News Releases and Statements

Stephen W. Siktberg, 32, was arrested by HSI agents on Oct. 29, 2010, at his home in Beacon, N.Y. He entered his guilty pleas before U.S. Magistrate Judge Lisa Margaret Smith in White Plains.

Hong Wei Xian, a/k/a "Harry Zan," 32, and Li Li, a/k/a "Lea Li," 33, both from the People's Republic of China (PRC), were charged in a two-count indictment. They are charged with conspiring to violate the Arms Export Control Act to smuggle goods from the United States and the attempted export of United States Munitions List items in violation of the Arms Export Control Act.

En Wang, 32, the owner of Jiao Long USAO Inc., a Houston-based company, was sentenced on March 28 in absentia by U.S. District Court Judge Vanessa Gilmore to 33 months in federal prison without parole.

A Nebraska resident was sentenced Tuesday to 8.5 years in prison after pleading guilty to engaging in a child exploitation enterprise. The case was investigated U.S. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and the Department of Justice's High Technology Investigative Unit of the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section.

James O'Carroll, 59, pleaded guilty in U. S. District Court on Monday to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance. This followed the Nov. 21, 2010 seizure in Gulfport, Miss by ICE HSI special agents and other law enforcement of 4,497 pounds of marijuana from the motor vessel Sarah Moira, an 80-foot sailboat...

Gabriel Rios, 20, of Corpus Christi, Texas, was convicted April 1 on eight counts of possessing child pornography, and he was acquitted of two counts of receiving and distributing child pornography. The verdicts came after three days of trial testimony from both law enforcement and civilian witnesses.

Four men involved in a shootout and hostage-taking involving a woman and her three-year old-daughter in north Columbus in December 2009 were sentenced in U.S. District Court today.

"Chun Yan Lin, 44, of Doraville, Ga., was sentenced Thursday in federal court for conspiring to transport and harbor illegal aliens, following a joint investigation by U.S. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Department of Homeland Security, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Lin owned an employment agency called ""Lucky,""..."

Robert J. Kloss, Jr., 37, of Pittsburgh, has been detained on federal child pornography charges, following an investigation by U.S. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Pensacola Police Department.

"ICE is resuming limited removal of convicted criminal Haitians with final orders of removal, in coordination with the Government of Haiti and the U.S. Department of State. The removal of Haitian nationals will be conducted in a manner that comports with the March 2, 2011 ICE memo entitled ""Civil Immigration Enforcement..."""

An Oregon man convicted of serving as a courier for a drug trafficking organization operating in the southern San Joaquin Valley has been sentenced to nine years in federal prison following an investigation by U.S. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and several other federal, state and local law enforcement agencies.

Sheren Nguyen, 47, of Houston, Texas, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to transporting illegal aliens through Mississippi for profit following an ICE HSI and PCSO investigation.

Donald F. Slason, 57, of Dedham, Mass., was named in an indictment charging him with transportation and possession of child pornography.

Jose Hernandez-Velazquez, 53, allegedly produced the materials between January 2010 and February 2011, including depictions of him engaged in sexual acts with minor victims aged 3 to 14.

Silas Mobley, Jr., 56, and his son and co-defendant, Marvin Suntate Mobley, 32, both of York, S.C., were sentenced in Charlotte to life in federal prison without possibility of parole for cocaine trafficking-related offenses, following an investigation conducted by U.S. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Charlotte-Mecklenburg...

A federal grand jury has indicted a Seattle-area couple on charges stemming from a multi-agency probe involving U.S. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) that allegedly revealed the pair held a 19-year-old Micronesian woman in their home and compelled her to provide domestic service without compensation.

An Adams, N.Y., farmer was arrested Wednesday and charged with harboring illegal aliens, following a joint investigation by U.S. Immigration Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers turned over Libious Asefa, 42, of Columbus, Ohio after they arrested him to U.S. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents on Saturday for allegedly lying about the amount of money he was carrying when questioned by federal authorities.

Luckenson Dorceant, 39, of Miami, Florida was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Monday on charges of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and conspiracy to import cocaine. Dorceant and a co-conspirator induced three women to travel from Puerto Rico to the Dominican Republic for the purpose of swallowing quantities of cocaine...

An indicted was unsealed in federal court Wednesday, charging Juan Alberto Ortiz-Lopez, 41, of San Marcos, Guatemala, with federal drug trafficking offenses.

Four former officers of Nashville arms manufacturer Sabre Defence Industries, LLC (SDI-US), pleaded guilty Monday to conspiring to defraud the United States and to violations of the Arms Export Control Act (AECA), following an investigation by U.S. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms...

Paul Schwartz, 49, of Lathrop, Calif., was sentenced Monday to seven years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute and receive child pornography.

Mexican national admits harboring illegal aliens for commercial advantage

Brendan O'Neill, 35, of Tampa, pleaded guilty Tuesday to sex trafficking of a child and attempted enticement of a child for sex. He faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison for each charge.