News Releases and Statements
News Releases and Statements
A Maryland man pleaded guilty to transporting child pornography and destruction of records in an investigation conducted by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations, and the NASA Office of Inspector General's Computer Crimes Division.
Two Bulgarian men were sentenced in Boston federal court in connection with a skimming scheme in which they compromised and used numerous ATMs in Massachusetts and stole more than $135,000. U.S. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) investigated both individuals for using counterfeit ATM cards, bank fraud and aggravated identity theft.
Five individuals and four of their companies have been indicted as part of a conspiracy to defraud the United States that allegedly caused thousands of radio frequency modules to be illegally exported from the United States to Iran. At least 16 of those items were later found in unexploded improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Iraq.
The U.S. government filed two civil forfeiture complaints today against approximately $70.8 million in real and personal property, which the government alleges are the proceeds of foreign corruption offenses by Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue and was laundered in the United States.
Joshua David Evans of North Bend, Wash. and Jeremy Lynn Andrew of Eugene, Ore., pleaded guilty on Tuesday for their roles in NinjaVideo.net, a website that provided millions of users with the ability to illegally download infringing copies of copyright-protected movies and television programs in high-quality formats.
Stephanie A. McCloskey, 39, pleaded guilty in November 2010 to a federal charge of conspiracy to traffic in counterfeit goods and to commit mail fraud, and she subsequently cooperated with authorities.
Gabriela Gutierrez of Columbus, N.M. was indicted on Friday for allegedly conspiring with her husband and others to purchase firearms in the United States knowing that the weapons were intended to be smuggled into Mexico.
Sean Joseph Peterson, of Louisville, Ky, who crash landed an aircraft carrying 424.8 lbs. of marijuana onto a New Mexico ranch, pleaded guilty Oct. 19 in federal court to drug trafficking charges. Special agents with U.S. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) investigated the case.
A citizen and national of Mexico, pleaded guilty to re-entry of a removed alien. The charge carries a maximum sentence of two years in prison and a fine of $250,000.
A former American Airlines employee, Victor Bourne, was found guilty on Monday for importing more than 150 kilograms of cocaine into the United States. The organization relied on corrupt employees of commercial airlines, including American Airlines, at domestic and international ports of entry to smuggle drugs.
Roger Folkes, the extradited leader of an organization that smuggled cocaine aboard commercial airlines from the West Indies to England via the United States, was sentenced in federal court Monday to 120 months in prison. The investigation was conducted by U.S. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), U.S. Customs and Border Protection...
Robert Springstead of Virginia Beach, Va. was convicted of receipt, possession and distribution of images of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct. These charges were the result of an investigation by U.S. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
Domingo Torres-Rodriguez, a Dominican national with a lengthy criminal record who was previously deported from the United States three times, was sentenced Friday to 70 months in federal prison for illegal re-entry. This case was investigated by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
Stephen Bee of Exeter, Mo. was sentenced in federal court Thursday for sexually exploiting a child to produce child pornography. This sentence resulted from an investigation conducted by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Southwest Missouri Cybercrimes Task Force.
Gilberto Baez-Garcia of El Paso, Texas was sentenced Oct. 20 to 24 months in prison for his role in a scheme to defraud the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) of more than $3.6 million. This sentencing followed an investigation ICE's HSI in El Paso, and the Ex-Im Bank Office of Inspector General.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) continues its public outreach campaign to generate awareness to combat human trafficking nationwide as part of the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Blue Campaign launched in July 2010.
A three-month operation conducted by 43 countries has resulted in the seizure of more than one million counterfeit electrical goods. This operation was spearheaded in the United States by the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Center), in coordination with the World Customs Organization (WCO).
ICE's HSI announced the dedication of an expanded new state-of-the-art forensic laboratory in Boston Friday.
A federal grand jury returned indictments on Wednesday charging Amber Schmidt and Gary Lee Jackson of Garland, Texas with various felony child pornography offenses. The indictments allege that they used cell phones and text messaging to send images of child pornography to each other.
Two individuals involved in a large-scale sophisticated identity theft scheme appeared in court on Thursday. A Palisades Park, N.J., woman admitted her role in the scheme, and a former New York resident charged in the same scheme appeared in court for the first time. This case was investigated by U.S. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
J & J Industrial Supply pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to hiring more than 10 illegal aliens in a 12-month period. The guilty plea resulted from an investigation conducted by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) with assistance from the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department and the St. Charles County Sheriff's Department.
John Shutt of Bowie, Md., was sentenced to 90 months in federal prison for possessing and distributing child pornography. The sentence is the result of an investigation conducted by U.S. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). Shutt admitted that he had downloaded and possessed child pornography for more than 15 years and also traded images.
Gary Waffle was also ordered serve 20 years on supervised release following the completion of his sentence.
In August 2009, ICE established the National BCSC in Williston, Vt. The BCSC operates around the clock to help ICE agents and their law enforcement partners identify, investigate and disrupt criminal organizations profiting from financial crime.
Nine central California men have been charged in an eight-count federal indictment handed down Thursday for their role in a large-scale illegal pot growing operation in the Sequoia National Forest. This information was uncovered during a multi-agency probe involving U.S. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
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