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A federal grand jury in Buffalo has returned a 62-count Indictment charging 32 defendants with participating in a large scale international loan fraud scheme. The alleged scheme targeted more than 2,000 victims across the United States, and obtained millions of dollars. This investigation is being conducted by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations

Ahmed Alabadi pleaded guilty Thursday to wire fraud in connection with a $2 million investment fraud scheme. The plea comes after a joint investigation by the FBI, ICE's HSI and the Internal Revenue Service.

The Department of Justice and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) has forfeited $401,931 in assets traceable to Diepreye Solomon Peter Alamieyeseigha, a former Governor of Bayelsa State, Nigeria.

A Phoenix man was ordered detained until trial by a federal judge Thursday following his indictment in an alleged mortgage fraud conspiracy spanning more than 10 years and involving the fraudulent purchase and sale of real estate properties throughout the Valley.

Shu Bei Yuan, a former Chinese business agent for several honey-import companies, was sentenced Friday to two years in federal prison for illegally importing falsely labeled honey to avoid paying nearly $1.5 million in U.S. anti-dumping duties. This sentence resulted from an investigation conducted by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

A 25-year-old Cameroon citizen is in federal custody on wire fraud charges related to a fraudulent scheme to sell frozen chicken feet, following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Louisiana State University Police Department.

A federal indictment unsealed this week charges three foreign nationals with involvement in related conspiracies and transactions involving more than $2 million in high-quality counterfeit currency being produced in Peru and the Dominican Republic. The charges are the results of an investigation ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)...

Seven individuals and four check cashing businesses were charged today for their alleged roles in separate schemes to violate the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA). The defendants allegedly failed to follow reporting and anti-money laundering requirements for transactions totaling more than $50 million.

A man who posed as a successful investor, David Helm Taylor, was sentenced Tuesday to serve six years and 10 months in federal prison for wire fraud in connection with implementing a fraudulent private investor trading scheme.

Stolen corporate identities were used to create fraudulent empty-shell companies and sell them for a profit.

ICE's Homeland Security Investigations special agents and New York Police Department (NYPD) officers swarmed a six-story building in the heart of Chinatown Monday evening with search warrants to seize proceeds from an illegal gambling parlor. Nearly half of the building was used for illegal gambling activities.

Fernando Alejandro Cano Martinez, a Mexican businessman from Ciudad Victoria, Mexico, was indicted Tuesday following a multi-agency Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force investigation. This indictment stems from a long-term investigation targeting alleged money laundering activities inside the United States.

A Bay Area couple, who operated local elder care facilities, and two area real estate agents were sentenced Thursday in federal court for their role in a far-reaching mortgage loan fraud scheme involving at least 20 northern California properties and more than $20 million in loan proceeds.

Vincent George Sr. and Vincent George Jr., a father and son who headed a domestic sex trafficking organization, were among individuals charged and arrested for sex trafficking, money laundering and promoting prostitution. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) assisted the New York City Police Department (NYPD) and the Manhattan District...

Fifty people were charged last week for their roles in a criminal enterprise that stole checks and money orders from apartment complex lock boxes throughout the city.

The co-owners and three employees of a Los Angeles toy company are expected to make their initial appearances in federal court Monday afternoon following their indictment for allegedly orchestrating an elaborate financial scheme to launder millions of dollars for drug trafficking organizations in Mexico and Colombia.

The former chief executive officer of a publicly held food products company on the NASDAQ that manufactured and distributed a line of baking mixes and spices was arrested today.

Balvinder Singh Chadha, a former Bay Area manager for the U.S. Postal Service, pleaded guilty this week to wire fraud charges and conspiring to violate the federal conflict of interest statute for orchestrating a fraudulent billing scheme involving a truck leasing company he operated with this wife.

Casey Loveall was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison Thursday for wire fraud, following an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

A Maryland resident pleaded guilty March 29 to conspiracy to commit access device fraud in connection with a scheme to use skimming devices to obtain debit and credit card account numbers and personal identification numbers.

On March 27 a federal grand jury indicted three individuals in connection with a bank fraud scheme to use the personal identifying information of individuals to fraudulently obtain money and property, following an investigation by ICE HSI, the Wicomico County Sheriff's Office, the IRS and the SSA.

Porfil-Colon was charged on a second indictment for concealing documents and other objects belonging to Tania de Jesus-Gomez, with the intent to impair their integrity, obstruct, influence or impede an official proceeding.

The Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) presented its first ever private sector/government partnership award to ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and JP Morgan Chase & Co.

Late last week, federal authorities arrested 19 individuals in nine states for their involvement in Operation "Open Market," an investigation into a transnational criminal organization operating principally out of Las Vegas.

Two married couples and a licensed real estate appraiser have admitted to participating in a countywide mortgage fraud conspiracy to obtain millions of dollars in fraudulent mortgage loans.