ICE arrests Brazilian national for selling fake Social Security cards and green cards
Liene Tavares De Barros, Jr., 39, is charged with one count of unlawful transfer of a document or authentication feature.
Document and Benefit Fraud
ICE arrests former Cuban intelligence officer for allegedly obtaining legal status through fraudulent means
Tomas Emilio Hernandez Cruz, 71, from West Park was arrested at his residence after an investigation into fraudulent claims he made on his immigration application.
Florida businessman sentenced for migrant labor employment scheme, payroll tax evasion, worker death
Manual Domingos Pita, of Wesley Chapel, previously pleaded guilty to those charges on July 9, 2024.
Arrests of foreign nationals made in electronic benefit transfer card fraud scheme
The goal of this operation was to arrest individuals perpetrating access device fraud through unauthorized cash withdrawals from victim Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards.
Honduran national sentenced to 46 months for illegally reentering the US
Elmer Edin Chavarria-Morales, 32, of Honduras, to 3 years and 10 months in federal prison for illegally reentering the United States after deportation. Chavarria-Morales entered a guilty plea on Aug. 28, 2024.
Illegal alien pleads guilty to reentry after deportation
Oscar Manuel Inda-Duenas, 36, of Mexico, faces a maximum penalty of two years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
ICE investigation leads to child molester’s conviction for naturalization fraud
ICE ERO officers in the Raleigh office initiated an investigation that led to Robert Davis, a previously naturalized United States citizen born in Malaysia, being convicted of naturalization fraud and sentenced to six months in prison.
Miami jury convicts child abuser of naturalization fraud
Orlando Chavez, 43, a naturalized citizen of the United States born in Cuba and convicted child molester, was found guilty of naturalization fraud and using a fraudulently obtained naturalization certificate.
Convicted child molester pleads guilty to naturalization fraud following ERO Miami investigation
Dorian Velasquez, 43, pleaded guilty to having unlawfully obtained his U.S. citizenship and faces a maximum of 10 years in prison and automatic revocation of his citizenship.
Uzbek national sentenced for immigration, passport fraud conspiracy
Dilrabo Obidova, 36, was sentenced to a time-served sentence reflecting the time Obidova was detained pending trial and ordered immediate deportation to Uzbekistan with no option to apply for asylum or any other immigration relief.