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February 27, 2013
|Labor Exploitation
A local business is the first South Dakota member of a nationwide program by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to ensure a legal and more secure work force.
February 26, 2013
|Contraband
A sealed indictment charging numerous defendants with racketeering violations was unsealed following their recent arrests throughout the Southern District of Texas and elsewhere. Those arrested include 17 former Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) correction officers and 12 others in relation to the case.
February 25, 2013
|Child Exploitation
Gerald E. Roberts, age 52, of Pageland, was arrested after HSI's Cyber Crime Center, Victim Identification Program, discovered images of a minor female, approximately four to six years of age, involved in sexually explicit activity with an adult male, which were being posted on the internet in October 2012.
February 25, 2013
|Counter Proliferation Investigation Unit
Two Mexican nationals were sentenced to prison Monday for their roles in attempting to smuggle 652 assault rifle magazines into Mexico in a case investigated by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) along with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
February 25, 2013
|Intellectual Property Rights and Commercial Fraud
Timothy Ross Estabrook was arrested Monday following his federal indictment in Houston for trafficking in counterfeit Viagra and Cialis, introducing and delivering misbranded drugs into interstate commerce, smuggling and conspiracy.
February 25, 2013
|Child Exploitation
Raymond Roland Collette was sentenced Friday to 14 years in federal prison for using his computer to solicit and arrange for sex with a 4-year-old child. The sentencing resulted from an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office, as part of the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.
February 24, 2013
|Narcotics
A Mexican man was sentenced Monday to 19 years in federal prison for conspiring to distribute drugs and possessing a firearm while trafficking drugs, following a probe by the Organized Crime/Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF), including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
February 22, 2013
|Enforcement and Removal
A convicted felon Honduran national was sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison Wednesday after pleading guilty to a felony charge of illegally re-entering the United States following a prior removal.
February 22, 2013
|Enforcement and Removal
Of the 116 criminal aliens arrested in 2012 by the Tulsa-based ERO officers, 34 have convictions for violent crimes.
February 22, 2013
|Document and Benefit Fraud
A 42-year-old Korean woman was sentenced Friday to two years in prison and three years' supervised release on immigration fraud charges, following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Washington State Liquor Control Board.
February 22, 2013
|Intellectual Property Rights and Commercial Fraud
This year, additional focus was placed on identifying and seizing counterfeit tickets to the Super Bowl.
February 22, 2013
|Counter Proliferation Investigation Unit
A citizen of Ukraine pleaded guilty today to conspiring to violate the Arms Export Control Act. These charges stem from an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS).
February 22, 2013
|Labor Exploitation
FM Solutions is a full-service architecture and design firm with 25 full-time employees.
February 21, 2013
|Narcotics
These lengthy prison sentences resulted from a multi-agency Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) investigation into a conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana.
February 21, 2013
|Child Exploitation
Isaac Heredia Luciano, 25, of Garland, Texas, has been in federal custody since he surrendered to authorities in October 2012 on a related federal charge outlined in a criminal complaint. U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle also sentenced Luciano to a 10-year term of supervised release after he completes his prison sentence.
February 21, 2013
|Child Exploitation
Gregory Paul Aguirre, 38, of Sacramento, was previously convicted of distributing and possessing child pornography.
February 21, 2013
|Child Exploitation
A Port Orange man was sentenced Tuesday to seven years and six months in federal prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for receipt and possession of child pornography. This sentence resulted from an investigation conducted by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Volusia County Sheriff's Office.
February 21, 2013
|Document and Benefit Fraud
A Brazilian national, illegally living in Miami and transiting through Philadelphia from Germany, was sentenced Thursday to three years in prison for passport fraud, aggravated identify theft and tax fraud. The sentence is the result of an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
February 21, 2013
|Enforcement and Removal
A Jamaican citizen illegally in the United States was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison Feb. 14 for being an illegal alien in possession of a firearm. This case was investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Orange County Sheriff's Office.
February 21, 2013
|Human Rights Violators

A federal jury in New Hampshire found that Beatrice Munyenyezi, 43, obtained her U.S. citizenship unlawfully after fleeing her home country of Rwanda by misrepresenting material facts to U.S. immigration authorities both before and after she arrived in the United States. Munyenyezi, who was charged in June 2010, faces up to 10 years in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release and a $250,000 fine on each count.

February 20, 2013
|Narcotics
A Mexican national, Omar Velazquez, was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in federal prison for his role in a local cocaine conspiracy. On April 11, 2012, Velazquez delivered a kilogram of cocaine to a confidential informant in Beloit, Wis. He also arranged for the informant to purchase two kilograms of cocaine April 23.
February 20, 2013
|Intellectual Property Rights and Commercial Fraud
Five individuals and two domestic honey-processing companies have been charged with federal crimes in connection with a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)-led investigation surrounding illegal importations of honey from China.
February 20, 2013
|Contraband
HSI special agents have seized approximately 100 pounds of marijuana.
February 20, 2013
|Labor Exploitation
Two San Diego-area businesses representing the steel and security industries are the latest employers to join U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigation (HSI) partnership program designed to strengthen hiring practices and combat the unlawful employment of unauthorized workers.
February 20, 2013
|Intellectual Property Rights and Commercial Fraud
Randy Hucks, 52, of Philadelphia, was sentenced Wednesday in federal court to 33 months in prison.
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