Thread: ICE's top 5 news stories for the week ending May 9, 2014

I.C.E. News Release

MAY 12, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC

ICE's top 5 news stories for the week ending May 9, 2014

May 9, 2014 – SEVP report provides snapshot of international students studying in US

The Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP), part of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), released "SEVIS by the Numbers," a quarterly report of international students studying in the United States, May 7. Full Story

May 7, 2014 – ICE San Antonio deports Salvadoran woman suspected of extortion

A woman gang member from El Salvador, who is wanted in her home country for extortion, was deported May 6 by officers with ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO). Full Story

May 5, 2014 – Mass shooting in 2013 averted by Houston HSI special agent

Most of us don't know how we will respond to a true crisis. HSI Special Agent Matthew Malmquist never has to wonder how he will respond. Full Story

May 8, 2014 – Owner of English language school sentenced for immigration fraud

The former head of an English language school in Duluth, Ga., and a co-conspirator have been sentenced for bringing illegal aliens into the country and issuing them fraudulent immigration documents following an investigation by HSI and the FBI. Full Story

May 7, 2014 – Minnesota man charged with immigration fraud for failing to disclose his crimes and military service in Bosnia during the Bosnian conflict

A former member of the armed forces of the Croatian Defense Council in Bosnia-Herzegovina was arrested May 7 on immigration fraud charges following an investigation led by HSI St. Paul and the FBI's Minneapolis Field Office. Full Story

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F.B.I. Breaking News
05.12.14
Headquarters: Director Comey thanks law enforcement colleagues in Police Week message.
05.09.14
New Haven: Physical therapist indicted on additional health care fraud, tax charges.
05.09.14
Newark: Former CEO of oil services company indicted on foreign bribery charges.

D.E.A. LATEST NEWS

MAY 09	(MIAMI, FL.) Alleged International Narcotics Trafficker Extradited from Honduras
MAY 09	(ALEXANDRIA, Va.) Illegal Drug Company Gallant Pharma and Co-Founder Sentenced
MAY 09	(BROOKLYN, N.Y.) Alleged Rizzuto Organized Crime Family Associate Sentenced
MAY 08	(ORLANDO, Fla.) Florida Men Indicted for Synthetic Drug Distribution
MAY 07	(LOS ANGELES) Top Players in South L.A. Gang Plead Guilty to Racketeering Charges

A.T.F. NEWS

• Baltimore Man Exiled to 10 Years in Prison for Possessing a Gun to Engage in Drug Trafficking
  Posted on 05/12/14
  Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Catherine C. Blake sentenced Trevor Cox, age 21, of Baltimore, today to 10 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime. The sentence was announced by United ...
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• 05/12/14
  Sacramento Men Indicted in Three Federal Cases for Drug and Firearm Offenses
• 05/09/14
  Three Charged in Connection With Armed Robbery In Town of Newburgh, New York
• 05/09/14
  New Hampshire Men Sentenced For Heroin Trafficking Conspiracy
• 05/09/14
  Philadelphia Man Sentenced to 38 Months in Federal Prison for Gun and Drug Crimes in Barre

Headlines News coverage of the U.S. Marshals

	Fugitive Denied Bail in London
	Article Features the Cleveland Office’s Female Employees
	Kidnapping Suspect Arrested in Florida
	Connecticut Murder Suspect Arrested
	Task Force Arrests Suspect in Mississippi Homicide
	North Carolina Man Arrested for Assault with Deadly Weapon

Private Security Guard Sentenced for Providing Armed Security for Drug Transaction
Monday, May 12, 2014
A former private security guard was sentenced in the District of Puerto Rico today for his role in providing armed security for a drug transaction.
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Minnesota Man Indicted for Sexual Assault on U.S. Air Force Base in Okinawa, Japan
Monday, May 12, 2014
A Minnesota man who worked at Kadena Air Force Base in Okinawa, Japan, was indicted today in the District of Minnesota on charges of sexual abuse, production of child pornography and possession of child pornography.
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Former New York Tax Liens Investment Company Executive Pleads Guilty for Role in Bid Rigging Scheme at Municipal Tax Lien Auctions
Monday, May 12, 2014
A former New York-based tax liens company executive pleaded guilty today for his role in a conspiracy to rig bids at auctions conducted by New Jersey municipalities for the sale of tax liens.
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Three Florida Residents Sentenced for Mail Fraud in Connection with Misprepresenting Business Opportunities
Monday, May 12, 2014
Three individuals who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud in connection with operating a series of fraudulent business opportunity companies were sentenced in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
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Florida Doctor Sentenced for Federal Tax Crimes
Friday, May 9, 2014
Dr. Patricia Lynn Hough, of Englewood, Florida, was sentenced today to serve two years in prison and three years supervised release by U.S. District Court Judge John Steele in Fort Myers, Florida, for conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) by concealing millions of dollars in assets and income in offshore bank accounts at UBS and other foreign banks, and for filing false individual income tax returns which failed to report the existence of those foreign accounts or the income earned in those accounts.
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