News Releases and Statements
News Releases and Statements
Two local men living in Mexico were sentenced to years in federal prison Tuesday for exporting about 3,000 rounds of ammunition to Mexico without a license. The investigation of Guillermo Enrique Villarreal and Leoncio Sanchez was conducted by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
A Los Angeles man, along with his current wife and ex-wife, face federal charges following a 10-month probe that allegedly revealed they recruited women in Eastern Europe and arranged for them to come to the Los Angeles area to work as prostitutes.
Brian Robinson was sentenced Friday to 60 years in prison for the creation, distribution and possession of child pornography, following an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). Robinson admitted creating child pornography with his then 5- and 6-year-old son and distributing it to others both inside and outside of the U.S.
Roberto Cruz-Melendez had his initial appearance in federal court Friday, following his arrest by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents for production of child pornography. Cruz-Melendez induced an 8-year-old girl to engage in sexually explicit conduct and recorded it with his camera phone.
Four individuals were indicted recently for computer crime, filing false tax returns and trademark counterfeiting for selling counterfeit cycling jerseys and bicycle components on the Internet, announced Monday by Colorado Attorney General John Suthers. Seized counterfeit items have an estimated industry MSRP value of $285,306.
A rare Etruscan black-figure kalpis which has been traced back to 510 B.C. will be returned to the Italian government following an agreement between the United States and the Toledo Museum of Art. The arrangement comes after an investigation by ICE's HSI.
As the second largest federal law enforcement agency, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers and special agents stay busy investigating trans-border crimes and enforcing civil immigration laws to ensure homeland security and public safety.
Domingo Castellon was sentenced Friday to 19 years and seven months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in March to one count of possessing visual depictions of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct. Castellon had child pornography on thumb drives in his pocket when he was arrested for possessing drug paraphernalia.
Two domain names and three PayPal accounts were seized Friday, in connection with a scheme to sell fraudulent store and rewards coupons, following an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). Anyone who tries to access the websites, Sderclub.com and ccccpn.com, will be directed instead to a banner that provides notice...
Leo Aragon Evans was sentenced to more than 24 years in prison for producing and possessing child pornography. On Jan. 10, 2011, a 9-year-old female reported to Baltimore County Police that Evans had repeatedly sexually abused her over the past year. Law enforcement search of his residence found a camcorder and tapes depicting images of minors...
Jefferson and Elnora Calimlim, two husband-and-wife doctors from the Milwaukee-area who kept a Filipina domestic servant in their home as a virtual slave for nearly 20 years, were deported this week by ICE's Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO).
Special agents and police officers arrested 21 members and associates of the Murder Moore Gangstas (MMG), a violent drug trafficking crew based in and around the Moore Houses in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx. They were charged with distributing crack cocaine and other drugs. These charges resulted from an investigation by the ICE's HSI...
Charles Linwood Heard was sentenced Wednesday to 26 months in federal prison, following his March 2012 guilty plea to one count of attempting to transfer obscene material to a minor.
A former mayor of Columbus, N.M., Eddie Espinoza, was sentenced Thursday to four years and three months in federal prison in connection with a firearms straw purchasing and trafficking scheme. Espinoza is the fourth of 12 convicted defendants to be sentenced in this case. The investigation was conducted by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations.
Kerry Wayne Feaster was sentenced Friday to 20 years in federal following his guilty plea in February 2012 to one count of transporting child pornography. Feaster initiated text contact with an 11-year-old child. The child's parent saw the texts and contacted ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) to pursue the investigation.
Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today announced that effective immediately, certain young people who were brought to the United States as young children, do not present a risk to national security or public safety, and meet several key criteria will be considered for relief from removal from the country or from entering into removal proceedings.
Connell Wilson Cook was sentenced Wednesday to five years in federal prison following his November 2011 guilty plea to one count of transporting child pornography. Cook admitted downloading several child pornography images from the Internet, planning to later sell them on the Internet.
A federal jury Thursday convicted a Puerto Rican man, Luis Angel Garcia Torres, on 12 counts relating to trafficking counterfeit goods. The investigation was conducted by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Torres used the Internet to obtain and distribute counterfeit erectile dysfunction drugs.
A federal indictment unsealed this week charges three foreign nationals with involvement in related conspiracies and transactions involving more than $2 million in high-quality counterfeit currency being produced in Peru and the Dominican Republic. The charges are the results of an investigation ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)...
A federal jury convicted Charles Johnson June 14 for receipt and possession of child pornography, following an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Baltimore. There were more than 300 images of child pornography on Johnson's computer.
Victor Manuel Rivera, at large since January, is one of 50 individuals indicted by a federal grand jury for their alleged participation in a conspiracy to commit identification fraud in connection with a scheme to traffic the identities of Puerto Rican U.S. citizens and their corresponding identity documents.
Three Guatemalan nationals arrested in Lynn, Mass., who were wanted by Guatemalan authorities for the rape and murder of a female, were removed from the United States today by ICE's Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO).
Seven individuals and four check cashing businesses were charged today for their alleged roles in separate schemes to violate the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA). The defendants allegedly failed to follow reporting and anti-money laundering requirements for transactions totaling more than $50 million.
Jose Manuel Hernandez-Iturralde,28, was sentenced by United States District Judge Malcolm J. Howard for his role in a drug trafficking organization that operated in North Carolina from 2000 through 2010.
Charles Leroy Earl pleaded guilty Tuesday to distributing child pornography, following an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). Forensic analysis of digital media seized from Earl revealed 63,152 images and 11,755 videos of child pornography. Earl had already served 12 years in prison for assaulting a child.
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