News Releases and Statements

A Phoenix, Ariz., man pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Michael W. Cotter, District of Montana.

Today, special agents with ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), with assistance from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), seized a 14th century A.D. bronze Parvati statue and four bronze Tamil Nadu figures, estimated as a group to be worth more than $5 million.

In Williston, Vt., men and women from the Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Tip Line Unit at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are on duty 24/7, 365 days year, receiving tips and quickly routing them to where they need to go.

Deputy U.S. Marshal Moya is charged with assisting his father by informing him of the status of the undercover special agent in order to hinder and prevent his father's apprehension.

A federal jury found Joel Torres, the president of a Florida car dealership, guilty Monday of three counts of money laundering and 11 counts of failure to file an IRS Form 8300.

Carlos Castaneda was sentenced Tuesday to seven years in federal prison for attempting to lure an underage girl for sex. The sentencing ends an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

John Nutt of Asbury Park, N.J., pleaded guilty Monday to using his BlackBerry smartphone to distribute images of child sexual abuse, after a woman in Nevada received an image of child pornography on her cell phone via picture message from a phone number not known to her.

A Wichita-based McDonald's franchisee pleaded guilty Tuesday to knowingly accepting false documents to hire an illegal alien as a manager for one of its local restaurants after an investigation led by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

Cody John O'Hara of Cavalier, N.D., was sentenced to 6 1/2 years in federal prison Tuesday for possessing and receiving more than 5,000 images and 16 videos depicting children engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

Jeremy Hogenkamp, 36, of Viroqua, Wis., was sentenced Dec. 4 by U.S. District Judge Barbara B. Crabb, Western District of Wisconsin. Hogenkamp pleaded guilty to the charges Sept. 25 and has remained in custody since then.

Joel Quintero-Cisneros, a Mexican national wanted for kidnapping in Mexico, was escorted out of the United States by ICE's Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO) officers Friday and turned over to Mexican law enforcement officials.

Nguessan Yao, the Ivory Coast army colonel convicted in the Bay Area last year of arms trafficking, has been deported to his native country by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Eleven men are in federal custody following their arrest Wednesday in Myrtle Beach by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) for their attempt to fraudulently acquire immigration documents from what they thought was a corrupt U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services employee.

Two Mexican nationals convicted of sexual assault in Arkansas were removed from the United States Nov. 26 by officers with ICE's Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO).

Craig Allen James, of Laurel, Md., was sentenced today to six years in prison for distributing child pornography.

Two South Korean women - one wanted in her native country for sex trafficking, the other for large scale financial fraud - were turned over to South Korean law enforcement representatives at the airport in Seoul Thursday by officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Corey James Loftin, a former preschool worker who posted online babysitting ads on the Internet, was sentenced Friday to 70 years in federal prison based on his convictions for sexual exploitation of a child.

Phillip Rudolph Johnson Jr., of Bowie, Md., was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for selling ammunition to a prohibited person. On Sept. 26, 2011, Johnson, who had previously been convicted of a felony, bought 50 rounds of 9 mm ammunition from a gun dealer in Waldorf, Md. Johnson subsequently sold...

Federal and local investigators fanned out across San Joaquin County and the San Jose area Thursday morning to execute nine search warrants and arrest four suspects as part of a multi-agency probe into a local drug ring suspected of distributing high-grade methamphetamine.

A Mexican national, Antonio Torres-Magana, was sentenced Friday to eight years in prison on federal drug charges stemming from a three month concentrated enforcement initiative last year in White Center by federal, state and local authorities.

A Briton wanted for indecent assault on a child by United Kingdom authorities was deported Tuesday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).

Late Wednesday night special agents with ICE's HSI recovered a toddler who had been separated from her mother during a human smuggling venture.

A former Sacramento woman, Helen Jean Singh, was sentenced Wednesday to nine years in federal prison on charges stemming from a probe by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the FBI that linked her to a scheme to sex traffic teenage girls.

Miles Robert Flinn, 25, formerly of Lubbock, Texas, faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, a lifetime of supervised release, and a $250,000 fine. U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings also ordered a pre-sentence investigation report with a sentencing date to be set after the report is completed.

Husband and wife restaurant owners Michael and Tina McClellan were charged with harboring illegal aliens and mail fraud in an indictment that was unsealed Thursday in the Northern District of Indiana.