News Releases and Statements
News Releases and Statements
Stephanie A. McCloskey, 39, pleaded guilty in November 2010 to a federal charge of conspiracy to traffic in counterfeit goods and to commit mail fraud, and she subsequently cooperated with authorities.
The U.S. government filed two civil forfeiture complaints today against approximately $70.8 million in real and personal property, which the government alleges are the proceeds of foreign corruption offenses by Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue and was laundered in the United States.
Sean Joseph Peterson, of Louisville, Ky, who crash landed an aircraft carrying 424.8 lbs. of marijuana onto a New Mexico ranch, pleaded guilty Oct. 19 in federal court to drug trafficking charges. Special agents with U.S. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) investigated the case.
Gabriela Gutierrez of Columbus, N.M. was indicted on Friday for allegedly conspiring with her husband and others to purchase firearms in the United States knowing that the weapons were intended to be smuggled into Mexico.
A citizen and national of Mexico, pleaded guilty to re-entry of a removed alien. The charge carries a maximum sentence of two years in prison and a fine of $250,000.
A former American Airlines employee, Victor Bourne, was found guilty on Monday for importing more than 150 kilograms of cocaine into the United States. The organization relied on corrupt employees of commercial airlines, including American Airlines, at domestic and international ports of entry to smuggle drugs.
Roger Folkes, the extradited leader of an organization that smuggled cocaine aboard commercial airlines from the West Indies to England via the United States, was sentenced in federal court Monday to 120 months in prison. The investigation was conducted by U.S. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), U.S. Customs and Border Protection...
Stephen Bee of Exeter, Mo. was sentenced in federal court Thursday for sexually exploiting a child to produce child pornography. This sentence resulted from an investigation conducted by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Southwest Missouri Cybercrimes Task Force.
Robert Springstead of Virginia Beach, Va. was convicted of receipt, possession and distribution of images of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct. These charges were the result of an investigation by U.S. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) continues its public outreach campaign to generate awareness to combat human trafficking nationwide as part of the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Blue Campaign launched in July 2010.
Domingo Torres-Rodriguez, a Dominican national with a lengthy criminal record who was previously deported from the United States three times, was sentenced Friday to 70 months in federal prison for illegal re-entry. This case was investigated by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
A three-month operation conducted by 43 countries has resulted in the seizure of more than one million counterfeit electrical goods. This operation was spearheaded in the United States by the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Center), in coordination with the World Customs Organization (WCO).
Gilberto Baez-Garcia of El Paso, Texas was sentenced Oct. 20 to 24 months in prison for his role in a scheme to defraud the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) of more than $3.6 million. This sentencing followed an investigation ICE's HSI in El Paso, and the Ex-Im Bank Office of Inspector General.
ICE's HSI announced the dedication of an expanded new state-of-the-art forensic laboratory in Boston Friday.
Gary Waffle was also ordered serve 20 years on supervised release following the completion of his sentence.
J & J Industrial Supply pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to hiring more than 10 illegal aliens in a 12-month period. The guilty plea resulted from an investigation conducted by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) with assistance from the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department and the St. Charles County Sheriff's Department.
A federal grand jury returned indictments on Wednesday charging Amber Schmidt and Gary Lee Jackson of Garland, Texas with various felony child pornography offenses. The indictments allege that they used cell phones and text messaging to send images of child pornography to each other.
John Shutt of Bowie, Md., was sentenced to 90 months in federal prison for possessing and distributing child pornography. The sentence is the result of an investigation conducted by U.S. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). Shutt admitted that he had downloaded and possessed child pornography for more than 15 years and also traded images.
Two individuals involved in a large-scale sophisticated identity theft scheme appeared in court on Thursday. A Palisades Park, N.J., woman admitted her role in the scheme, and a former New York resident charged in the same scheme appeared in court for the first time. This case was investigated by U.S. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
In August 2009, ICE established the National BCSC in Williston, Vt. The BCSC operates around the clock to help ICE agents and their law enforcement partners identify, investigate and disrupt criminal organizations profiting from financial crime.
Nine central California men have been charged in an eight-count federal indictment handed down Thursday for their role in a large-scale illegal pot growing operation in the Sequoia National Forest. This information was uncovered during a multi-agency probe involving U.S. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
A Micronesian couple who now reside in the Seattle-area were sentenced Wednesday for their role in a forced labor scheme uncovered in an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Seattle Police Department's High Risk Victims Unit and the Longview Police Department.
Yi-Lan Chen, a Taiwanese national convicted of conspiring to export missile components to Iran in violation of the International Emergency Powers Act (IEPA), was deported to Taiwan on Tuesday by U.S. ICE's Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO) in Miami.
Robert Joseph Olson pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court Tuesday to distributing child pornography in a case investigated by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).In addition, Olson admitted that he possessed about 1,400 similar images, some of which portrayed sadistic or masochistic conduct or other depictions of violence against children.
A New York man who was convicted of possessing and distributing at least five kilograms of cocaine and at least 50 grams of cocaine base was sentenced to 35 years in prison and a $5,000 fine. The sentence is the result of an extensive investigation by multiple law enforcement agencies, including ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
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