News Releases and Statements

A U.S. Border Patrol agent from northeast Montana, Paul Anthony Rible, pleaded guilty Tuesday to child pornography charges.

As part of ICE's ongoing commitment to prioritizing the removal of criminal aliens and egregious immigration law violators, 31 convicted criminal aliens, immigration fugitives and immigration violators were arrested during a two-day operation in the greater Chicago area.

Stanley Kuo Jua Yang, 36, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge R. Gary Klausner, who remanded Yang into custody at the conclusion of Monday's sentencing hearing.

Andrew Chojecki, a past applications-adjudicator for the former U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), has been indicted by a Bay Area grand jury on nine criminal counts stemming from his alleged role in a marriage fraud scheme.

The extradition and arraignment of four Mexican sex traffickers, along with the reunion of a Mexican sex trafficking victim and her child, was announced Dec. 10 as a result of an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

According to court documents, William J. Britt, 55, possessed multiple videos containing child pornography and a short-barreled shotgun.

The seized items include counterfeit designer clothing and sportswear, and pirated CDs/DVDs.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers arrested 37 foreign nationals with prior convictions for sex offenses during a three-day operation targeting criminal alien sex offenders in the Los Angeles area.

As part of ICE's ongoing commitment to prioritizing the removal of criminal aliens and egregious immigration law violators, 17 convicted criminal aliens, immigration fugitives and immigration violators were arrested during a three-day operation in the Madison area.

ICE's HSI was appointed chair this week in Abu Dhabi of the Virtual Global Taskforce (VGT), an international alliance of 18 law enforcement agencies and private sector partners dedicated to combating online child sexual abuse.

Keith James of Baltimore was sentenced to 10 years in prison after James pleaded guilty Monday to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute heroin and possession of a firearm by a prohibited person.

Alfredo Hernandez Jr., 37, appeared Monday before Senior U.S. District Judge Anthony W. Ishii. In addition to the prison time, Hernandez will be required to register as a sex offender and serve a lifetime term of supervised release, during which his access to computers, the Internet and minors will be restricted.

The National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Center) announced the kickoff of Operation Holiday Hoax, an international enforcement effort to track down those who are selling counterfeit and pirated products this holiday season.

Faisal Hashime of Springfield, Va., was sentenced to 180 months in prison for posing online as an attractive teen girl to entice minor boys to produce sexually explicit images, several of which he sent to others online. The sentencing follows an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Washington, D.C.

Dennis L. Gil-Bernardez, an MS-13 member who also is known as Pando, pled guilty today to taking part in a federal racketeering conspiracy that was responsible for numerous crimes, including two murders, in the Washington, D.C., region.

The government of Spain requested assistance to seize the property.

Following an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Eleni Nguyen of Phoenixville, Pa., pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiracy to commit mail fraud.

Twenty-one businesses representing the automotive, marketing, healthcare, restaurant, security, agriculture, food and telecommunications industries became the latest employers to partner with ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) to strengthen their hiring practices, reduce fraud and ensure they employ a legal workforce.

Phillip L. Taylor pleaded guilty in August to the latest charges. He was previously convicted of the same crime in 1999.

Diego Quintanilla, a Salvadoran gang member who escaped from prison in his native country while serving a life sentence for murder, was handed over to authorities in El Salvador Wednesday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Robert Fenn, 27, of Herndon, Va., was indicted by a federal grand jury today accused of receiving and possessing child pornography. Fenn taught at Poplar Tree Elementary School in Chantilly, Va., prior to his arrest on related state charges in June.

Garcia was sentenced to life in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Richard L. Voorhees following his prosecution by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of North Carolina.

Following an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), James Elliott of Windsor, Ontario, was sentenced to eight years in prison for his role in a conspiracy to import large amounts of ecstasy pills into the United States.

William Paul Robinson pleaded guilty Tuesday to receiving child pornography. Robinson possessed more than 800 still images and about 25 videos of child pornography on his computer equipment.

Columbus' recently formed Bulk Cash Smuggling Task Force (BCSTF) has seized nearly $2.4 million this year in illicit proceeds from criminal organizations.