Thread: ICE's top 5 news stories for the week ending Feb. 7, 2014

I.C.E. News Release

FEBRUARY 10, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC

ICE's top 5 news stories for the week ending Feb. 7, 2014

Feb. 6, 2013 – HSI, Manhattan US attorney return Nazi-German looted painting to Poland

More than seven decades after being stolen by the Nazis, the "Saint Philip Baptizing a Servant of Queen Kandaki" by German painter Johann Conrad Seekatz is back in the hands of the people of Poland. Full Story

Feb. 5, 2014 – ICE removes criminal alien wanted for human trafficking in Romania

A Romanian national wanted on human trafficking and prostitution charges in his home country was removed from the United States Feb. 4 by officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO). Full Story

Feb. 4, 2014 – DHS partners apprehend and remove Mexican murder suspect

A Mexican man wanted for murder in his native country was turned over to Mexican law enforcement authorities at the Nogales port of entry Jan. 31, following a joint enforcement effort by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agencies. Full Story

Feb. 3, 2014 – ICE arrests 20 convicted criminals during 2-day targeted enforcement operation in Wisconsin

Twenty convicted criminals illegally present in the United States were arrested during a two-day targeted enforcement operation in the Madison area by ERO officers. Full Story

Feb. 6, 2014 – 45 charged in multiagency probe targeting San Diego-area gangs linked to drug, weapons trafficking

Following a yearlong investigation and three-day enforcement operation, 45 individuals with ties to six San Diego-area criminal street gangs have been charged with gun and methamphetamine-trafficking crimes. The indictments are the result of a multiagency probe involving ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). Full Story

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U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles, Jr. sentenced Garnett Gilbert Smith, a/k/a Abdule Jones a/k/a Brian Slack, age 44, of Baltimore, Maryland, to 25 years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute and possession with intent to distribute cocaine.
The sentence was announced by Assistant Special Agent in Charge Gary Tuggle of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Baltimore District Office; United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein; Commissioner Anthony W. Batts of the Baltimore Police Department; Baltimore City State’s Attorney Gregg L. Bernstein; and Colonel George F. Johnson IV, Superintendent of the Maryland Natural Resources Police.READ MORE MORE TOP STORIES


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Friday, February 7, 2014
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Justice Department Seeks to Shut Down Utah Tax Preparer
Friday, February 7, 2014
The United States has asked a federal court in Salt Lake City to bar Rulon Sandoval, Andrea R. Acosta Hernandez and Latinos Office LLC from preparing tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today.
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Justice Department Files Lawsuit to Stop Delaware Woman from Preparing Tax Returns
Friday, February 7, 2014
The Department of Justice filed a civil lawsuit in the federal court in Delaware today to enjoin Carmen J. Martinez and her business, CJM Bookkeeping and Taxes LLC, from preparing federal tax returns.
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New Mexico Farmer Sentenced to Prison for Tax Fraud, Fraudulently Collecting Farm Subsidies
Friday, February 7, 2014
Bill Melot, a farmer from Hobbs, N.M., was sentenced to serve 14 years in prison today to be followed by three years of supervised release for tax evasion, program fraud and other crimes, the Justice Department, Internal Revenue Service and U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Office of Inspector General announced.
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