Thread: ICE's top 5 news stories for the week ending September 11, 2015

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09/14/2015


ICE's top 5 news stories for the week ending September 11, 2015




September 10, 2015 – Imposter attorney, 2 others charged in marriage fraud scheme
A Santa Fe Springs man who posed as an attorney and his daughter were arrested Wednesday morning for allegedly orchestrating an elaborate immigration fraud scheme in which Chinese nationals paid tens of thousands of dollars to be "married" to United States citizens. Full Story

September 9, 2015 – Investigation results in 40-year prison sentence for Maryland music teacher who sexually abused children
As summer ends and another school year begins, parents, teachers, school administrators and other caregivers would be wise to take note of a recent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) investigation that led to a Maryland teacher being sentenced to 40 years in prison for sexually abusing 15 children. The story was featured in People magazine. Full Story

September 4, 2015 – ICE removes MS-13 gang member sought for assassination of Salvadoran prosecutor
A Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang member captured recently in the Los Angeles area who is wanted in his native El Salvador for his role in the assassination of a government prosecutor, was removed to his home country Friday by ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO). Full Story

September 11, 2015 – HSI Special Agent Shares September 11 Memories
HSI Special Agent James (Jamie) Deboer will never forget that Tuesday morning when his phone rang.Full Story

September 11, 2015 – Operation Bad Grades net 32 arrests for fraud
Thirty-one individuals were arrested for conspiring to commit mail fraud, theft of government money and property and aggravated identity theft. The arrests took place following a joint probe by HSI, FBI and the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of the Inspector General dubbed Bad Grades. Full Story

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I.C.E. News Releases

09/11/2015

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FINANCIAL CRIMES


Operation Bad Grades net 32 arrests for fraud
The 72-count indictment includes 26 counts for mail fraud, one count for theft of public money and 45 counts for aggravated identity theft. The mail fraud charges relate to payments made through the U.S. mail system to Rocket Learning, Inc., for fraudulent invoices to the Puerto Rico Department of Education.


09/11/2015

JACKSONVILLE, FL

FIREARMS, AMMUNITION & EXPLOSIVES

Man arrested in connection with planned attack on Sept. 11 memorial event
“As our nation remembers the attacks on our nation 14 years ago, this arrest and investigation highlight the cooperation between local, state and federal law enforcement, ensuring the safety of our citizens,” said Marc J. Moore, field office director for the Miami Field Office of ERO.


09/11/2015

WASHINGTON D.C., DC



OPERATIONAL


HSI Special Agent Shares September 11 Memories
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent James (Jamie) Deboer will never forget that Tuesday morning when his phone rang.



09/10/2015

PHILADELPHIA, PA



DOCUMENT AND BENEFIT FRAUD


Imposter immigration attorney charged with defrauding clients
Leaford George Cameron is facing mail fraud, wire fraud and false statement charges for the fraud scheme, and HSI authorities are seeking any additional “clients” who could have been victimized by the alleged imposter attorney.


09/10/2015

SACRAMENTO, CA



CHILD EXPLOITATION


Northern California man sentenced to 8 years in prison for receiving child pornography
Jason B. Scarcello, 45, of Anderson, appeared before U.S. District Judge Troy Nunley. According to court documents, between April and June 2012, Scarcello used a file-sharing program to download multiple movies depicting the sexual exploitation of children. Scarcello was arrested July 25, 2012, after agents executed a federal search warrant at his residence and discovered CDs and DVDs containing sexually explicit images and videos of children.


09/10/2015

MADISON, WI



ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


Mexican national sentenced to 2 years in federal prison for illegal re-entry
Carlos Valencia-Zepeda, 34, of Mexico, was sentenced Sept. 9 by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 18 months in federal prison for illegally reentering the United States after having been deported, which is a felony. Valencia-Zepeda pleaded guilty to the charge July 7.


09/10/2015

NEWARK, NJ



OPERATIONAL


New Jersey man pleads to terror conspiracy to support ISIL
NEWARK, N.J. — A New Jersey man pleaded in federal court Thursday to charges he conspired to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization.




