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I.C.E. News Releases

Top Stories: Last Week


11/23/2016

NEW YORK, NY

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS


'Buyer Beware!' Counterfeit goods and the holiday shopping season
In 2015, the number of seizures made nationally due to Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) violations increased 25 percent from the previous year, totaling more than 28,000 seizures with an estimated value of more than $1.3 billion.



11/23/2016

SALT LAKE CITY

NARCOTICS

Multi-million dollar fentanyl smuggling and distribution organization dismantled in Salt Lake City from ICE-initiated investigation
Suspect Aaron Michael Shamo admitted to having about $1 million in cash stored in his home safe. Officials also searched a stash location in South Jordan, Utah, as part of this investigation.



11/23/2016

SALT LAKE CITY, UT

ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


Alleged child rapist from Honduras deported by ICE Salt Lake City officers
According to Honduran officials, Marco Antonio Argueta-Rubio, 23, allegedly forced a 13-year-old girl into his vehicle, transported her to a motel and raped her. In June 2016, Argueta-Rubio was apprehended in the Texas Rio Grande Valley while attempting to illegally enter the United States. In July, Honduran officials issued a warrant of arrest for Argueta-Rubio after he failed to report for court proceedings.



11/23/2016

PHILADELPHIA, PA

CHILD EXPLOITATION

Dominican national accused of child rape arrested by ICE following release from local custody
Winston Enrique Perez Pilarte aka Josue Duran-Cortes, 40, was arrested and charged by the Philadelphia Police Department with attempted rape, unlawful sexual contact with a minor, aggravated indecent assault, unlawful restraint, endangering the welfare of a child, corruption of minors, indecent assault, simple assault and recklessly endangering another person.


11/22/2016

ORLANDO, FL

CHILD EXPLOITATION

Florida man sentenced to 350 years for child pornography charges
According to testimony and evidence presented at trial, on nine separate occasions, between October 2014 and March 2015, Joshua Adam Tatro, 24, of Merritt Island, produced images and videos depicting him sexually abusing a three-year-old child. He also used a messaging app on his phone to send and receive images depicting child pornography and uploaded images of child pornography onto an online account that he maintained.

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I.C.E. News Releases


11/23/2016

NEW YORK, NY

CHILD EXPLOITATION


New York high school teacher arrested for child pornography
Nicholas Pagliuca, 65, of Mamaroneck, New York, allegedly downloaded hundreds of files containing images and videos of child pornography.


11/23/2016

PROVIDENCE, RI

CHILD EXPLOITATION

Rhode Island man sentenced to 20 years for sex trafficking a minor
On June 30, 2015, HSI agents, Providence Police detectives and members of the Human Trafficking Task Force located the victim in Harris’ apartment in Providence and rescued her. Investigators discovered numerous nude photographs of the 17-year-old victim on Harris’ cell phone.



11/23/2016

NEW YORK, NY



INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS


'Buyer Beware!' Counterfeit goods and the holiday shopping season
In 2015, the number of seizures made nationally due to Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) violations increased 25 percent from the previous year, totaling more than 28,000 seizures with an estimated value of more than $1.3 billion.



11/23/2016

SALT LAKE CITY



NARCOTICS


Multi-million dollar fentanyl smuggling and distribution organization dismantled in Salt Lake City from ICE-initiated investigation
Suspect Aaron Michael Shamo admitted to having about $1 million in cash stored in his home safe. Officials also searched a stash location in South Jordan, Utah, as part of this investigation.




11/23/2016

SALT LAKE CITY, UT



ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


Alleged child rapist from Honduras deported by ICE Salt Lake City officers
According to Honduran officials, Marco Antonio Argueta-Rubio, 23, allegedly forced a 13-year-old girl into his vehicle, transported her to a motel and raped her. In June 2016, Argueta-Rubio was apprehended in the Texas Rio Grande Valley while attempting to illegally enter the United States. In July, Honduran officials issued a warrant of arrest for Argueta-Rubio after he failed to report for court proceedings.



11/23/2016

ROCKFORD, IL



CHILD EXPLOITATION


Illinois man indicted on child pornography charges
Nathan R. Tauck, 25, of Rockford, was charged with one count of enticing and coercing a minor victim to engage in sexually explicit conduct, exhibiting the minor’s genitals and pubic area for the purpose of producing a visual depiction of the sexually explicit conduct; and four counts of transporting child pornography via the Internet.



