News Releases and Statements

Ahmad Feras Diri, age 42, of London, United Kingdom, was charged November 2012. The indictment charged three individuals and one company with criminal conspiracy, wire fraud, illegal export of goods, money laundering, and false statements.

Patrick Badal, Kaium Shah, Kenny Ni, Abul Kashem, and Parvez Shazzed face charges of conspiracy to traffic in counterfeit goods, trafficking in counterfeit packaging and smuggling goods into the United States.

This indictment alleges that Kermit Alan Washington, 64, used a charity he founded and operated, called Project Contact Africa (PCA), to defraud donors, eBay and PayPal, and the IRS. In order to induce individuals, including former professional athletes, to make donations to PCA, Washington falsely represented that 100 percent of the donations would go to Africa. However, Washington diverted charitable donations from PCA to buy gifts and pay personal expenses, including rent, vacations, jewelry and entertainment.

Juan Diego Lozano-Salgado, 24, was sentenced by Judge Hayden Head sentenced to 60 months in federal prison.  As an illegal alien, he is also expected to face deportation proceedings following his release from prison.

U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor sentenced Octavio Colin, 34, of Cleburne, Texas, to 240 months in federal prison following his guilty plea earlier this year to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. 

Jorge Betancourt, 37, of Robstown, Texas, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Hayden Head to 180 months in prison. In addition, Betancourt must register as a sex offender, and serve 15 years of supervised release after he completes his prison term.

Kelly Dan Williams Jr., 62, has been in custody since his arrest in June 2015 on a related federal criminal complaint. He was indicted by a federal grand jury in Fort Worth in July 2015 on two counts of sexual exploiting children; he pleaded guilty to that indictment in January 2016.

Between June 2012 and May 2016, Michael Rizzi, 44, of Brooklyn, New York allegedly owned and operated a BJM/Manhattan Stakes and Entertainment (BJM), a company that provided high end prostitution services to customers in the New York metropolitan area.

Michael Quinn, 33, of Melbourne, was charged in a criminal complaint filed Monday in federal court with traveling to the U.S. for the purpose of engaging in illicit sexual conduct with a minor.

On Nov. 20, 2015, a one-count information was filed charging Cody Mcguire, 23, with possessing child pornography of a prepubescent minor under the age of 12. 

The following five defendants are charged in a nine-count indictment alleging methamphetamine trafficking and money laundering offenses:  Rodriguez, 45, Leslie Frank Williams, 51, Oscar Garcia, 45, and Andy Garcia, 43, all residents of Deming; and Estella Aguilar, 44, of Tucson, Arizona.

Luis Armando Hernandez-Segura, a 20-year-old citizen of El Salvador, illegally entered the United States at an unknown location and date. ERO officers arrested him in March in Herndon, Virginia, while assisting the Northern Virginia Gang Task Force with an operation. 

Michael Lindsay, 56, of San Jose, was convicted of traveling with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct; engaging in illicit sexual conduct in foreign places; attempted witness tampering; and obstruction of justice. Following a four-day trial, the jury found that Lindsay traveled from San Francisco to Manila intending to have sex with a minor and had sex with a minor while there.

William Ali, 37, who resides in New Zealand, is accused of conspiring with an individual in China to obtain specialized accelerometers, which are used in missile and spacecraft navigation systems, along with other sensitive defense parts. Yue Wu, 42, was repatriated May 4 on board commercial aircraft escorted by Seattle-based ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations deportation officers. 

Henry Joe Kane, 52, of Tumacacori, was sentenced Tuesday and will be subject to three years of supervised release following the completion of his prison term. Kane pleaded guilty March 8 to conspiring to harbor unauthorized individuals for profit, a felony.

Christopher David Johnston, 39, was arrested by HSI special agents as he attempted to illegally enter Canada. Johnston made his initial appearance in U.S. District Court in Seattle Friday where he is charged by complaint with attempted enticement of a minor. 

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Trevizo-Granillo, from Deming, New Mexico, was arrested July 30, 2015, on a criminal complaint charging him with participating in a methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy and conspiracy to tamper with a witness.