News Releases and Statements

Donald H. Cone of Frederick, Md., was sentenced last Thursday to 30 months in prison for his role in a sophisticated conspiracy to import and sell counterfeit Cisco-branded computer networking equipment. This sentence is the result of an investigation conducted ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

A citizen of Nepal was convicted on Thursday on four counts of failing to comply with his order of deportation.

A summer-long law enforcement operation targeting child predators concluded Friday with the arrest of 26 individuals in central Florida and elsewhere, including two registered sex offenders, a police officer and a school employee.

The local leader of the 'Raza Unida' street gang was sentenced on Thursday to life in federal prison for drug trafficking and committing Violent Crimes in aid of Racketeering (VICAR), announced U.S. Attorney Jose Angel Moreno, Southern District of Texas.

Ko-Suen Moo, 64, was arrested Nov. 9, 2005, by HSI special agents in Miami for trying to buy sophisticated military parts, including an F-16 fighter jet engine, to export to the People's Republic of China without obtaining an export license from the U.S. Department of State.

A Santa Fe used-car business owner pleaded guilty Aug. 12 to federal currency-structuring offenses under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney's Office. The owner has agreed to forfeit more than $500,000 and 10 vehicles. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents investigated this case.

On Thursday, ICE and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) returned, during a joint repatriation ceremony, a collection of 67 artifacts illegally imported into the United States from the Dominican Republic. The objects were discovered as part of several investigations by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and CBP.

Five central California men have pleaded guilty to federal charges involving a methamphetamine trafficking scheme. This plot was uncovered by agents with U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), in conjunctions with federal and local investigators.

Justin D. Weaver, 27, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Richard Mills in the Central District of Illinois. In January of this year, Weaver pleaded guilty to producing and possessing child pornography and destruction of evidence.

HSI agents arrested Hak Tung Lam of Flushing, N.Y., Wen Wo Lam, 43, of Staten Island, N.Y., and Ying Yang, 30, of Flushing, for allegedly participating in smuggling more than 450 aliens into the United States.

A Massachusetts couple was sentenced Wednesday to more than seven years in prison for traveling to Newark, N.J., to obtain and distribute approximately 17 kilos of cocaine.

Robert Hedrick, president of the Brownsville-based Pan American Airways, was indicted by a Texas grand jury on multiple child pornography-related charges earlier this week. The investigation was conducted by U.S. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

Agents conducting surveillance around the Dennis DeConcini Port of Entry observed a white box truck with Arizona license plates parked near the Morley Pedestrian Gate. After noticing suspicious activity, agents followed the truck when it departed the area, and with assistance from the Nogales Police Department conducted a traffic stop.

Guillermo Villarreal, a convicted drug trafficker whose criminal history includes a conviction for conspiring with a former Laredo Police officer to distribute cocaine, was sentenced to 10 years in prison without parole last week. This case was investigated by the following agencies: U.S. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI); the FBI...

A man from Reading, Pa., was sentenced Tuesday to 18 months in prison for drug possession and his role in a conspiracy to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine.

Iranian national sentenced for efforts to illegally export components for the TOW missile system to Iran.

Hernandez had previously been convicted six times of driving under the influence of alcohol. Additionally, he had been convicted for public intoxication, twice for theft of property and once for possession of a forged instrument.

Wilch Dewalt, the leader of a New York-based identity fraud ring, was sentenced to 85 months in prison last week. This sentencing was the result of an ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) joint investigation with the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles (NYS-DMV).

Samuel Martinez Gonzalez, who was charged with sex trafficking, is scheduled to make his initial appearance in federal court Monday following his arrest Friday night, when authorities rescued three teenage girls he allegedly brought from Texas for the purpose of having them work as prostitutes.

Jacinda Jones of Ypsilanti, Mich. was sentenced today to two years in prison for selling more than $400,000 worth of counterfeit computer software after an extensive investigation by IPR Center in Washington.

"Pedro Marcos-Marcos, an illegal alien from Guatemala, was sentenced Monday to 240 months in federal prison for overseeing a human smuggling operation that used a ""drop house"" in Lancaster, Calif., where illegal aliens were rescued in 2009 after being held against their will, denied food and physically assaulted."

Gustavo G. Olvera, 38, of Farmers Branch, Texas, pleaded guilty in March to one count of enticing a child, and was sentenced on Monday to 14 years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney James T. Jacks of the Northern District of Texas.

ICE investigations are often complex, requiring significant examination and analysis. That's when the honed skills of the staff at the agency's Forensic Document Lab (FDL) come into play. Established in 1978, the lab serves as the authority on determining the authenticity of travel and identity documents.

Reginald Estrada and Michael Rose, both of Brooklyn, each pleaded guilty to conspiracy to import cocaine. The case is the result of an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the Port Authority Police Dept. of New York and New Jersey

Biodun Okunnuo, 39, was arrested Feb. 18 at the Blaine, Wash., Port of Entry after she was refused entry into Canada. At that time, Okunnuo presented a false U.S. passport, which she had obtained by using a stolen identity. Officers with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) discovered an outstanding Florida State warrant for her arrest under the alias used on the fake document.