11/23/2016

PHILADELPHIA, PA



CHILD EXPLOITATION


Dominican national accused of child rape arrested by ICE following release from local custody
Winston Enrique Perez Pilarte aka Josue Duran-Cortes, 40, was arrested and charged by the Philadelphia Police Department with attempted rape, unlawful sexual contact with a minor, aggravated indecent assault, unlawful restraint, endangering the welfare of a child, corruption of minors, indecent assault, simple assault and recklessly endangering another person.



11/22/2016

ORLANDO, FL



CHILD EXPLOITATION


Florida man sentenced to 350 years for child pornography charges
According to testimony and evidence presented at trial, on nine separate occasions, between October 2014 and March 2015, Joshua Adam Tatro, 24, of Merritt Island, produced images and videos depicting him sexually abusing a three-year-old child. He also used a messaging app on his phone to send and receive images depicting child pornography and uploaded images of child pornography onto an online account that he maintained.




11/22/2016

MILWAUKEE, WI



HUMAN SMUGGLING/TRAFFICKING


Milwaukee man pleads guilty to sex trafficking, related crimes
Paul Carter, 46, of Milwaukee, pleaded guilty in the Eastern District of Wisconsin Nov. 21 to eight counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion and one count of conspiracy to commit forced labor and sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion.



11/18/2016

SALT LAKE CITY, UT



ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


Innovation and dedication keys to success for ERO Salt Lake City
“Although operations and mission planning are guided by the main field office, the sub-offices operate with a certain degree of autonomy because of the great distances between locations,” said Acting Field Office Director (Acting FOD) Todd McWhorter.



11/18/2016

ALEXANDRIA, VA



CHILD EXPLOITATION


Alexandria man sentenced to 17 years for production of child pornography
Lucas Aronson, 31, of Alexandria, was also ordered to serve a lifetime of supervised release, register as a sex offender upon release from prison and pay a total of $20,000 in restitution to his victims.



11/18/2016

TAMPA, FL



OPERATIONAL


ICE HSI Tampa supports area schools during Great American Teach In
The purpose of the Teach-In is to encourage employees, businesses, community leaders, sports figures, local personalities, retirees, community volunteers and parents to become involved in education by sharing what they know with a new generation.




11/18/2016

NEW YORK, NY



ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


ICE removes former Chinese official wanted for corruption
Xiuzhu Yang, 70, was escorted by ERO officers to Beijing, China where she was turned over to Chinese authorities.



11/18/2016

SANTA ANA, CA



CHILD EXPLOITATION


Former Orange County teacher convicted of traveling to the Philippines to sexually abuse young girls
Robert Ruben Ornelas, 65, of Santa Ana, a onetime school teacher and girls’ softball coach, was found guilty Thursday of seven counts – two counts of engaging in sexual conduct in a foreign place, three counts of producing child pornography, and two counts of possessing child pornography.



11/17/2016

PHILADELPHIA, PA



CHILD EXPLOITATION


Pennsylvania man pleads guilty to producing child pornography
If convicted, Grant Harris, age 34, Harris faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in prison and a potential maximum sentence of 30 years in prison, a term of supervised release following imprisonment, and a fine.



11/16/2016

BOISIE, ID



CHILD EXPLOITATION


Boise man receives 4-year sentence in child pornography case
Allan Ebel, 63, pleaded guilty in August admitting to downloading images of child pornography from a Switzerland-based website on at least six occasions in August 2014.




11/16/2016

NEWARK, NJ



FINANCIAL CRIMES


12 charged for role in multi-state ATM skimming scheme
The charges were announced following the arrest of 11 of the individuals, which spanned several states.



11/16/2016

SAN ANTONIO, TX



ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


ICE San Antonio officers deport Honduran man wanted for homicide
Renan Hernandez-Navarro, 50, is wanted in Honduras for a warrant for culpable homicide issued Aug. 18, 2000.



11/16/2016

SAN ANTONIO, TX



ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


ICE South Texas officers deport Salvadoran man wanted for aggravated homicide
Jose Martin Cruz-Martinez, 26, was flown to El Salvador Nov. 15 and turned over to Salvadoran officials. The El Salvador arrest warrant states that on Aug. 8, 2014, Cruz-Martinez shot and killed a man who was a passenger riding in a motorcycle taxi.



