News Releases and Statements
News Releases and Statements
Beginning Monday, placards created by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will be going up at two area bus shelters warning Angelinos that marriage fraud is a federal crime that carries significant prison sentences and possible six-figure fines.
Harminder Singh Rai and Tuan Van Dang, two suspects arrested by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) Office of Field Operations (OFO), made their initial appearances Thursday in Seattle federal court on charges they conspired to distribute more than 60 pounds of cocaine.
Hardeep Singh, 23, formerly of Kent, was convicted in absentia of conspiracy to distribute Ecstasy after he fled following the first day of his trial. Singh was arrested last year in Canada and extradited to the U.S. to face sentencing.
Shards of glass still lodged in his hands and a throbbing pain in his shoulder, Chris Cronen sat in a hospital emergency room the evening of March 9 a hero.
HSI special agents arrested Manual A. Natal-Bracetti, of San Lorenzo, after an HSI investigation that stemmed from a March 24 referral from PRPD revealed that he transported, on several occasions, a 12-year-old girl, identified as Jane Doe, in order to engage her in sexually explicit conduct.
The investigations were conducted by ICE ERO's Criminal Alien Program in Philadelphia and are being prosecuted by Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Brian G. McDonnell with the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
Adrian Gamble, of Galveston, Tex., was found Thursday morning at a location on Komohana street in Kapolei. In September 2008, Gamble was charged with engaging in sexual contact with a child younger than 17.
ICE's 'Operation Predator' smartphone app is designed to seek the public's help with locating suspected child predators, and is one of eight finalists vying for the award.
Christopher Steele, aka Mike Dozor was indicted March 6 on charges of use of interstate commerce facility to entice a minor to engage in sexual conduct, interstate travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor and receipt of child pornography.
Manuel Geovanny Rodriguez-Perez, aka Shorty, 41, controlled a racketeering organization known as the 'Rodriguez Enterprise,' whose members sold large quantities of marijuana, murdered and attempted to murder 20 people, transported and laundered millions of dollars, obstructed justice and committed perjury, and engaged in firearms offenses.
Nelson Begay, 32, was arrested Nov. 13, 2013 on a criminal complaint charging him with receiving and possessing visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct. Shortly before his arrest, Begay resigned from his position as an officer with the Albuquerque Police Department.
Robert Mullen, 60, who once worked for the Lawton (Okla.) Police Department, was arrested Dec. 17 by HSI special agents on a criminal complaint.
Mei Juan Zhang, a restaurant manager from Fairfield, was sentenced March 25 to 14 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for harboring undocumented aliens for commercial advantage and private financial gain.
Paul R. Hinkel, 56, from Chester, Conn., was charged via criminal complaint on charges he persuaded, induced, enticed or coerced a minor to engage in sexual activity.
Benjamin Cuadrado of Lakeland, Fla was arrested late Tuesday by Polk County Sherriff's Office deputies and special agents with ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) after HSI's national Cyber Crimes Center determined that the man was a prime suspect in a national 'John Doe' warrant.
A former Georgia middle school teacher, William Kimbrell, has been arrested for accessing with intent to view child pornography by special agents from ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
Determined to curb the escalating number of children falling prey to sexual predators online, representatives from federal and local law enforcement, along with a leading children's advocacy organization, announced Tuesday the launch of Project iGuardian, a first-of-its-kind national cyber safety campaign.
A group of 10 community leaders graduated Saturday in San Juan from the first U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)-sponsored citizens academy.
Another leader of the 'Felony Lane Gang' conspiracy, Jarrett Hobbs, was sentenced March 24 to 132 months in prison.
A 57-year-old Philadelphia man, Dave Brister, pleaded guilty March 24 to all counts stemming from a counterfeit check scheme that victimized dozens of people across the United States through a series of Internet-based sales scams.
Ning Guo, a member of a massive, international conspiracy responsible for importing counterfeit goods from China worth a retail value of $300 million, was sentenced Friday to more than three years in federal prison.
The number of IPR seizures increased nearly 7 percent from 22,848 in FY 2012 to 24,361 in FY 2013.
Neng Yang, 46, of Clovis, who previously taught in the Clovis Unified School District, pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor.
A federal jury Monday convicted Susan Xiao-Ping Su, the founder and former president of Tri-Valley University, of multiple federal criminal counts, including wire fraud, visa fraud, and money laundering, for her role in a large-scale visa fraud scheme involving foreign students.
Joel Mazariegos-Soto, 29, the upstate New York-based leader of the organization, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Susan R. Bolton to 60 months in federal prison. His accomplice, Walfre David Perez-Jovel, 34, was sentenced to 46 months in prison.
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