I.C.E. News Releases

February 2009

2/27/2009 Los Angeles, CA ICE agents seek information on bogus law enforcement badges

2/27/2009 New York, NY Ghanaian suspected of human rights violations

2/26/2009 Philadelphia, PA Business owner sentenced to 5 years for money laundering

2/26/2009 Tampa, FL Money launderer guilty in Tampa

2/26/2009 New York, NY ICE agents and U.S. Marshals arrest a fugitive drug trafficker

2/25/2009 Fresno, CA 100 Central Valley gang members arrested by ICE in last yearMedia Gallery

2/25/2009 San Francisco, CA Sons of former Philippine military comptroller charged with bulk cash smuggling

2/25/2009 Salt Lake City, UT Defendants sentenced in Samoan adoption scam

2/25/2009 Milwakee, WI Former Bosnian Serb soldier sentenced

2/25/2009 San Angelo, TX Arrests dismantle Mexican Mafia

2/25/2009 Washington, DC Virginia man pleads guilty to harboring Indonesian aliens

2/25/2009 Newark, NJ Chinese national pleads guilty to conspiring to export military-grade night-vision technology to China

2/25/2009 Dallas, TX New program enhances identifying and deporting criminal aliens in more north Texas law enforcement agencies

2/24/2009 Los Angeles, CA Former LAX elevator mechanic sentenced to 3 years for human smuggling

2/24/2009 Bellingham, WA 28 illegal workers at Bellingham company arrested in ICE operation

2/23/2009 Raleigh, SC South Carolina predator sentenced to 60 years in prison

2/23/2009 Bakersfield, CA DMV and ICE dismantle major Bakersfield counterfeit document ringMedia Gallery

2/23/2009 Philadelphia, PA Pornography trader sentenced to 78 months

2/23/2009 Miami, FL Salvadoran defense minister charged with immigration violations following ICE investigation

2/20/2009 Tulsa, OK Aircraft forfeiture sought following marijuana smuggling seizure at Tulsa airportMedia Gallery

2/19/2009 Charlotte, NC 10 gang members arrested following ICE-led operation in Charlotte

2/18/2009 Tucson, AZ ICE investigation leads to conviction for Tucson drug smuggler

2/18/2009 Seattle, WA Washington state man pleads guilty to selling counterfeit goods on the InternetMedia Gallery

2/18/2009 Palmdale, CA Palmdale, Calif., recognized as IMAGE partnerMedia Gallery

2/17/2009 Washington, DC Texas man sentenced to 41 months for $1 million in counterfeit software sales on Web sitesMedia Gallery

2/17/2009 Philadelphia, PA Operator of Pennsylvania temporary employment agency sentenced to 70 months for conspiracy to commit money laundering

2/13/2009 Los Angeles, CA ICE and U.S. Marshals capture 2 fleeing foreign murder suspectsMedia Gallery

2/13/2009 Buffalo, NY 3 indicted for smuggling marijuana

2/13/2009 New York, NY ICE arrests NYPD officer for money laundering scheme

2/13/2009 Alexandria, VA Northern Virginia attorney found guilty in connection with a large-scale immigration fraud scheme

2/12/2009 Phoenix, AZ ICE praises companies for meeting standards of agency's IMAGE program

2/12/2009 Des Moines, IA 11 arrested, indicted in multi-state visa fraud operationMedia Gallery

2/12/2009 Dallas, TX Local home health care agency owner sentenced to nearly 4 years in prison

2/12/2009 Sacramento, CA Sacramento man pleads guilty to identity theft and bank fraud

2/11/2009 Laredo, TX ICE and CBP return 334 pre-Columbian artifacts to Peruvian governmentMedia Gallery

2/11/2009 Seattle, WA Historic antique vehicle returned to FranceMedia Gallery

2/11/2009 Los Angeles, CA 5 defendants convicted of sex trafficking for forcing Guatemalan girls and women into prostitution

2/11/2009 Chicago, IL Defrocked Catholic priest gets 25 years for sexually abusing a boy for years

2/11/2009 Greenbelt, MD Immigration attorney convicted in fraudulent asylum scheme

2/11/2009 Detroit, MI Chinese food restaurant owners sentenced for harboring illegal aliens

2/10/2009 Boston, MA Boston area man sentenced to 7.5 years in federal prison for laundering drug money

2/9/2009 Wichita, KS Wichita-area former teacher sentenced to 13 years in prisonMedia Gallery

2/9/2009 Sacramento, CA Final defendant sentenced in ICE worksite probe targeting northern California restaurants

2/9/2009 Boise, ID Idaho man sentenced to 14 years in prison for possession of child pornography

2/9/2009 San Juan, PR ICE nabs drug swallower at the LMM San Juan airport

2/6/2009 Detroit, MI ICE investigations lead to human smuggling sentences in Canadian court

2/6/2009 Fresno, CA Missouri man charged with traveling to California to engage in sex with minor he met on Xbox Live

2/6/2009 Philadelphia, PA Pennsylvania woman sentenced for role in asylum fraud

2/6/2009 San Juan, PR 2,000 pieces of counterfeit goods including Coach, Lacoste and Tous seized in Old San Juan following ICE
investigation

2/5/2009 Denver, CO Accused murderer of a Mexican police officer and his wife is deportedMedia Gallery

2/5/2009 Austin, TX 8 more arrested in connection with San Marcos-based alien smuggling ring

2/5/2009 Boston, MA Man who fled accusations of human rights violations sentenced

2/5/2009 Boston, MA 2 German nationals and a German company indicted for conspiring to export U.S. origin goods to Iran

2/5/2009 Houston, TX Houston man indicted for possessing child pornography

2/4/2009 El Paso, TX Mexican man deported; wanted in Sonora for possessing military-type weaponsMedia Gallery

2/4/2009 Fontana, CA Task force agents seize $1.5 million pot shipment concealed inside donkey yard statuesMedia Gallery

2/4/2009 Boston, MA Milford teacher charged with possession of child pornography

2/4/2009 Cedar Rapids, IA Fugitive restaurant owner arrested 2 years after he skipped sentencing

2/3/2009 Miami, FL ICE arrests 117 Florida residents in targeted immigration fugitive operation

2/3/2009 Atlanta, GA ICE Fugitive Operations Teams net 95 arrests in Georgia and the Carolinas

2/2/2009 San Juan, PR Puerto Rican man sentenced to 30 years in prison for possession and production of child porn

2/2/2009 San Juan, PR Puerto Rican man found guilty for sexually enticing a minor following ICE investigation

2/2/2009 San Antonio, TX New program enhances identifying and deporting criminal aliens in 6 southwest Texas counties

Last Modified: 3/1/ 2009
U.S. Department of Homeland Security

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