News Releases and Statements
News Releases and Statements
Johnny Soza has been indicted by a federal grand jury and accused of enticing a 15-year-old girl in Canada to engage in sexually explicit conduct for him online, following an investigation led ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
Jose Darwin Flores, 33, of Arlington, Va., threatened the driver and struck the driver at least twice.
United Technologies, Pratt & Whitney Canada and Hamilton Sundstrand Corporations also agree to pay more than $75 million to U.S. government after HSI-led investigation
Naveed Sheikh, 30, was charged in a four count superseding indictment alleging that from February 2004 to June 2008, Sheikh conspired to infringe copyrights. If convicted, Sheikh faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine for the conspiracy and for each of three counts of copyright infringement. Sheikh is detained. No court appearance has been scheduled.
Han Sa Yu, 43, a citizen of the Republic of Korea living in Fairfax, Va., is alleged to be the leader of the Korean Night Breeders, and Je Hyung Yoo, 29, a citizen of the Republic of Korea who is unlawfully present in the United States and living in Rockville, Md., are each charged with conspiracy to commit extortion, attempted extortion and four counts of extortion.
Ahmed Alabadi pleaded guilty Thursday to wire fraud in connection with a $2 million investment fraud scheme. The plea comes after a joint investigation by the FBI, ICE's HSI and the Internal Revenue Service.
Vania Maria Plasse, a Brazilian woman wanted in her native country as a suspect in a child trafficking investigation, was deported and turned over to Brazilian federal police Wednesday by agents with ICE's Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO) Phoenix.
Marcos Mejia-Rosales was repatriated to Honduras aboard a removal flight chartered by ICE's Air Operations Unit. Mejia-Rosales was discovered in the King County Jail in November 2010 by Seattle ERO officers assigned to the Criminal Alien Program.
Carl George, 50, of New Castle, Pa., was also sentenced by United States District Judge Terrence F. McVerry to six years of supervised release following the prison term. According to court documents, George possessed videos and still images in computer graphics files involving the use of minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct.
A previously deported aggravated felon from Mexico, Leonel Lopez-Limon, was indicted by a federal grand jury Thursday for illegally re-entering the United States. These charges resulted from an investigation conducted by ICE's Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO). Lopez-Limon had been convicted of committing a drug-related aggravated felony...
ICE's HSI special agents, working jointly with Puerto Rico Police Department officers in an operation dubbed Wild Surf, arrested 13 alleged members of a drug trafficking organization responsible for the importation of multi-kilograms of cocaine into the US Wednesday in Aguadilla and San Sebastian, Puerto Rico.
Cask LLC, a female-owned small business that offers administrative and technology services to clients in multiple sectors has become the latest San Diego-based employer to partner with ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in a program designed to strengthen hiring practices and combat the unlawful employment of illegal aliens.
Paul Henry Brown was sentenced June 27 by U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles Jr. to 262 months in prison followed by lifetime supervised release.
Zeljko Savija was arrested and charged with using fraudulent immigration documents. Savija failed to disclose certain military service in the armed forces of the former Republic of Yugoslavia. The charge is the result of an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
A Phoenix man was ordered detained until trial by a federal judge Thursday following his indictment in an alleged mortgage fraud conspiracy spanning more than 10 years and involving the fraudulent purchase and sale of real estate properties throughout the Valley.
According to the Seattle Export Assistance Center, Washington businesses are finding that emerging markets around the world offer some of the best opportunities for making new sales and are adjusting their export strategies accordingly.
Jesse Osmun, 32, of Milford, Conn., has admitted that he sexually abused four minor girls, all under the age of 6, while he was a volunteer with the Peace Corps in South Africa.
Twenty-two individuals were charged and arrests were made in six states Wednesday in connection with an alleged scheme to fraudulently obtain driver's licenses for illegal aliens and other ineligible individuals, New Jersey U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
Eleven north Texas residents were indicted for their roles in a scheme to smuggle firearms to Mexico.
Shu Bei Yuan, a former Chinese business agent for several honey-import companies, was sentenced Friday to two years in federal prison for illegally importing falsely labeled honey to avoid paying nearly $1.5 million in U.S. anti-dumping duties. This sentence resulted from an investigation conducted by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
Charles Marquez and Martha Jimenez Sanchez are scheduled to have detention hearings Wednesday in El Paso federal court in connection with a prostitution scheme involving a minor. The defendants recruited females in Mexico by placing ads in a Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, newspaper offering jobs in the United States...
The El Paso Intelligence Center is an information focal point, collecting and analyzing interdiction reports and multi-source intelligence to identify and track trafficking activities and organizations, identify and fill intelligence gaps, and provide tactical intelligence to law enforcement officers in the field.
Trevor J. Arias appeared in federal court Tuesday and pleaded guilty to one count of receiving child pornography. He admitted that in August 2011, he knowingly received a file, via the Internet, that depicted a female child engaged in sexually explicit conduct.
Larry Bean of Gerrardstown, W. Va., pleaded guilty Tuesday to a federal charge of possession of child pornography, following an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). Bean had more than 17,000 images of child pornography found on a seized computer, media, floppy discs and cell phone.
Two Mexican nationals, Miguel Marquez-Jimenez and Sergio Morales-Jimenez, have pleaded guilty in federal court to transporting illegal aliens from Houston, Texas to West Virginia.. The case was investigated by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Putnam County, W. Va. Sheriff's Department.
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