09/10/2015

SAN DIEGO, CA



ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


ICE removes man sought for rape in Mexico
Tiburicio Juarez Chavez, 28, formerly of Encinitas, was transferred by San Diego-based officers from the ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Special Response Team to the custody of representatives from Mexican Procuraduria General de la Republica (PGR) and Mexican immigration officials at the San Ysidro Port of Entry. Juarez is charged in an arrest warrant issued in June with an aggravated rape committed in Oaxaca, Mexico, in May 2013.


09/10/2015

LOS ANGELES, CA



DOCUMENT AND BENEFIT FRAUD


Imposter attorney, 2 others charged in marriage fraud scheme
Chinese clients allegedly paid up to $50,000 for sham ‘green card’ marriages.


09/09/2015

ALBUQUERQUE, NM



FIREARMS, AMMUNITION & EXPLOSIVES


NM man sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison for drug trafficking, illegally possessing firearms
Jean Claud Mills, 32, was arrested May 16, 2014, on a criminal complaint charging him with possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, and using and carrying a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Mills subsequently was indicted on those same charges June 11, 2014.


09/09/2015

SPRINGFIELD, MO



CHILD EXPLOITATION


Missouri man sentenced to 17½ years in federal prison for producing child pornography
David Albert, 50, of Springfield, pleaded guilty March 11 to sexually exploiting a child to produce child pornography.



09/09/2015

WICHITA, KS



WORKSITE ENFORCEMENT


Indian couple living illegally in Kansas pleads guilty to employing illegal aliens
Satishkumar A. Patel, 47, and Daxaben S. Patel, 36, both of McPherson, Kansas, entered their guilty pleas Sept. 9.


09/09/2015

WASHINGTON, DC



CHILD EXPLOITATION


Investigation results in 40-year prison sentence for Maryland music teacher who sexually abused children
Lawrence Joynes, 56, of Dundalk, Maryland, sexually abused 14 children in kindergarten through second grade in his classroom at the New Hampshire Estates Elementary school in Silver Spring, Maryland, where he was a music teacher. In the 1990s, Joynes also sexually abused another child, who is now an adult.


09/09/2015

NEW YORK, NY



NARCOTICS


ICE HSI investigation leads to arrests of members of rival Bronx street gangs for murder, narcotics and firearms offenses
HSI, DEA and NYPD officers arrested 17 members and associates of the Taylor Avenue Crew and Leland Avenue Crew: James Capers, 22, Tommy Brown, 20, Jesse Irvin, 24, Edwin Moye, 24, Unique Christopher, 19, Dante Rodgers, 21, Irvin Ortiz, 27, Elijah Davila, 23, Ricardo Garcia, 24, Pablo Chevere, 32, Gladys Morales, 34, Kenneth Mercado, 25, and Andrea Bell, 41.


09/08/2015

DETROIT, MI



ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


ICE arrests 79 in 2-state operation targeting criminal aliens, public safety threats
Seventy eight of the foreign nationals taken into custody by ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers during the enforcement action, which concluded Thursday, had prior criminal convictions, with the exception of one, who’s being charged federally with reentry after deportation.



09/08/2015

FRESNO, CA



CHILD EXPLOITATION


Fresno-area man sentenced to 8 years in prison for distributing child pornography
Ernest Garza Reyes, 32, of Madera, appeared before U.S. District Judge Anthony W. Ishii. According to court documents, from July 2, 2011, through Dec. 1, 2011, Reyes sent and received over 200 email messages containing more than 2,800 images depicting minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct. The images also involved the portrayal of sadistic and masochistic violence, and included depictions of prepubescent minors. Reyes was charged with receiving or distributing child pornography on May 9, 2013, and pleaded guilty to this charge on Sept. 8, 2014.


