News Releases and Statements
News Releases and Statements
Antonio Rivera, the former owner of the bars Sonidos de la Frontera in Lake Ronkonkoma and La Hija del Mariachi in Farmingville, was sentenced to 60 years of imprisonment Wednesday for his lead role in a sex trafficking and forced labor ring.
The eight defendants are charged together in a criminal complaint with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, money laundering and identity theft.
Christopher Anthony Quinn was sentenced to 72 months in prison and 15 years of supervised release. He will also forfeit the laptop computers and thumb drives he used to download, store and distribute child pornography.
Kenneth Gaylord Stokes was indicted Wednesday in federal court for "sex tourism," and producing and distributing child pornography with five juvenile victims. Stokes also has a prior conviction for the statutory rape of a 7-year-old child in the state of Washington.
Todd Stumpf and William Jewell were sentenced on felony charges in federal court Tuesday after pleading guilty for their participation in an international criminal network known as Dreamboard, which produced and disseminated depictions of graphic child sexual abuse via the Internet.
Chavez faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison.
Forensic analysis of his seized phone determined Heath Trahan had used it to take photographs of two minor children engaged in sexually explicit conduct. Examination of his computers also revealed approximately 500 images and 60 videos of child pornography, which he had in his possession but did not produce.
Sunil Jiwat Mirwani, 39, and his corporation, M Trade Inc. are scheduled to be sentenced Sept. 9 in federal court.
Matthew Edward Shubart, of Yakima, Wash., admitted in a plea agreement to seeking and offering to exchange, distribute and receive child pornography over the Internet. According to prosecutors, Shubart was one of 109 members of an online child pornography trading group.
Robert Poe III from Kansas City, Kan., pleaded guilty Feb. 19 and was sentenced to 235 months in federal prison on three counts of traveling from Kansas to Missouri to engage in sex acts with a child.
With the NBA Finals and Stanley Cup Playoffs in full swing, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) warned the public Tuesday to beware of purchasing counterfeit sports apparel and tickets to playoff games.
Alfonso Casarez, a former senior technician in the California Department of Motor Vehicles' (DMV) Fresno office, has been sentenced to five years and one month in prison for his role in two schemes to sell official California driver's licenses to ineligible individuals.
Aaron Charles Lustfeldt, 27, of Big Spring, Texas, faces a maximum statutory penalty of not less than five years or more than 20 years in federal prison.
Xiang Li, a Chinese national, was sentenced to 144 months in federal prison June 11 for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and criminal copyright infringement. Li operated a website used to distribute more than $100 million worth of pirated software around the world.
Paul David Cardwell, with other co-conspirators, allegedly defrauded a Wyoming hospital of about $850,000 and traveled to Thailand to purchase real estate with the proceeds. HSI Bangkok began an investigation into Cardwell's activities in Thailand.
Lindsey Joe Brown II, 40, was also sentenced to serve five years of supervised release after he completes his prison sentence.
From 2005 to 2007, Modanlo made false statements and concealed information.
O'Brain J. Lynch is believed to be the first Jamaican national charged in the United States for this type of fraud. A Jamaican lottery scheme is a form of mass-marketing fraud in which potential victims are led to believe they won an international multi-million dollar lottery and are informed they must pay an advance fee to get the prize.
Nedal Faisal Ahmad fraudulently obtained U.S. Treasury checks and reloadable debit cards that contained tax refunds that did not belong to him. Ahmad cashed several fraudulent U.S. Treasury checks and swiped the reloadable debit cards at his business, Al-Wafaa Trading.
Idriss Abdelrahman was repatriated to Mali aboard a commercial aircraft under escort by ERO officers and turned over to Malian authorities at Bamako-Senou International Airport in Bamako, Mali, Wednesday morning.
"In late September or early October 2012, Brittanie S. Brattain and Deundrea R. Miller met female minor Jane Doe and agreed to take pictures of Jane Doe to post ads for ""dates"" on Backpage, a classified advertising website, which would be used for commercial sex acts."
In late 2012, a minor female (Jane Doe) began a dating relationship with Jacob Ray Albarado and ran away from her home to his apartment in Big Spring. Albarado and Jane Doe agreed to produce a video depicting the two of them engaged in sexually explicit conduct.
Naveed Sheikh was sentenced to 87 months in prison for conspiring to and infringing copyrights by illegally reproducing and distributing more than 1,000 copyrighted commercial software programs with a total value of more than $4 million.
Agents with ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) arrested 18 gang members and associates during a three-day operation this week in Chicago, Cicero and Berwyn. This is the latest local effort in an ongoing national HSI initiative to target transnational gang members.
John David Boyle was arrested by special agents with ICE's HSI after investigators determined that he was distributing child pornography over the Internet. Based on the evidence obtained in this case, authorities believe there may be unknown victims of child molestation by Boyle.
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