I.C.E.and C.B.P. News Releases 11/19/18
I.C.E. News Releases
11/16/2018
PHILADELPHIA, PA
CHILD EXPLOITATION
Pennsylvania man charged with child pornography charges
Jose Carrillo, 27, was federally indicted and charged with trafficking in and possessing more than 37,000 images and videos of pornographic images of children, toddlers, and infants on the Internet. The indictment charges the defendant with committing these crimes as recently as October 19, 2018.
11/16/2018
EL PASO, TX
DOCUMENT AND BENEFIT FRAUD
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ICE seeks victims of 3-time convicted criminal who posed as immigration attorney, defrauded legal and illegal aliens
Federico Garcia Jr., 44, who had worked for the former U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) at the ports of entry in the 1990s, faces up to 20 years in federal prison after he pleaded guilty to defrauding numerous legal and illegal aliens.
11/16/2018
LOS ANGELES, CA
COUNTER PROLIFERATION INVESTIGATION UNIT
Arms trafficker found guilty of conspiring to supply and use anti-aircraft missiles after pleading guilty to other arms offenses
Rami Najm Asad-Ghanem, 52, who was commonly known as Rami Ghanem, a naturalized United States citizen who was living in Egypt at the time of the offenses, was found guilty of the missile conspiracy charge late Thursday afternoon in U.S. District Court. The jury returned the verdict at the conclusion of a nine-day trial.
11/15/2018
PHILADELPHIA, PA
ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL
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ICE removes man wanted in China for financial scheme
Quanguan Zheng, 61, a Chinese citizen, entered the United States lawfully, on May 24, 2015, at the Newark International Airport. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) admitted Zheng to the United States as a nonimmigrant visitor for pleasure (B-2) until Nov. 23, 2015.
11/15/2018
NEW YORK, NY
FINANCIAL CRIMES
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7 charged with laundering drug trafficking proceeds between US, South America
The defendants Enayatullah Khwaja, Abdulrahman Khwaja, Rahimi and Rhamatzada will be arraigned at the Federal District Court in Central Islip, NY and defendants Saenz, Melendez-Mendoza and Bokhari, were arrested in Florida and will be brought to the duty Magistrate at the Federal District Court in Miami, Florida, before being transferred to the Eastern District of New York.
11/14/2018
SPRINGFIELD, MO
CHILD EXPLOITATION
Former Missouri teacher pleads guilty to receiving, distributing child pornography
Brandon Hileman, 25, of Lebanon, Missouri, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge M. Douglas Harpool to the charge contained in an Oct. 18, 2017, federal indictment.
11/14/2018
DENVER, CO
NARCOTICS
Colorado man sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for distributing and possessing methamphetamine, possessing firearms in furtherance drug trafficking
Daniel Mata-Armendariz, 23, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Denver on Feb. 6, 2018; a superseding indictment was obtained on March 20. Mata-Armendariz pleaded guilty before by U.S. District Court Judge Christine M. Arguello on June 5, 2018. He was sentenced on Nov. 13.
11/09/2018
TRENTON, NJ
ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL
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Mexican national released from local custody facing murder charges
Luis Rodrigo Perez was being held at Middlesex County Jail in December of last year on domestic violence charges. ICE issued a detainer and requested notification prior to his release, so that he may be taken into ICE custody and placed in removal proceedings.
11/08/2018
DENVER, CO
CHILD EXPLOITATION
Colorado man sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for producing child pornography
Alexander Isaiah Perez, 22, of Metro Denver, appeared at the sentencing hearing in custody and was remanded at its conclusion. This sentence was handed down by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Marcia S. Krieger.
11/07/2018
NEW YORK, NY
ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL
Twice removed Dominican national sentenced to 45 months in federal custody
Peralta, a citizen of the Dominican Republic, was previously removed by ICE on two separate occasions in August 2003 and July 2013. His 2013 removal, followed his February 2011 conviction in U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York for illegal re-entry of an aggravated felon following removal, for which he was sentenced to a 45-months imprisonment, and 3-years of supervised release.
11/07/2018
DALLAS, TX
HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATORS
ICE Dallas officers remove former Peruvian army sergeant wanted for his alleged role in 'Santa Barbara Massacre'
Dennis Wilfredo Pacheco-Zambrano, 48, a former Peruvian army second sergeant, has been charged in Peru for his alleged role in the July 4, 1991, torture, rape and extrajudicial killing of 15 Peruvian civilians in the rural village of Santa Barbara, Peru.
