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    ICE's top 5 news stories for the week ending Nov. 20, 2015

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    11/23/2015

    ICE's top 5 news stories for the week ending Nov. 20, 2015




    November 20, 2015 – ICE, CBP issue warning ahead of shopping season

    Officials from ICE and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) are advising shoppers this holiday season to be aware of online scams that would have consumers purchase counterfeit goods instead of genuine products. Full Story

    November 17, 2015 – ICE HSI partners with Ball State University and the David Owsley Museum of Art to recover a hidden idol stolen from India


    Under the auspices of Operation Hidden Idols, special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations’ (HSI) cultural property unit were able to determine that this idol had been looted from a temple in Southern India and brought to the United States illegally. HSI formally took custody of the artifact, which is linked to the ongoing investigation. For the past five months, officials at the museum worked hand in hand with HSI to identify the stolen piece. Full Story

    November 13, 2015 – UK resident connected to Syrian export scheme extradited to US to face federal charges


    A dual citizen of the United Kingdom and Syria was extradited from the U.K. Thursday and was arraigned today for his alleged part in a conspiracy to illegally export laboratory equipment, including chemical warfare agent detection equipment, from the United States to Syria. The charges and extradition follow an extensive international probe led by ICE’s HSI. Full Story

    November 18, 2015 – Kansas man sentenced to 150 months for distributing child pornography


    A central Kansas man, who used the screen name “kansas_dad” in chat rooms, was sentenced Wednesday to 150 months in federal prison for distributing child pornography. Full Story

    November 13, 2015 – North Texas federal jury convicts 2 brothers in visa fraud case


    Following a six-day trial before U.S. District Judge Barbara M. G. Lynn, a federal jury convicted two brothers of felony visa fraud based on their conspiracy to secure a low-cost workforce at their North Texas information technology consulting company from about March 2005 to February 2011. Full Story

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    I.C.E. News Releases


    11/23/2015

    NEW YORK, NY

    HUMAN SMUGGLING/TRAFFICKING


    ICE HSI investigation leads to arrest of 8 in US, Mexico for human trafficking
    Over a two-day period, authorities arrested five defendants in Mexico and two in Queens, New York, as part of a coordinated bilateral law enforcement action. The defendants are Jovan Rendon-Reyes; Saul Rendon-Reyes; Guillermina Rendon-Reyes; Francisco Rendon-Reyes; Jose Rendon-Garcia; Felix Rojas; Odilon Martinez-Rojas; and Severiano Martinez-Rojas.


    11/20/2015

    ALEXANDRIA, LA


    ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


    ICE removes Salvadoran man wanted for murder
    Carlos Alejandro Hernandez, 23, was encountered July 11 by U.S. Customs and Border Protection near Rio Grande Valley, Texas, after he illegally crossed the border into the United States. On Oct. 5 an immigration judge ordered him removed from the United States.


    11/20/2015

    WASHINGTON, DC



    ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


    ICE appoints family residential center federal advisory committee members
    The committee’s charter requires that membership consist of up to 15 members, representing a variety of perspectives, with at least one representative from each of the following disciplines: primary education, immigration law, physical and mental health, trauma-informed services, family and youth services, detention management and detention reform.



    11/20/2015

    MADISON, WI



    FINANCIAL CRIMES


    Nigerian woman sentenced in Wisconsin to 10 years for bilking her victims out of more than $2.3 million in Internet-dating fraud scheme
    Sally Iriri, 33, a Nigerian national who was living in Chicago, was sentenced Nov. 20 by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson, Western District of Wisconsin, for wire fraud. Iriri’s co-defendant, Michael Adegoke, 33, also a Nigerian national, was arrested in Atlanta Nov. 3.


