News Releases and Statements
News Releases and Statements
Darryl Owen Walizer, 43, of Las Vegas, was sentenced June 10 by U.S. District Judge Philip M. Pro to 444 months in prison and lifetime supervised release. Walizer was convicted of coercion and enticement of a minor and commission of a felony sex offense by an individual required to register as a sex offender.
A Mexican national, who was deported in 2002, was sentenced on Monday to three years in prison for illegally re-entering the United States after his deportation.
Jacinto "Pachi" Diaz, 45, of Miami, was arraigned late Friday by U.S. Magistrate Judge Christopher Hagy on federal charges relating to a ring allegedly responsible for a large-scale theft of copper wire from the Southwire Company in Carrollton, Ga., in 2010.
On June 10, 2011, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers in Baltimore arrested Saul Antonio Uriba, a known MS-13 gang member who was previously deported by ICE's legacy agency, the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), in 1998.
A federal jury found Michel Perreault, 48, of Laval, Quebec, guilty of attempted importation of marijuana and possession with intent to distribute marijuana. He was discovered to be driving a rental car loaded with about 44 pounds of marijuana while attempting to enter the U.S. at the Champlain Port of Entry in a case investigated by U.S. ICE's...
June 8 wasn't a typical Wednesday morning at the Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Airport. Instead, a major operation was underway. A fugitive - an alleged child predator - was on the loose, attempting to leave the country.
The segment focused on fugitive Eric Bell who's wanted for sex trafficking a minor and producing child pornography, among other charges.
In addition to the prison term, Andrew Martinez, 23, will be subject to a lifetime of supervised release following his incarceration. In addition, U.S. District Judge Oliver W. Wanger ruled that Martinez's access to minors, computers and the Internet will be restricted.
Gabriel Rios, 20, of Corpus Christi, Texas, who was convicted by a jury on multiple counts of possessing child pornography, was sentenced to 10 years in prison, the maximum prison term allowed by law after an investigation conducted by U.S. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and the Corpus Christi Police Department (CCPD).
Anthony R. Sherley, 41, of Mineral Wells, Texas was sentenced on Friday to 35 years in federal prison, following his guilty plea in February to one count of distributing child pornography.
Stephen Jabbour of Victoria, Texas was sentenced to 14 years and two months in prison for receiving and possessing child pornography. Jabbour's collection of over 250,000 images and videos of child pornography is believed to have been the largest such collection seized in the Southern District of Texas, and one of the largest seized in the U.S.
The owner of two Tijuana dry cleaners was also ordered to pay more than $3 million after pleading guilty to charges in a 55-count indictment arising from an investigation by U.S. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) that he violated U.S. anti-dumping laws by importing Chinese-made steel wire garment hangers to the U.S. without...
Chad Eric O'Kelley was arrested on Wednesday in connection with a scheme to defraud the U.S. military and commit money laundering by allegedly selling stolen U.S. military ammunition. O'Kelley conspired with others while he was employed as the Iraq deputy in-country manager stationed at the Baghdad Operations Center by a U.S. Defense contractor...
Richard D. Hendricks, 31, of Ashford, Conn., was arrested on a federal criminal complaint charging him with receipt, possession and distribution of child pornography.
This initiative targets immigration scams involving the unauthorized practice of immigration law (UPIL), which occurs when legal advice and/or representation regarding immigration matters is provided by an individual who is not an attorney or accredited representative.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has announced special relief for certain F-1 Libyan students who have suffered severe economic hardship as a direct result of the civil unrest in Libya since February 2011.
Federal authorities have seized nearly $15 million from a Swiss bank account belonging to a former Bay Area man who fled the country following his indictment three years ago on federal charges for selling millions of dollars worth of counterfeit antivirus software over the Internet.
9 additional Indiana counties to benefit from ICE program to enhance identification and removal of criminal aliens
Carlos Torruco-Ventura, 30, of Hartsville, S.C., pled guilty Tuesday in federal court in Florence, to illegal re-entry into the United States, a violation of Title 8, U.S. Code, Section 1326(a).
Randy Hucks was indicted for trafficking in counterfeit pharmaceuticals, including Cialis and Viagra tablets. He was conducting business under the name Fashionista Emporium, selling pharmaceuticals from China. The case is being investigated by U.S. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and the Food and Drug Administration.
Puerto Rico joins 42 other states to benefit from ICE program to enhance identification and removal of aliens
Diego Cortez-Angel was a cell leader for a deadly criminal organization based in Mexico that produced high-quality false identification cards to illegal aliens. The group used brutal violence to eliminate rivals, protect its turf, and enforce discipline against its own members.
U.S. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents seized 15 luxury watches with an approximate market value of $1 million and 16 classic and collection cars, with an approximately value of $2.2 million, this morning from members of the Jose Figueroa-Agosto - aka Junior Capsula - drug trafficking organization.
Virginia man admits to harboring illegal aliens to work as 'doumi girls' for Korean 'Honey' business
Taesan Won, 37, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to harboring illegal aliens for private financial gain for his business providing outcall companionship service to male customers at Annandale, Va. businesses such as karaoke clubs and bars, following an investigation by U.S. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
"In a coordinated operation on Tuesday dubbed Operation ""Kool Aid,"" about 100 city, county and federal law enforcement officers executed multiple federal arrest and search warrants resulting in charges against 17 defendants in separate complaints alleging two conspiracies to possess and distribute methamphetamine."
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