News Releases and Statements
News Releases and Statements
Christopher Garcia, 33, of Clovis, N.M., a former sergeant with the U.S. Air Force, is charged with possessing child pornography. He is temporarily detained pending an arraignment and detention hearing scheduled for Monday.
Two individuals pleaded guilty and four others were sentenced in Newark federal court in connection with their roles in a large-scale identity theft scheme.
Salvador Portillo, a citizen and national of El Salvador and a member of the MS-13 street gang who was previously convicted of sexually assaulting a child in Fairfax County, Va., pleaded guilty Thursday to illegally reentering the United States after having been previously deported.
Solomon Owusu Asare was sentenced Thursday to six years in prison for conspiracy to commit interstate transportation of stolen motor vehicles in connection with a scheme to ship stolen cars from the United States to countries in West Africa for resale, and for aggravated identity theft related to his obtaining a United States passport...
Ulrich Felix Anton Engler, a German man wanted by law enforcement authorities in Germany for using his Florida financial firm to defraud numerous investors of more than $100 million in a pyramid scheme, was arrested last night by special agents and officers of ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), ICE's Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO).
HSI special agents at John F. Kennedy International Airport first learned of the stolen Nok statues in April 2010 after receiving information from French customs officials.
Andro Telemi of Sun Valley, Calif., pleaded guilty July 26 to one count of attempting to export defense articles from the U.S. to Iran without a license or approval from the U.S. Department of State, which is in violation of the Arms Export Control Act.
ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents along with the New Jersey State Police and the N.J. Division of Criminal Justice arrested Aaron N. Debarardnis of Cape May, N.J., who used a file sharing network to distribute images and videos of child pornography.
Three Mexican nationals were indicted by a federal grand jury Thursday for conspiring to produce, transfer, possess and sell false identification documents in Tulare County, following a probe by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
Today, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents seized several sandstone and bronze statues.
A Heber Springs, Ark., family and three others have been indicted for distribution of synthetic narcotics, known as bath salts, following an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Cleburne County Sheriff's Office (CCSO) and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS).
A Shasta County, Calif., man made his initial appearance in federal court Thursday afternoon following his arrest on criminal charges stemming from a far-reaching international child pornography probe that has resulted in numerous arrests worldwide. He was ordered held without bail.
More than 90 individuals were arrested and approximately five million packets of finished designer synthetic drugs were seized in the first-ever nationwide law enforcement action against the synthetic designer drug industry responsible for the production and sale of synthetic drugs that are often marketed as bath salts, Spice, incense...
The Step2 Company LLC, headquartered in Streetsboro, Ohio, is the largest American manufacturer of preschool and toddler toys and the world's largest rotational molder of plastics. Step2 products are distributed throughout the United States, Canada and over 70 foreign countries.
Jonathan Lee Evans, 32, was sentenced to 122 months in prison July 25 by U.S. District Judge Ron Clark. Evans pleaded guilty Feb. 1 to the child pornography charges.
To date, this investigation has identified more than 90 commercial shipments from several countries. The estimated value of these shipments is valued at more than $100 million.
Jason Daniel Gandy, 35, was ordered July 25 to remain in custody pending further criminal proceedings by U.S. Magistrate Judge George C. Hanks Jr.
A Virginia man was sentenced to 28 years for his participation in a complex drug trafficking network.
Eusebio Arce-Padilla, 57, of Rio Rico, and Miguel Torres-Organiz, 62, of Tucson, were convicted in absentia after both absconded during the trial. The court has issued arrest warrants for the pair, who are scheduled to be sentenced Oct.1 by U.S. District Judge Cindy K. Jorgenson.
Three individuals were arrested Tuesday in the Los Angeles area for shipping millions of untaxed contraband cigarettes from Port Newark, N.J., to California.
ICE is focused on smart, effective immigration enforcement that targets serious criminal aliens who present the greatest risk to the security of our communities, such as those charged with or convicted of homicide, rape, robbery, kidnapping, major drug offenses and threats to national security.
The United States is working with the United Kingdom's Crown Prosecution Service and the Metropolitan Police Service to forfeit these corruption proceeds.
The HSI Frankfurt attache and the U.S. ambassador to Germany participated in a repatriation ceremony with the director of the Potsdam Sanssouci Museum.
Two Mexican nationals residing in Baltimore were sentenced to prison for conspiring to operate a document mill in Baltimore and selling thousands of fraudulent government identification documents manufactured as part of the conspiracy.
ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents, along with the Morris County Prosecutors Office (MCPO), Pequannock Township Police, and Parsippany-Troy Hills Police arrested four men Thursday on state gambling charges.
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