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The indictment charges Marco Antonio Delgado, 46, aka Marco Delgado Licon, with two wire fraud counts and 15 money laundering counts.

Authorities arrested six people Wednesday morning linked to a large-scale tax fraud scheme that allegedly used stolen identities to fraudulently file more than 2,500 income tax returns that sought in excess of $19 million in fraudulent tax refunds.

Three Los Angeles-area residents have been indicted by a federal grand jury following a probe by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the U.S. Secret Service that allegedly revealed the defendants orchestrated a far-reaching scheme to import and produce counterfeit debit and credit cards.

Marissa Tadeo Lapid, the wife of a sitting senator in the Philippines, has been sentenced to five months of home confinement and 36 months' probation after pleading guilty to charges of bulk cash smuggling resulting from a probe by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

Two owners of an online clothing business, along with one of their relatives, were arrested Tuesday and charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States of customs duties, mail fraud, structuring of cash transactions and money laundering.

Martin R. Bujaky pleaded guilty Feb. 4 to being part of a conspiracy to harbor illegal aliens employed in the hotel housekeeping industry near Pittsburgh, as well as Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati, Ohio, by knowingly preparing false tax returns on behalf of their employers.

Tri Tran, aka Tony, 35, a citizen of Vietnam unlawfully in the country and residing in Maryland, pleaded guilty Friday to mail fraud in connection with a scheme to skim credit card account data and re-encode the data onto different credit cards used to buy merchandise at retail stores.

James Lynn Jones operated Lot-O-Games in Jones County, Texas

A federal grand jury Tuesday indicted Derrick Elrod, 35, of Philadelphia, Pa. in connection with a bank fraud scheme to use stolen, personal identifying information to open bank accounts and fraudulently obtain cash, merchandise and services.

A federal grand jury indicted Karen Kimble, aka Karen Kimble-Mamah and Karen Mamah, 38, of Owings Mills, Md., on charges of wire fraud, subscribing to a false tax return, aiding in the filing of a false tax return, aggravated identity theft and visa fraud.

Federal prosecutors filed criminal charges Monday against William McMahon, the CEO of an Orange County electronic components company who paid kickbacks for years to ensure contracts for his firm, and against Sean Volin, an official with Panasonic's American subsidiary who accepted the bribes.

A Nigerian man pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to wire fraud. The guilty plea is the result of an investigation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

Domingo Quesada-Hernandez was convicted Tuesday of bulk cash smuggling after he pleaded guilty to evading a currency-reporting requirement in his attempt to conceal $610,535 in a vehicle while trying to smuggle the money into Mexico.

A Dutch citizen and resident of Canada, Rudolf Straat, pleaded guilty Friday to several tax and mortgage fraud charges, following an investigation by the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) Criminal Investigations, ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the FBI.

Nghia Nguyen, a Vietnamese citizen residing in Santa Ana, Calif., was sentenced today by to six years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for mail fraud.

Nicolette Loisel was sentenced Friday to 12 months and one day in federal prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud by stealing the identities of dormant, publicly-traded companies. This case was investigated by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Tampa and the U.S. Secret Service's Tampa and Newark, N.J., field offices.

A federal grand jury issued a multi-count indictment against a Romanian man as part of an Internet fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson, Southern District of Texas. The indictment charges a Romanian man - who is residing in Orangevale, Calif., while visiting on a visa - with seven counts of wire fraud.

A 43-year-old Colombian national who was extradited last December to face U.S. charges was sentenced to five years in prison for stealing money meant to fund meals for under-privileged children.

HSBC Holdings plc, a United Kingdom corporation headquartered in London; and HSBC Bank USA N.A. (together, HSBC), a federally chartered banking corporation headquartered in McLean, Va., have agreed to forfeit $1.26 billion and enter into a deferred prosecution agreement with the Justice Department for HSBC's violations...

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.

The head of a major New York caviar distributor, Isidoro Garbarino, pleaded guilty Nov. 29 to unlawfully importing more than 100,000 pounds of Russian and Iranian caviar. This plea stems from an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

A jury convicted Adepoju of bank fraud and aggravated identity theft Aug. 24

Last summer, the Grand Traverse County Sheriff's Office (GTSO) in Traverse City, Mich., opened a 7,000 square foot, $800,000 recreation service building that was built from funds solely deriving from an investigation led by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

The president of the San Diego Customs Brokers Association, Gerardo Chavez, pleaded guilty Thursday to charges stemming from a probe by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) that revealed he orchestrated a wide-ranging conspiracy involving the fraudulent importation of more than $100 million of Chinese and other foreign-made goods...

DOJ has forfeited a Manhattan condominium and a Virginia residence with a combined value of nearly $2.1 million that were purchased with the proceeds of bribes paid to the family of former Taiwanese President Shui-Bian Chen.