News Releases and Statements

From July 2011 to Jan. 28, Fredy Arbito knowingly coerced an 11-year-old girl to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of transmitting it live over the Internet.

Belgian businessman Nicholas Kaiga will be arraigned Thursday on federal charges alleging he violated U.S. laws by attempting to export aluminum tubes, that were controlled for nuclear nonproliferation purposes, from an Illinois company, through Belgium, to a Malaysian company, without obtaining a required license from the U.S. Commerce Department

Officers located Aaron Charles Lustfeldt, 27, of Big Spring, Texas, who admitted being in the park, but denied doing anything inappropriate, stating that he was not supposed to be at the park because he was a registered sex offender.

Infosys Limited, an Indian company involved in consulting, technology and outsourcing, has agreed to a record $34 million civil settlement based on allegations of systemic visa fraud and abuse of immigration processes, and also agreed to enhanced corporate compliance measures.

Robert Carey Evans, 58, of Waukesha, Wis., was convicted following a four day trial by a 12-person jury on 14 counts of possessing materials containing child pornography. The jury deliberated for three hours before returning its guilty verdicts.

Glenda Sue Morgan pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to trafficking in counterfeit goods.

Charles Daniel Stephens pleaded guilty in federal court Friday to criminal copyright infringement, admitting he sold pirated computer software online.

Michael Eales repeatedly sexually assaulted an 18-month-old child during live Skype video chats with an individual in Louisiana who recorded four of the live visual depictions.

Tracy Jay Chappell, 40, from Jasper, Texas, pleaded guilty July 11 before U.S. District Judge Marcia Crone to possessing child pornography. Chappell was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison Oct. 28.

The owner of two New Jersey defense contracting businesses, Hannah Robert, was arraigned Monday for allegedly transmitting military blueprints to India without a license.

The indictment indicates the money was proceeds of illegal narcotics sales belonging Mexican drug trafficking organizations, including the Gulf Cartel.

A southwestern Missouri man, Matthew Cerullo, pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to multiple charges related to a scheme to sell thousands of counterfeit DVDs via the Internet.

Operation Predator Alert, a joint state and federal child predator crackdown, resulted in charges against 14 New Jersey men who used an Internet file-sharing network to download and distribute child pornography.

ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents, working jointly with Puerto Rico Crimes Against Children Task Force (PRCACTF) officers, arrested Friday two men from Rincon and Ponce, respectively, on child exploitation charges.

A Mexican man, Diego DeLeon Chavez, has been sentenced to more than eight years in federal prison for his role in a July 2012 human smuggling conspiracy that resulted in the death of two Guatemalans in a northern Arizona vehicle accident.

According to court documents, the individuals arrested conspired and coordinated the purchase of kilogram quantities of cocaine and heroin from sources in Colombia and Dominican Republic. The drugs were placed inside containerized cargo vessels that were scheduled to arrive in the seaport in San Juan.

Jose Fidencio Perez, 40, of Seagraves, Texas, who remains on bond, faces a maximum statutory penalty of 20 years in federal prison, a $250,000 fine and a lifetime of supervised release.

MSNBC will feature a high-profile case, Oct. 27 at 10 p.m. (EST), with which ICE's HSI was heavily involved. The one-hour special, titled "Sex Slaves: Branded" will break down the arrest and conviction of Alex Campbell.

According to court documents, Stephen Anthony Paulsen, 54, of Fort Worth, used an online social networking application to send sexually explicit messages to an individual he believed was a 15-year-old boy for the purpose of engaging in sexual activity.

The leader of a human smuggling organization and five others were sentenced to federal prison Friday for their roles in a conspiracy to transport or harbor aliens illegally present in the country.

Paul Dunn, 50, of Hot Springs, pleaded guilty June 7 to federal charges of receiving child pornography.

Dwight L. Looney, 62, from Fort Worth, Texas, faces a statutory penalty of not less than 15 years or more than 30 years in federal prison, up to a $250,000 fine, and up to a lifetime of supervised release.

Shawn Anthony Fernandez was arrested by law enforcement on July 29, 2012, with approximately 110 grams of pure methamphetamine in the trunk of his vehicle and hidden in the bottom of a cereal box.

David Herman, 77, of Airmont, N.Y., and St. Croix, was arrested by HSI special agents at the St. Croix airport where he expected to meet the child. He is scheduled to appear Friday before U.S. Magistrate Judge George W. Cannon for an initial appearance in St. Croix federal court.