09/08/2015

AMARILLO, TX



CHILD EXPLOITATION


Panhandle Texas man sentenced to more than 2 years in federal prison for sending obscene material to a minor
Bassam Arif Al Zarkani, 33, of Dumas, Texas, has been in custody since his arrest in April.


09/04/2015

SAN JOSE, CA



DOCUMENT AND BENEFIT FRAUD


4 Bay Area residents charged in wide-ranging visa fraud and money laundering scheme
Ragini Vecham, 36, of Cupertino; Kishore Pallapothu, 42, of Cupertino; Satyanarayana Tota, 45, of Sunnyvale; and Ramana Reddy, 44, of Sunnyvale, were indicted Wednesday and turned themselves in to the U.S. Marshals Service the following day.


09/04/2015

WASHINGTON, DC



INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS


ICE, CBP leadership emphasize collaboration in trade enforcement
Personnel from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection gathered this week to receive key training in the prevention of textile trade fraud that threatens the U.S. economy, restricts the competitiveness of U.S. industry and endangers the health and safety of the American public.



09/04/2015

WASHINGTON, DC



OPERATIONAL


ICE's top 5 news stories for the week ending September 4, 2015
ICE's top 5 news stories for the week ending September 4, 2015


09/04/2015

CORPUS CHRISTI, TX



CHILD EXPLOITATION


Southeast Texas man arrested for allegedly coercing a minor
Calvin Nesmith, 28, of Rockport, was arrested Sept. 4 upon filing of the criminal complaint. He is expected to make his initial appearance the same day before U.S. Magistrate Judge B. Janice Ellington.


09/04/2015

MISSOULA, MT



CHILD EXPLOITATION


New York man sentenced in Western Montana to 15 years in federal prison for advertising child pornography
Chief U.S. District Court Judge Dana L. Christensen sentenced David Woods, 38, of Corfu, New York, following a May 22 hearing, in which Woods pleaded guilty to the crime.

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Four Men Indicted Federally in the Wake of an Increase in Gun Violence in West Palm Beach
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

ATF National Response Team Deploys to Sturgis, SD Fire Investigation
St. Paul Field Division


ATF NRT Concludes Investigation of Grand Hotel Fire
Louisville Field Division


South Jersey Woman Sentenced to 15 Months in Prison for Role in Conspiracy to Traffic Guns from North Carolina to New Jersey
Newark Field Division


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Nashville Field Division


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Nashville Field Division


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Kansas City Field Division


Armed Home Invader Pleads Guilty To Robbery Charge
New York Field Division


WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 09, 2015

Gangster Disciples Member Receives 120 Months in Federal Prison
Nashville Field Division


Dallas County Men Receive Long Federal Prison Sentences for Committing Armed Robbery of Subway Restaurant in Richardson, Texas, Last Year
Dallas Field Division


ATF NRT Activated In Joint Fire Investigation of 28 Unit, Multi-Family Condominium Complex
New Orleans Field Division


Defendants Arrested with Guns in Baltimore City Face Federal Charges in 14 Separate Cases
Baltimore Field Division


Defendants in Wentzville Pawn Store Burglary Sentenced
Kansas City Field Division


East St. Louis Man Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking, Firearms Offenses, and Obstruction of Justice
Chicago Field Division


TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 08, 2015

Detroit Gang Leader Sentenced to 35 Years for Violent Racketeering-Related Crimes
Detroit Field Division

Headlines News coverage of the U.S. Marshals

	Drug sweep underway in West Virginia; Marshals assist
	Marshals looking for most wanted female fugitive in Detroit
	Georgia murder suspect arrested in Platteville
	Suspected parole violator arrested in Reno after brief standoff
	Second arrest made in Miami-Dade police-involved shooting
	Manhunt goes nationwide for escaped inmate
	Man arrested after shooting in Kingstree
	Michigan man wanted for sexual assault caught in CA
	Gratitude owed for diligence of U.S. Marshals

JUSTICE NEWS



U.S. Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch Delivers Remarks at Press Conference with Attorney General Michael Lauber of Switzerland
Monday, September 14, 2015




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