    11/20/2015

    DALLAS, TX



    TRANSNATIONAL GANGS


    52 additional members, associates of various white supremacist organizations arrested in Texas during second phase of drug conspiracy investigation
    Following are the defendants who are charged in this superseding indictment: Ramon Aguilar; Christopher Alexander; William Lee Benham; Eric Scott Benson; Ronnie Mikel Brown; Jonas Carrera; Hugo Ivan Castaneda; John Anthony Chavez Jr.; Justo Salvador Chavez Jr.; Micah Torrence Dees; Abraham Dimas Jr.; Tina Wynette Easley; Crissy Lynn Evans; Taylor Maxlynn Fletcher; Joe Lee Foard, Jr.; Michael William Getsinger; Alejandro Gonzalez; Quincy John Goodson; Michael Thor Guinn; Tommy Dare Hancock; David Lesley Holt; David Wayne Holt; Brennan Nicole House; Desirae Ann Houser; Beau James Jarnagin; Jeff Jeremy Johnston; Kory Wade Kloecker; Jimmy David Lance; Samantha Ladell Largent; Blake Allen Long-Rockey; Ricardo Garcia Medina; Benjamin Matthew Melton; Craig Don Mueller; Brian Casey Mullins; Stacy Wayne Myers; James Marshall Nation; Wendy Renee Neal; Mackenzie Nelson; Raymond Anthony Nichols; Shanna Lynn Palmer; Christian Perez; Francisco Manuel Radamez-Nava; Jorge Ramirez; Bruce Chance Rash; John James Rumfield; Jackie Lemonds Segura; Brandon Kyle Smith; Alicia Gale Tambourine; Jamie Lynn Tucker; Troy Anthony Wallace; Roger Wayne Whitworth Jr.; and John Fitzgerald Yates (deceased).


    11/20/2015

    WASHINGTON, DC



    INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS


    ICE, CBP issue warning ahead of shopping season
    Counterfeit electronics that overheat due to improper manufacture, fake bicycle helmets that break upon impact and phony cosmetics that lead to skin ailments are just a few examples of knock-off items sold online that present a serious health and safety risk. Seasonal items like holiday lights can also be counterfeit, poorly wired and ignite fires.


    11/20/2015

    PHOENIX, AZ



    CHILD EXPLOITATION


    Phoenix man ordered to serve 14-year sentence for child exploitation offenses
    An Awatukee man was sentenced to a 14-year prison term Thursday for trading and receiving child pornography, following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).



    11/19/2015

    LAS CRUCES, NM



    CHILD EXPLOITATION


    Texas man sentenced in New Mexico to 10 years for child exploitation
    Juan Hernandez, 46, of El Paso, Texas, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison, to be followed by 15 years of supervised release. He must also register as a sex offender when he completes his prison sentence.


    11/19/2015

    PROVIDENCE, RI



    HUMAN SMUGGLING/TRAFFICKING


    Rhode Island man pleads guilty to sex trafficking and heroin conspiracy
    Damien Beverly, 29, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy, two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution and one count of conspiracy to distribute heroin.


    11/19/2015

    SAN JUAN, <acronym title="Google Page Ranking">PR</acronym>



    NARCOTICS


    Defense attorney of notorious drug lord sentenced to 5 years
    Ramon M. Negron-Colón, 65, of Bayamon, is an attorney licensed to practice law in Puerto Rico. He represented the notorious Puerto Rican drug lord Jose D. Figueroa-Agosto in judicial proceedings in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.


    11/18/2015

    TOPEKA, KS



    CHILD EXPLOITATION


    Kansas man sentenced to 150 months for distributing child pornography
    Tucker J. Newman, 48, of Topeka, Kan., pleaded guilty to one count of distributing child pornography. In his plea he admitted he sent child pornography to an undercover investigator in California.



    11/17/2015

    NORFOLK, VA



    INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS


    Operator of music piracy website sentenced to 3 years in prison
    Rocky P. Ouprasith, 23, was also sentenced to two years of supervised release, and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $45,288.62, and forfeit $50,851.05. He is the first cyberlocker operator in the U.S. to receive a criminal copyright infringement sentence.