11/16/2016

SACRAMENTO, CA



CHILD EXPLOITATION


Sacramento man receives 10-year prison term in child pornography case
Albert Lee Mitchell appeared before U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller. The case stems from a probe by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).




11/15/2016

CORPUS CHRISTI, TX



CHILD EXPLOITATION


US Marine Corps officer pleads guilty in southeast Texas to possessing child pornography
Jason Michael Ehret, 44, an active-duty Marine Corps major serving as an aviation flight instructor, pleaded guilty to the charges Nov. 15.



11/15/2016

DENVER, CO



INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS


2 twin brothers who worked with a former Colorado Springs police officer to sell counterfeit Denver Broncos merchandise in Denver sentenced to probation
Marc Misko, 62, pleaded guilty in Adams County to solicitation to commit money laundering and was fined $7,500. Mitchell Misko, 62, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit theft and was fined $5,000.



11/15/2016

SEATTLE, WA



CHILD EXPLOITATION


Seattle-area man receives 24 years for producing, distributing child pornography
Victor Larry Lee Wright, 33, pleaded guilty in August admitting he videotaped his molestation of a 7-year-old child. According to court records, Wright then distributed those images to an undercover HSI special agent via a peer-to-peer file sharing program.



11/15/2016

NEWARK, NJ



FINANCIAL CRIMES


6 charged for role in international $100 million money laundering scheme
Criminal complaints filed in Southern District of New York named the following individuals: Carlos Djemal, Isidoro Haiat, Braulio Lopez, Max Fraenkel, Daniel Blitzer and Robert Moreno.

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  Con Artist Brought to Justice
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DEA NEWS

Former Doctor Sentenced for Selling Oxycodone Prescriptions

NOV 18 (NEW YORK)

Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration New England Division and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Brittany Esposito, 27, of Wallingford, pleaded guilty before Senior U.S. District Judge Alfred V. Covello in Hartford to one count of distribution of heroin. The charge stems from an ongoing statewide initiative targeting narcotics dealers who distribute heroin, fentanyl or opioids that cause death or serious injury to users.


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D.E.A. NEWS RELEASES

NOV 21	(NEW HAVEN, Conn.) Man Admits Distributing Heroin And Fentanyl
NOV 19	(SAN DIEGO) Major International Drug Traffickers Extradited
NOV 18	(PORTLAND, Maine) Doctor Convicted of Tax Evasion, Illegal Drug Distribution and Fraud
NOV 18	(NEW YORK) Nephews of First Lady of Venezuela Found Guilty
NOV 17	(NEW HAVEN, Conn.) Man Pleads Guilty to Distributing Heroin to Minor

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A.T.F. Press Releases

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2016

ATF NRT Arrives to Assist Albuquerque Fire Department with the Cause and Origin of the Carlisle Condominiums Fire Investigation
Field Division:Phoenix Field Division


WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Utica Man Pleads Guilty to Possession of a Firearm as a Convicted Felon
Field Division:New York Field Division


Lockport Man Sentenced on Gun Charge
Field Division:New York Field Division


Albany Felon Pleads Guilty to Possessing Semi-Automatic Rifle and Handgun
Field Division:New York Field Division


Activity in the United States Attorney's Office Sentences
Field Division:Denver Field Division


TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Rensselaer Felon Sentenced to 46 Months for Possessing a Single Bullet
Field Division:New York Field Division


Mishawaka Man Sentenced to 120 Months’ Imprisonment
Field Division:Chicago Field Division


Vagos Motorcycle Club Prospect Indicted on Federal Drug Charges
Field Division:Seattle Field Division


FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2016

Gangster Disciple Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison
Field Division:Nashville Field Division

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JUSTICE NEWS



Deputy Attorney General Sally Q. Yates Delivers Remarks at Funeral for U.S. Marshals Service Deputy Commander Patrick Carothers
Saturday, November 26, 2016




Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch Delivers Remarks at Funeral for U.S. Marshals Service Deputy Commander Patrick Carothers
Saturday, November 26, 2016




United States Settles Lawsuit Against Energy Department Contractors for Knowingly Mischarging Costs on Contract at Nuclear Waste Treatment Plant
Wednesday, November 23, 2016


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