News Releases and Statements

A Maryland man was sentenced to eight months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for unlawfully exporting export-controlled night vision equipment.

Two Massachusetts men were sentenced to federal prison today, following an investigation conducted by special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), as part of the Gulf Coast Border Enforcement Security Taskforce (GC BEST).

Two Mexican citizens unlawfully in possession of nine weapons and thousands of rounds of ammunition were arrested after a lengthy vehicle pursuit Monday following a joint operation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Pinal County Sheriff's Office and U.S. Customs and Border Protection Border Patrol.

Beleal Garcia-Gonzalez, 35, Mission, Texas, appeared before U.S. District Court Judge Randy Crane on Aug. 23. In addition to the 360-month prison sentence, Judge Crane sentenced Garcia-Gonzalez to a five-year-term of supervised release.

A Queens man, who allegedly streamed live copyrighted sporting events over the Internet illegally, was arrested this morning by agents with ICE's HSI.

A former technician with the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), Alfonso Casarez, and 14 others are under indictment after a probe involving ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) revealed the defendants conspired to sell official California driver's licenses to ineligible individuals. Casarez electronically altered DMV records...

Ninderjit Singh, 33, an Indian national and legal resident of Canada, was taken into custody Friday afternoon following a traffic stop traffic stop near his San Jacinto, Calif., home. Officers with the California Highway Patrol (CHP), and the police departments in Santa Monica, Calif., and El Monte, Calif., assisted Los Angeles HSI agents with the enforcement actions leading to Singh's arrest.

A husband and wife from northern Washington state have been sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to federal charges stemming from a probe by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations that revealed the pair had hired and harbored an illegal alien domestic worker.

Xing Lin, A Chinese gang leader, was extradited from Canada to face charges of murdering two individuals in a Queens nightclub in 2004. This extradition is the result of an extensive investigation led by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), with the assistance of the following law enforcement partners: HSI's attache in Toronto...

A Nigerian national was arrested Aug. 16 after he arrived at a local residence to have sex with a person he believed to be a 16-year-old girl. Instead, he was met by a special agent with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

Roger Luczkowiak, 31, of Dunkirk, N.Y., was arrested last week based on evidence that was found on a computer that the Dunkirk Police Department had seized from his residence in June of this year.

Two suspected human smugglers are in custody following their arrest Thursday by U.S. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents assigned to the Illegal Immigration Prevention and Co-op Team (IIMPACT).Information about smuggling activity led agents to observe a SUV stop and nine people bail out and flee into the desert.

A citizen of Nepal was convicted on Thursday on four counts of failing to comply with his order of deportation.

The local leader of the 'Raza Unida' street gang was sentenced on Thursday to life in federal prison for drug trafficking and committing Violent Crimes in aid of Racketeering (VICAR), announced U.S. Attorney Jose Angel Moreno, Southern District of Texas.

Investigators arrested 51 commercial drivers, including bus drivers, in and around New York City during a crackdown on individuals who fraudulently obtained multiple driver licenses using an alias.

A Santa Fe used-car business owner pleaded guilty Aug. 12 to federal currency-structuring offenses under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney's Office. The owner has agreed to forfeit more than $500,000 and 10 vehicles. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents investigated this case.

A summer-long law enforcement operation targeting child predators concluded Friday with the arrest of 26 individuals in central Florida and elsewhere, including two registered sex offenders, a police officer and a school employee.

Ko-Suen Moo, 64, was arrested Nov. 9, 2005, by HSI special agents in Miami for trying to buy sophisticated military parts, including an F-16 fighter jet engine, to export to the People's Republic of China without obtaining an export license from the U.S. Department of State.

Donald H. Cone of Frederick, Md., was sentenced last Thursday to 30 months in prison for his role in a sophisticated conspiracy to import and sell counterfeit Cisco-branded computer networking equipment. This sentence is the result of an investigation conducted ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

On Thursday, ICE and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) returned, during a joint repatriation ceremony, a collection of 67 artifacts illegally imported into the United States from the Dominican Republic. The objects were discovered as part of several investigations by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and CBP.

Five central California men have pleaded guilty to federal charges involving a methamphetamine trafficking scheme. This plot was uncovered by agents with U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), in conjunctions with federal and local investigators.

HSI agents arrested Hak Tung Lam of Flushing, N.Y., Wen Wo Lam, 43, of Staten Island, N.Y., and Ying Yang, 30, of Flushing, for allegedly participating in smuggling more than 450 aliens into the United States.

Justin D. Weaver, 27, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Richard Mills in the Central District of Illinois. In January of this year, Weaver pleaded guilty to producing and possessing child pornography and destruction of evidence.

A Massachusetts couple was sentenced Wednesday to more than seven years in prison for traveling to Newark, N.J., to obtain and distribute approximately 17 kilos of cocaine.

Robert Hedrick, president of the Brownsville-based Pan American Airways, was indicted by a Texas grand jury on multiple child pornography-related charges earlier this week. The investigation was conducted by U.S. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).