News Releases and Statements
News Releases and Statements
The operation, which began in June, netted 397,140 items including fake jerseys, ball caps, T-shirts, jackets and other souvenirs. The items had a manufacturer's suggested retail price (MSRP) of more than $37.8 million – more than the previous six Super Bowl enforcement efforts combined.
Kwan Yong Choi, 73, who pleaded guilty Feb. 10, faces a maximum prison sentence of 20 years in prison when he is sentenced April 21.
The owner of a Bridgeview vehicle diagnostic center has been charged with felony counterfeit trademarks after at least two dozen counterfeit airbags were found at his business.
Gregorio Rodriguez-Aranda, 25, and Maria Luisa Sanchez-Lopez, 24, appeared before U.S. District Judge Micaela Alvarez Feb. 13. Judge Alvarez sentenced Rodriguez and Sanchez to 57 and 46 months imprisonment, respectively.
Former Secretary of Finance for the Mexican State of Coahuila, Mexico, charged with money laundering
Hector Javier Villarreal, the former Secretary of Finance for the Mexican State of Coahuila, Mexico, appeared before a U.S. District Magistrate Judge Henry Bemporad Feb. 13 to face formal charges of money laundering.
Between February 2013 and early February 2014, Dale Wray Fulford, 77, used, persuaded, induced and enticed a girl, under age 18, to engage in sexually explicit conduct that he recorded on a digital camera.
Fourteen defendants have been indicted on a variety of federal drug trafficking offenses for their role in a far-reaching scheme based in California's Central Valley to produce and distribute cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana.
An Arizona man, Shane Grafman, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess and distribute cocaine and marijuana, as well as a separate charge of money laundering conspiracy, Wednesday in Buffalo.
According to the factual resume filed in the case, Joshua Earls, 30, of Garland, Texas, admitted that while he was a youth pastor, he established a relationship with a girl at his church, 'Jane Doe,' who was 16 years old at the time.
A San Jose couple who operated an online clothing business pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to conspiring to defraud the U.S. government out of customs duties.
According to his plea agreement and court documents, from March 2007 to November 2008, Mokorya Cosmas Wambura, 45, conspired with real estate agent Tibakweitira and others to use the identity of another individual without lawful authority to buy residential property.
HSI special agents arrested Hilton Rios-Rivera, aka Pochy, for having transported a 14-year-old minor on approximately three different occasions to motels in order to engage in sexually explicit conduct with her.
ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) is seeking the public's help to identify possible victims of Blaine K. Nipp, a convicted sex offender indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury on multiple child exploitation charges.
Celia Perez, 40, admitted in a plea agreement to falsely representing herself as an immigration attorney and soliciting fees from clients for services she never provided.
Hai Gan, 56, was found guilty of fraud, immigration and witness-tampering charges after a six-day trial.
See Kee Chin, aka Alfred Chin, 56, of Hong Kong, made inquiries to a U.S. company through a Canadian intermediary about purchasing highly specialized accelerometers used in spacecraft navigation systems.
With basketball fans across the country heading to New Orleans this week for NBA All-Star 2014 Sunday at New Orleans Arena, the National Basketball Association (NBA) is working with ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) to caution unsuspecting fans against counterfeiters attempting to sell unauthorized and poorly made knock-off merchandise.
Travis Brown was indicted Jan. 29 on five felony charges, including four counts of receipt of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography. Brown is an assistant professor at the University of Arkansas in Fort Smith.
According to court documents, Carrasco-Perez was previously sentenced to four years in prison following a 1988 attempted armed robbery conviction in Illinois. ERO officers subsequently removed Carrasco-Perez from the country in 1990 following his release from prison.
After he serves his 130-month prison sentence, Kizzy Kalu, 49, of Highlands Ranch, Colo., was also ordered by Chief U.S. District Judge Marcia S. Krieger to serve three years on supervised release, and pay $3,790,338.55 in restitution to the victims of his crime.
David Nailen pleaded guilty to four counts of trafficking in counterfeit Viagra Tuesday, following an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
Cruz Bonilla, 30, aka Jay, is one of more than 100 individuals that have been charged with federal and state offenses as a result of this investigation.
Authorities seized a 2002 Piper fixed-wing aircraft, a 2012 Volkswagen Jetta, $2,837 in U.S. currency, and about $1,000 worth of prepaid cash cards.
Jose Solorzano-Flores, 41, and Jose Mario Armenta-Valdez, 41, both of Mexico, and Jesus Alberto Ramirez-Valencia, 22, of Nogales, Ariz., were charged with drug conspiracy charges in a federal complaint. The men made their initial appearance in U.S. District Court in Tucson Tuesday afternoon.
Rumeal Gray, 21, departed Miami International Airport Monday, and ERO officers turned him over to authorities in Nassau, Bahamas, later that morning. Gray was in an altercation where he allegedly killed a man in February 2013 by stabbing him in the neck.
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