Thread: ICE's top 5 news stories for the week ending August 28, 2015

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ICE's top 5 news stories for the week ending August 28, 2015




August 25, 2015 – ICE takes down alleged online prostitution ring, CEO arrested

The CEO of a purported online male escort service and six current or former employees were arrested for allegedly operating an international online prostitution ring. The arrests follow an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). Full Story

August 26, 2015 – ICE arrests West Texas 1st grade teacher on child pornography charge

A federal magistrate ordered a West Texas 1st grade school teacher detained without bond Aug. 25 on charges of possessing child pornography. HSI special agents are investigating this case. Full Story

August 26, 2015 – Accused Mexican ‘Christmas’ killer captured near Yuba City returned to Mexico to face murder charges

A Mexican national captured recently in northern California, who is wanted for a fatal Christmas day shooting in Guadalajara four years ago, was turned over to Mexican law enforcement officials by ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers Aug. 26 at the San Ysidro border crossing south of San Diego. Full Story

August 28, 2015 – MS-13 member deported to face aggravated murder charges in El Salvador

A Salvadoran man wanted on charges in his home country for aggravated homicide and membership in an illicit group was deported earlier this month by ERO officers. Full Story

August 25, 2015 – US, Brazilian officials conduct bilateral export, border security training

More than 30 law enforcement and government officials from the United States and Brazil completed a four-day bilateral export control and border security training program hosted in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.Full Story

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I.C.E. News Releases


08/28/2015

BALTIMORE, MD

ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


MS-13 member deported to face aggravated murder charges in El Salvador
According to Salvadoran authorities Luis Antonio Garcia Garcia, 38, is a confirmed member of Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13. Among MS-13 members, Garcia goes by the moniker “El Shaggy”. He is wanted in El Salvador for aggravated homicide related to an incident on April 12, 2008 when Garcia allegedly shot a male victim multiple times, resulting in the victim’s death on the scene.


08/28/2015

JACKSONVILLE, FL

DOCUMENT AND BENEFIT FRAUD

4 Jacksonville residents plead guilty to immigration fraud
Mark Laurence Barlaan, 36, and Winnie Rabaya Barlaan, 65, pleaded guilty to marriage fraud and face a maximum penalty of five years each in federal prison. Peter Laforteza Barlaan, 63, pleaded guilty to immigration document fraud; and, Mary Helen Amaba Barlaan, 32, pleaded guilty to obtaining U.S. citizenship by fraud.


08/27/2015

LAREDO, TX

ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


South Texas ICE officers deport Salvadoran man wanted for aggravated homicide
Victoriano Enrique Larios, 30, was flown to El Salvador Aug. 27 onboard a charter flight coordinated by ICE’s Air Operations (IAO) Unit. Upon arrival, Larios was turned over to officials from the El Salvador’s Policia Nacional Civil (PNC).



08/27/2015

SCRANTON, PA



CHILD EXPLOITATION


Pennsylvania man who sexually abused 6-year-old sentenced to more than 22 years
Robert Ferraro, 45, previously pleaded guilty in May 2015 to using and persuading a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing images. Between August 2013 and January 2015 Ferraro admitted to sexually abusing a 6-year-old child, videotaping the abuse, and uploading the video to the internet.


08/27/2015

WILMINGTON, DE



CHILD EXPLOITATION


US airman sentenced to 6 years for child pornography
Sean Mooney served as a senior airman stationed at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, when he was arrested by HSI special agents with assistance from OSI officials in January 2014 for charges of enticing a minor and transporting child pornography.


08/26/2015

PECOS, TX



CHILD EXPLOITATION


ICE arrests West Texas 1st grade teacher on child pornography charge
Javier Carlos Arteta Franco, 57, has been in custody since Aug. 19 when HSI special agents based in Alpine, Texas, arrested him at his apartment in Fort Stockton, Texas.


08/26/2015

WASHINGTON, DC



ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


ICE removes 2 Brazilians, 1 convicted of drug trafficking and the other of murdering a city official
Marseno Augusto Martins, 51, and Evandro Sergio Pais-Franca, 57, were turned over to Brazilian law enforcement authorities upon their respective arrivals at Belo Horizonte Airport in Brazil on Aug. 17 and 18.



08/26/2015

SACRAMENTO, CA



ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


Accused Mexican ‘Christmas’ killer captured near Yuba City returned to Mexico to face murder charges
Diego Oswaldo Jauregui-Rosales, 31, was transferred by ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers to the custody of representatives from the Mexican Attorney General’s Office.


08/26/2015

NEWARK, NJ



DOCUMENT AND BENEFIT FRAUD


Virginia man sentenced in New Jersey for conspiracy to obtain unlawful documents for illegal aliens
Ho-Man Lee, 43, of Alexandria, Virginia, previously pleaded guilty to one count of a superseding indictment charging him with conspiring to unlawfully produce identification documents.


08/25/2015

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL



OPERATIONAL


US, Brazilian officials conduct bilateral export, border security training
The training, which was funded by Department of State's Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) program, included officials from Brazil's Federal Police, Attorney General's Office, Customs and Tax Authority, the Federal Highway Police, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Science and Technology.


