike Force, USAO: 861-8200
Tom Ansel, Strike Force, USAO: 861-8200

Predatory Lending

FBI: 418-4000
Peter Schenck, USAO: 861-8200

Public Corruption

FBI: 418-4000
Richard Barrett, USAO: 861-8582

Tax Fraud

IRS: 861-1232
Richard Barrett, USAO: 861-8582

Telemarketing Fraud

FBI: 418-4000
Pete Schenck, USAO: 861-8200

Terrorism

FBI: 418-4000
David Webb, USAO: 861-8200

Union Crime

Department of Labor, Office of Labor Racketeering: 446-3755
Richard Barrett, USAO: 861-8200

Violent Crime

FBI: 418-4000
David Webb, USAO: 861-8200

Hotlines

Public Nuisance Task Force Hot Line: 686-5858
(This is the number to call to report drug houses, abandoned houses and nuisance bars)

LINE (Local Intensive Narcotics Enforcement): 686-5803
(This is the number to report drug activity in the 18th and 19th police districts in West Philadelphia)

Philadelphia Police Drug Hotline: 686-3784

Project Safe Neighborhoods 24-hour Hotline: 1-800-ATF-GUNS

Social Security Administration OIG Fraud Hotline:
1-800-269-0271 / TTY: 1-866-501-2101
(This is the number to call to report allegations regarding violations of law or regulations affecting Social Security Administration (SSA) programs and operations)

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