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Special agents with ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), working together with other federal and local law enforcement partners, arrested 31 people Thursday for drug trafficking and possession of illegal firearms.

Following a three-day trial, a federal jury in Fresno found the sister of a former employee of the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) guilty of 31 criminal counts for her role in a far-reaching scheme to sell official California driver's licenses to ineligible individuals.

Christopher Andre Devine was sentenced Friday to 121 months in prison for conspiring to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft in connection with a scheme to use the personal identifying information of individuals to open bank accounts and fraudulently obtain cash, merchandise and services.

Sixteen federal, state and local Rhode Island law enforcement agents and officers - including a special agent with ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) - were recognized today with a top Department of Justice award for their achievements significantly impacting the trafficking of heroin along the 'Heroin Highway.'

Hector Ayala, 49, former owner of Uniforms of Texas, was also ordered to serve three years of supervised release after his prison term, and to perform 200 hours of community service.

A Michigan resident was found guilty by a federal jury Thursday in Miami of child sex tourism charges following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

Seven local residents were indicted as a result of the efforts of a multi-agency investigation into intellectual property rights violations.

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

Anthony J. Torresi of Coral Gables, Fla., listed night vision goggles and night vision monoculars for sale on eBay.

Lewey Martinez was sentenced Thursday to nine years and seven months in federal prison for his role in an alien smuggling and harboring scheme that resulted in the death of a 24-year-old Mexican national in September 2011.

A Colombian national, Jose Rivas, was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in federal prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine while onboard a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.

This week on ABC's NIGHTLINE, correspondent Alexander Marquardt joined HSI Special Agent (and Deputy Attache) Eric McLoughlin, as the staff of HSI Manila partners with a non-governmental organization and law enforcement officials in the Philippines to track down and arrest a child predator.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) seized 57 counterfeit tickets and approximately $7,000 in counterfeit U.S. currency following an Alabama Department of Public Safety traffic stop Jan. 31 in Sumter County.

A member of the notorious Gulf Cartel was sentenced to five years in federal prison Wednesday following his conviction for being an alien possessing a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney, Kenneth Magidson, Southern District of Texas.

Two new industry partners have joined the Virtual Global Taskforce (VGT), an international alliance of law enforcement and private sector agencies dedicated to combating online child sexual abuse.

Authorities arrested 21 suspects Tuesday following a multi-agency 'storefront' sting by the Auto Crimes Enforcement (ACE) Task Force, which includes special agents from ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

Shuja Ali Syed trafficked in counterfeit "all-natural" male enhancement products from China, when, in fact, laboratory analyses of the counterfeit products indicated that they contained either sildenafil, commonly known as Viagra, or tadalafil, commonly known as Cialis.

Jose Salvador Lopez-Guardado, an El Salvador man wanted for homicide in his home country, was deported and turned over to El Salvador officials Thursday by officers with ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).

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.

Santos Javier Guevara-Oliva, an El Salvadoran national residing in Hyattsville, Md., wanted in Santa Barbara, Calif., for aggravated sexual assault on a child under 14 years of age and forcible rape, was arrested Monday by officers from ICE's Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO).

A local business is the first South Dakota member of a nationwide program by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to ensure a legal and more secure work force.

A sealed indictment charging numerous defendants with racketeering violations was unsealed following their recent arrests throughout the Southern District of Texas and elsewhere. Those arrested include 17 former Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) correction officers and 12 others in relation to the case.

Gerald E. Roberts, age 52, of Pageland, was arrested after HSI's Cyber Crime Center, Victim Identification Program, discovered images of a minor female, approximately four to six years of age, involved in sexually explicit activity with an adult male, which were being posted on the internet in October 2012.

Two Mexican nationals were sentenced to prison Monday for their roles in attempting to smuggle 652 assault rifle magazines into Mexico in a case investigated by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) along with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).

Timothy Ross Estabrook was arrested Monday following his federal indictment in Houston for trafficking in counterfeit Viagra and Cialis, introducing and delivering misbranded drugs into interstate commerce, smuggling and conspiracy.