11/07/2018
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK
WORKSITE ENFORCEMENT
Oklahoma-based agri-business agrees to $1 million civil settlement
Seaboard Corporation, which operates a pork production plant in Guymon, Oklahoma, through its subsidiary Seaboard Foods L.L.C., agreed on Nov. 1, 2018, to pay a total of $1,006,000.
11/07/2018
BOSTON, MA
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
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HSI Boston, IPR Center, partners rack up major league results against counterfeit dealers in 2018 World Series enforcement effort
HSI special agents seized more than 3,000 items of counterfeit MLB apparel and merchandise being offered for sale by vendors in and around Fenway Park, throughout the Boston area, and along the post-series victory parade route in Boston. Merchandise included baseball hats, knit caps, t-shirts, sweatshirts, and pennants. Had the goods been genuine, they would have retailed domestically for more than $87,000 dollars.
11/05/2018
NEW YORK, NY
ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL
Twice removed Mexican national sentenced to 57 months in federal court, following a New York state conviction for rape
The sentencing of Rogelio Mendez, 38, follows a 2017 indictment pursuant to ICE's ERO securing the arrest warrant for illegal reentry.
11/02/2018
MIAMI, FL
ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL
ICE detainee passes away at Monroe County Hospital
ICE is firmly committed to the health and welfare of all those in its custody and is undertaking a comprehensive agency-wide review of this incident, as it does in all such cases.
11/01/2018
DALLAS, TX
ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL
ICE Dallas officers remove Kazakhstani man convicted of concealing evidence for Boston Marathon bombers
Dias Muratovich Kadyrbayev, 24, a citizen of Kazakhstan, was convicted June 2, 2015, of conspiracy to obstruct justice and obstruction of justice for removing and disposing of incriminatory items from Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s dorm room. Tsarnaev was later convicted and sentenced to death for his role in the Boston Marathon bombing that killed three innocent bystanders, and subsequently two police officers.
11/01/2018
PHILADELPHIA, PA
CYBER CRIMES
Former Drexel University student sentenced for cyberstalking classmate
During the 2015-16 school year, Jacob Waitze, a former Drexel University student, used a computer and the Internet to engage in a campaign of harassment and intimidation against a Drexel student following a personal dispute with the student.
11/01/2018
SAN ANTONIO, TX
ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL
South Texas ICE officers deport Salvadoran fugitive wanted for aggravated homicide
Ignacio Leonel Campos-Chamagua, 19, was flown to El Salvador on Nov. 1 on a charter flight coordinated by ICE’s Air Operations Unit. Upon arrival, Campos-Chamagua was turned over to officials from El Salvador’s Civilian National Police (PNC).
10/31/2018
NEW YORK, NY
CYBER CRIMES
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4 charged with participating in a scheme to defraud users of a dating website
Four individuals were indicted Wednesday following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). David Jones, David Duwayne Taylor, Kristin Knight, and Destiny Bishop are charged for their alleged involvement in a scheme by which they fraudulently duped their victims into believing that they had sent sexually explicit images to underage children and faced criminal prosecution if they did not pay to avoid involvement by law enforcement.
10/31/2018
WASHINGTON, DC
FINANCIAL CRIMES
East Texas businessman pleads guilty to money laundering for role in Venezuelan bribery scheme
Ivan Alexis Guedez, 47, from Katy, Texas, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to launder money and is scheduled to be sentenced Feb. 20.
10/30/2018
WASHINGTON, DC
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
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ICE HSI teams with London police to fight counterfeiting
IPR Center Director Alex Khu and CoLP Commissioner Ian Dyson pledged to combine resources to tackle the illegal importation and distribution of counterfeit goods that threaten the health and safety of consumers, wreak havoc on local and national economies, and fund criminal organizations involved in various illicit activities.
10/29/2018
SAN JUAN, <acronym title="Google Page Ranking">PR</acronym>
CHILD EXPLOITATION
San German-area man charged, arrested for sexual child exploitation
The criminal complaint alleges that Ruben Darío Báez-Aponte, 40, shared sexually explicit images and videos with a 14-year-old minor and, on several occasions, transported the victim to his home to engage in criminal sexual conduct.
10/29/2018
CAMDEN, NJ
ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL
Illegal alien sentenced to 18 months in prison for unlawfully returning to US, failing to register as sex offender
A Salvadoran man previously convicted for sexually assaulting a child was sentenced to 18 months in prison Monday for failing to register as a sex offender after unlawfully returning to the United States and traveling to New Jersey. The sentencing follows a multiagency investigation, which included U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).
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