News Releases and Statements

Cristiano Budiman, a citizen of Indonesia, pleaded guilty Wednesday to violating digital copyright laws by manufacturing and selling various modification chips used in popular gaming consoles. The conviction follows an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

Ian Garland, 52, a federally licensed firearms dealer did business as Chaparral Guns in Chaparral, N.M. That's where his co-conspirators purchased weapons which were later smuggled to Mexico.

Jorge Arturo Maltos-Chavez, a man from Mexico who is wanted for murder in his home country, was deported and turned over to Mexican officials May 24 by officers with ICE's Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO).

Dejan Radojkovic, a former Bosnian-Serb police commander wanted in his native country for genocide and atrocities against thousands of Bosnian Muslims, was deported Wednesday, capping a successful effort by ICE's Human Rights Violators and War Crimes Center to investigate the case and gain his removal from the United States.

Jay Kroll, 56, of Massapequa, N.Y., a registered level two sex offender, allegedly downloaded videos of child pornography on his computer seized by HSI special agents.

Stolen corporate identities were used to create fraudulent empty-shell companies and sell them for a profit.

Six people were sentenced Thursday for their roles in a conspiracy to harbor and transport illegal aliens. Over the course of the 10-year conspiracy, HSI special agents seized about 400 aliens being transported by the organization. The organization transported an estimated 40 aliens per month.

All members of a Maryland document mill, including eight Mexican nationals and a Honduran national, pleaded guilty to manufacturing and selling thousands of fake government identification documents, following an investigation led by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

The defendants each face up to 20 years imprisonment if convicted.

Authorities allege Quintero and two others fired nine shots at the victim, Oscar Oswaldo Reyes Alvarado, resulting in his death. The motive for the shooting is unknown.

Orlando Garcia, 33, of Corpus Christi, Texas, was sentenced to life in federal prison May 24 by Senior U.S. District Judge Janis Graham Jack on May 24 in Corpus Christi federal court.

As part of U.S. ICE's ongoing commitment to prioritizing the removal of criminal aliens and egregious immigration law violators, officers from ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) arrested 30 convicted criminal aliens, immigration fugitives and immigration violators during a four-day operation in Kentucky.

Eighteen people were charged Wednesday morning in a series of criminal schemes, including money laundering, identity theft, alien harboring and arson, involving seven IHOP restaurants in northwest Ohio and Indiana. The charges follow a joint investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the FBI, the Internal Revenue Service...

Stephen Cutter of Grand Rapids, Mich., was sentenced to seven years in federal prison Tuesday on charges of receiving child pornography, following an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations. HSI special agents discovered hundreds of images of child pornography on media storage devices in his possession.

Michael Ray Borah of Arlington, Texas, pleaded guilty Wednesday to an indictment charging one count of possessing child pornography.

David Ruben Rodriguez-Servan, a registered sex offender in Florida who failed to register as such in Puerto Rico, was arrested by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents Tuesday at his place of residence in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, for possession of child pornography.

Mario Carballo, a citizen of El Salvador, was sentenced to 18 months in prison Tuesday for transporting illegal aliens for profit through Mississippi, following an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Mississippi Highway Patrol.

"Two operators of the ""Welcome to Hell"" stash house pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiracy to harbor aliens. The guilty pleas resulted from an investigation involving local law enforcement officers and federal authorities that were sent to a residence in Edinburg, Texas, May 2 after a 911 caller indicated he was being held against his will..."

Erik Khan, 32, of Las Cruces, was arrested on a criminal complaint charging him with distributing, receiving and possessing child pornography. Khan, who has been employed as a basketball coach at a Las Cruces middle school, made his initial appearance in federal court in Las Cruces May 23 and is being held without bond.

A former U.S. ICE Top 10 Most Wanted fugitive, Veniamin Gonikman, was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison for crimes related to an international conspiracy to compel women to work in exotic dance clubs in metropolitan Detroit.

Okey Belcher of Columbus, Ohio was sentenced Wednesday to nine years in prison for knowingly receiving visual images of child pornography after he recorded cellphone video of a child in a Grove City WalMart restroom.

Stephen Graham-Wright was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison Wednesday on child sexual exploitation charges. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents conducted forensics examinations of computers belonging to Graham-Wright, which revealed video footage of Graham-Wright and a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

This week, two special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) were honored for the work on Operation Delego - the significant criminal investigation that helped dismantle an online child exploitation network called Dreamboard.

The ringleader of an alien smuggling organization, responsible for the death of five people as a result of a head-on collision involving a semitractor trailer with six illegal aliens in the cab, was sentenced to 16 years and eight months in federal prison following an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

Twenty-four individuals were charged Wednesday as part of an international car theft ring responsible for the exportation of stolen vehicles to various West African countries. The case was investigated by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).