News Releases and Statements

A forensic review of Daniel Acevedo-Mayen's computer and thumb drive revealed he used a peer-to-peer program to download more than 60 videos of children involved in sexually explicit conduct with adults.

Little admitted to buying pieces of generic glasswork and artwork over the Internet, then offering them for sale on eBay, falsely claiming they were authentic Chihuly works.

Bridget Veronica Medlock threatened to kill an ICE officer March 21 while the officer was conducting a lawful arrest of an illegal alien passenger in the vehicle she was driving.

A federal jury found two drug traffickers guilty Thursday on two counts of violating the U.S. Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act.

For their commitment to protecting our children from heinous crimes and dangerous child predators, ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Pittsburgh Special Agents Derek Bassler and James Kilpatrick were recognized with a Western Pennsylvania Law Enforcement Agency Directors (LEAD) award.

Alake 'Terry' Ilegbameh, 46, a resident of the Baldwin Hills district of Los Angeles, was found guilty of 6 counts of conspiracy to violate immigration laws.

Jeffrey Monroe Roy responded to a Craigslist posting and attempted to entice what he thought was a 13-year-old female to engage in sexual activity. When he went to meet her at a predetermined location, he was arrested and found to be in possession of Viagra, condoms, a camera, a knife, handcuffs, a first-aid kit and a deck of 52 sex-position cards.

The Virtual Global Taskforce's (VGT) board of management applauded announcements made at a U.K. summit this week by government and industry leaders interested in combating online child sexual exploitation.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is proposing changes to the requirements governing its Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) that are intended to improve management of international student programs and increase opportunities for study by spouses and children of nonimmigrant students.

The cultural artifacts were turned over to HSI special agents by the family of a deceased Marine lieutenant, who had served in the Korean War. The lieutenant had found the seals in 1950 in a ditch near the Deoksugung Palace, which had just been ransacked by Chinese and North Korean soldiers.

A Jacksonville man was sentenced to five years in federal prison Tuesday for receiving child pornography over the Internet.

All of the defendants, who were owners or employees of 9 different grocery stores in Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn, were charged with participating in fraud schemes from 2011 to the present in which they exchanged WIC vouchers for cash while keeping a portion of that cash for themselves.

Ruth Antuanet Miller, 35, faces a maximum penalty of life imprisonment when she is sentenced March 28.

Rex Anyanwu was found guilty Friday of deceiving immigration officials by helping aliens enter into fraudulent marriages with U.S. citizens, obtaining his own citizenship in violation of the law and conspiracy to commit visa fraud and alien harboring.

On Dec. 8, 2011, Hilton Cordero-Rosario, 52, was arrested by HSI special agents on production and possession of child pornography charges. According to the 21-count indictment, Cordero-Rosario had digital images and video files of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

Anthony Yager, an Arkansas man with a prior felony sexual abuse conviction, was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison Thursday for downloading more than 100 videos containing child pornography.

A Ketchum woman, Simona Rus, who pleaded guilty Monday to immigration fraud, faces up to 10 years in prison, revocation of her U.S. citizenship and deportation to Romania, as a result of a probe by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

HSI special agents arrested Danilo Montero-Ramirez, 61, and Teresa Araujo-Martinez, 40, Saturday morning in Peabody without incident.

Aaron N. Debarardnis, 26, of Lower Township, pleaded guilty to second-degree distribution of child pornography before Superior Court Judge Michael J. Kassel in Camden County. The state will recommend he be sentenced to three years in prison.

HSI Yuma ASAC Jay Crede presents Jonathan Lines of Lines and Lundgreen Roofing and Insulation, Inc., with an IMAGE certificate during a ceremony Nov. 15. Lines and Lundgreen is the second Yuma company to become IMAGE certified.

Thomas Andrew Quinton, 32, from Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, pleaded guilty to the charges Nov. 12. Sentencing has been set for Feb. 7. He is currently detained.

Kievan R. Walters III, 24, of Springfield, was sentenced Nov. 18 by U.S. District Judge Sue E. Myerscough to 168 months in federal prison. Walters pleaded guilty plea in July to receiving child pornography in the fall of 2012.

Special agents with ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) arrested a man and woman from Providence Oct. 15 on charges of aggravated identity theft, theft of government property, forging endorsements on treasury checks and money laundering.

Leonardo Medina, 44, was arrested Nov. 13 on a criminal complaint alleging he solicited sex from a person he believed was a 13-year-old girl.

Favian LaTorre, a former police officer with the Dallas Independent School District, was sentenced Friday to one year and one day in federal prison after he pleaded guilty in February to conspiracy to harbor an illegal alien.