    11/17/2015

    MCALLEN, TX



    HUMAN SMUGGLING/TRAFFICKING


    South Texas human smuggler gets 71-month enhanced sentence
    Oscar Ivan Romero-Martinez, 33, of Tamaulipas, Mexico, was sentenced to 71 months in prison for his offenses.


    11/17/2015

    BROWNSVILLE, TX



    CONTRABAND


    Texas man sentenced to 15 years for importing methamphetamine
    Derrick Hargrove, 35, from Houston, was sentenced to 180 months imprisonment for trafficking 4.99 kilograms of methamphetamine. His sentence will be followed by five years of supervised release.


    11/17/2015

    CORPUS CHRISTI, TX



    CONTRABAND


    Southwest Texas man sentenced to 3 years in prison possessing crack cocaine
    Shane Lucas Winn, 34, was sentenced to 36 months in federal prison to be followed by three years of supervised release. In handing down the sentence, the court noted the sincerity of the defendant in wanting to turn his life around for his kids. Winn had noted that he did not want his children to grow up without a father like him and make the same bad choices as he had done. Winn pleaded guilty Aug. 31.



    11/17/2015

    ROANOKE, VA



    HUMAN SMUGGLING/TRAFFICKING


    Franklin County man sentenced to 15 years for human trafficking
    Tremayne Rontae Kirby, 25, pleaded guilty in August to one count of human trafficking and one count of using interstate commerce to promote an enterprise involving prostitution. Kirby must also pay $11,000 in restitution to an individual listed as “Victim One” in the indictment.


    11/17/2015

    MINNEAPOLIS, MN



    DOCUMENT AND BENEFIT FRAUD


    Minnesota couple pleads guilty to $1.8 million income tax fraud
    Mark Alin Hammerschmidt, 48, of Prior Lake, Minnesota, pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to defraud the United States. Ornella Angelina Hammerschmidt, 36, also of Prior Lake, pleaded guilty to one count of tax fraud.


    11/17/2015

    MUNCIE, IN



    CULTURAL PROPERTY, ART AND ANTIQUITIES INVESTIGATIONS


    ICE HSI partners with Ball State University and the David Owsley Museum of Art to recover a hidden idol stolen from India
    Representatives from the David Owsley Museum of Art at Ball State University transferred Monday a religious relic known as a Festival Bronze of Shiva and Parvati to the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).


    11/17/2015

    SACRAMENTO, CA



    CHILD EXPLOITATION


    California man ordered to serve 15-year sentence for child pornography offenses
    Daniel L. Bonnett, 40, of Sacramento, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez. According to court documents, between Jan. 27, 2013, and Feb. 14, 2013, Bonnett sent and received images depicting the sexual exploitation of children over peer-to-peer file sharing networks and by using other Internet applications.



    11/17/2015

    LAS CRUCES, NM



    NARCOTICS


    2 El Salvadoran men arrested in New Mexico on federal drug trafficking charges
    Jose Remberto Guzman-Dominguez, 33, and Miguel Angel Rodriguez-Flores, 47, were arrested Nov. 14 on a criminal complaint by HSI special agents after officers of the New Mexico Motor Transportation Police allegedly found about 124 pounds of cocaine in their tractor-trailer.


    11/16/2015

    WASHINGTON, DC



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    DEA Announces "360 Strategy" to Address Heroin, Prescription Drugs and Violent Crime

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    The United States Drug Enforcement Administration today announced Pittsburgh as the pilot city for a comprehensive law enforcement and prevention "360 Strategy" to help cities dealing with a heroin and prescription drug abuse epidemic, and its associated violent crime. DEA Special Agent in Charge for the Philadelphia Division, Gary Tuggle made the announcement along with United States Attorney David J. Hickton of the Western District of Pennsylvania and several local and federal agencies and organizations working in the fields of law enforcement, pharmacology and substance abuse prevention and treatment.


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