08/25/2015

PANAMA CITY, FL



CHILD EXPLOITATION


Florida man convicted on child pornography charges
At trial, the government presented evidence that, on three occasions in September, October and November 2013, Charles Heath Stewart, 42, of Grand Ridge, knowingly enticed a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing a visual depiction. Additionally, evidence presented at trial showed that Stewart knowingly possessed pornographic images of children.



08/25/2015

PENSACOLA, FL



DOCUMENT AND BENEFIT FRAUD


Pensacola man indicted on multiple federal charges
The naturalization indictment alleges that in November 2011, Herdeypal Singh Bhatti, 41, of Pensacola, knowingly and falsely indicated on his naturalization application that he never failed to file a required federal income tax return and that he did not owe overdue federal taxes.


08/25/2015

FORT WORTH, TX



CHILD EXPLOITATION


Registered sex offender sentenced in Fort Worth to 40 years in federal prison for producing child pornography
Mark Anthony Pape, 24, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Terry R. Means to 40 years in federal prison.


08/25/2015

DALLAS, TX



ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


ICE Dallas officers deport Salvadoran woman wanted for aggravated extortion
Katherine Giselle Ortiz Gutierrez, 18, was flown to El Salvador Aug. 21 onboard a charter flight coordinated by ICE’s Air Operations (IAO) Unit. Upon arrival, Ortiz Gutierrez was turned over to officials from the El Salvador’s Policia Nacional Civil (PNC).


08/25/2015

DALLAS, TX



INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS


Record distributor pleads guilty in Dallas to copyright infringement charges
Arizona resident, Melek Ackay Portillo, 52, who owns Angelica's Record Distributors, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul D. Stickney to two counts of copyright infringement, stipulating that she willfully reproduced or distributed numerous copyrighted sound recordings on CDs without authorization from the copyright holders.



08/25/2015

NEW YORK, NY



FINANCIAL CRIMES


ICE takes down alleged online prostitution ring, CEO arrested
Jeffrey Hurant, CEO of Rentboy.com, and six others were charged by criminal complaint, unsealed Tuesday in Brooklyn federal court, with conspiring to violate the Travel Act by promoting prostitution.


08/24/2015

ST. THOMAS, VI



HUMAN SMUGGLING/TRAFFICKING


French national pleads guilty to 30 counts of alien smuggling
According to court records, Alain Rene Leichtnam, 71, was arrested April 29 when CBP and Coast Guard assets intercepted a sailing vessel heading toward Coral Bay in St. John, Virgin Islands. Leichtnam admitted that he transported the Cuban nationals to the United States for financial gain knowing that such conduct was illegal.


08/24/2015

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CHILD EXPLOITATION


ICE arrests PRPD officer for possession, receipt of child pornography
Claude L. Merced-Aponte, 49, was arrested without incident at his place of residence in Aguas Buenas.


08/24/2015

GULFPORT, MS



FINANCIAL CRIMES


Nigerian man sentenced to 20 years for role in $50 million fraud scheme
Teslim Olarewaju Kiriji, 30, a Nigerian citizen residing in Brownsburg, Indiana, received the maximum penalty for his conviction on the felony charge of conspiracy to commit money laundering.



08/24/2015

WASHINGTON, DC



OPERATIONAL


ICE's top 5 news stories for the week ending August 21, 2015
ICE's top 5 news stories for the week ending August 21, 2015


08/24/2015

DALLAS, TX



FINANCIAL CRIMES


North Texas man sentenced to nearly 8 years in federal prison for role in tax refund fraud scheme
Reminco Zhangazha was sentenced by U.S. District Judge David C. Godbey to 93 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $2,648,334 in restitution.


08/21/2015

LUBBOCK, TX



CHILD EXPLOITATION


West Texas man sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for using Facebook chat to entice girls to have sex with him
According to documents filed in this case, beginning in March 2014 and continuing to about mid-December 2014, Jose Angel Zapata, 24, of San Angelo, Texas, engaged in a relationship with “Jane Doe 2.” He used Facebook chat, in which he knowingly attempted to persuade, induce and entice Jane Doe 2 to have sex with him.


08/21/2015

LAREDO, TX



CHILD EXPLOITATION


2 South Texas men sentenced to years in federal prison in separate child pornography cases
Edmundo Cardenas, 23, a U.S. permanent resident from Mexico, and Luis Pena-Rios, 45, a Mexican national, both residing in Laredo, were sentenced in separate cases for possessing child pornography.



08/21/2015

CORPUS CHRISTI, TX



HUMAN SMUGGLING/TRAFFICKING


Leader of South Texas human smuggling organization, 2 others sentenced to federal prison
Homero Gonzalez-Carranza, 30, citizen of Mexico, who resided in Houston, was sentenced to 151 months in prison. Eduardo Luis Pompa, 26, also of Houston, was sentenced to 63 months in federal prison. Co-conspirator Lisa Quintanilla, 46, of Premont, Texas, who had previously pleaded guilty for her role in the human smuggling operation, was sentenced Aug. 20 to 34 months in federal prison.

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