Thread: I.C.E. and C.B.P. News releases 12/10/18

I.C.E. News Releases

12/10/2018

GREENBELT, MD

CHILD EXPLOITATION

Baltimore county man who enticed children to send him sexually explicit videos of themselves sentenced to 27 years in federal prison for producing child pornography
U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Keith Edward Taylor, age 33, of Kingsville, Maryland, today to 27 years in prison, followed by lifetime supervised release for production of child pornography. There is no parole in the federal system.



12/10/2018

NEWARK, NJ



ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


Hungarian fugitive wanted for theft and assault removed by ICE to home country
RACZ entered the United States as a visitor on June 10, 2016, through Miami International Airport in Miami, FL. He overstayed his authorized admission of 90 days, under the Visa Waiver Program (VWP).



12/10/2018

NEW YORK



ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


ICE returns Colombian national convicted of narcotics trafficking and providing support to a foreign terrorist organization
ERO deportation officers returned Jose Evaristo Linares-Castillo, 52, to Colombia via an ICE Air Operations Charter flight and transferred him into the custody of Colombian law enforcement authorities.



12/07/2018

NEWARK, NJ



ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


ICE arrests 105 in New Jersey operation targeting criminal aliens and public safety threats
Four individuals in the country illegally who have Interpol warrants based on crimes they committed in their home countries were among 105 foreign nationals taken into custody during a five-day operation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) last week in New Jersey.




12/07/2018

NEW YORK, NY



WORKSITE ENFORCEMENT


Family business with 13 subsidiary companies joins IMAGE
McAllister Towing & Transportation Company, Inc. (McAllister Towing) and its 13 subsidiaries operate a fleet of tugs, barges and ferries in all major East Coast ports of the United States, including but not limited to New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Baltimore, Charleston, Port Everglades and San Juan.



12/06/2018

CINCINNATI, OH



CHILD EXPLOITATION


Priest charged with sexually abusing Filipino boys
Kenneth B. Hendricks, 77, of Cincinnati, was arrested by Manila-based HSI special agents alongside Filipino authorities Tuesday evening in the Philippines, where he currently serves as a missionary priest.



12/06/2018

BOSTON, MA



ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


ICE arrests 58 in New England enforcement action
Criminal histories of those arrested during the operation included charges and convictions for: Murder, Aggravated Identity Theft, Assault, Attempted Assault, Cocaine Possession, Cocaine Trafficking, Criminal, DUI and multiple other categories of crimes.



12/04/2018

NEW YORK, NY



FINANCIAL CRIMES


4 indicted in Panama Papers investigation
The indictment charges Ramses Owens, Dirk Brauer, Richard Gaffey, and Harald Joachim Von Der Goltz, with wire fraud, tax fraud, money laundering, and other offenses in connection with their roles in a decades-long criminal scheme perpetrated by Mossack Fonseca & Co. (“Mossack Fonseca”), a Panamanian-based global law firm, and related entities.




12/03/2018

NEW YORK, NY



HUMAN SMUGGLING/TRAFFICKING


Member of Mexican sex trafficking ring sentenced to 8 years' imprisonment
Raul Granados-Rendon, a member of the Granados family sex trafficking ring based in Tenancingo, Tlaxcala, Mexico, was sentenced Monday in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York (EDNY) to eight years’ imprisonment.



12/03/2018

JACKSONVILLE, FL



ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


Russian national in ICE custody passes away at Florida hospital
Guerman Volkov, 56, was pronounced dead at University of Florida Health Jacksonville Medical Center. Mr. Volkov died two days after he was discharged from another Jacksonville hospital after he made the decision to discontinue all medical treatment. The official cause of Mr. Volkov’s death is under investigation but is believed to be cardiac-related natural causes.



11/30/2018

PHILADELPHIA, PA



ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


ICE removes Chinese man convicted of violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act
Fuyi Sun, 54, aka “Frank,” a citizen of the People’s Republic of China, was sentenced in New York federal court to three years in prison for violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) in connection with a scheme to illegally export to China, without a license, high-grade carbon fiber, which is used primarily in aerospace and military applications.



11/29/2018

NEW YORK, NY



WORKSITE ENFORCEMENT


12 NYC companies join the IMAGE program, including 5 7-Eleven franchises
A dozen New York based businesses have partnered with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in New York Thursday by joining the agency’s employment compliance program IMAGE, or “ICE Mutual Agreement between Government and Employers.”




11/29/2018

GREAT FALLS, MT



NARCOTICS


California man sentenced in Montana to 10 years in federal prison for methamphetamine trafficking
Michael Christopher Laird, 26, of California, pleaded guilty on Aug. 23 to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.



11/29/2018

PHOENIX, AZ



NARCOTICS


Pharmacist and pharmacy technician sentenced to prison for diverting hundreds of thousands of opioids
Pharmacist Vilawoe Aku Boadu, 39, of Peoria, Ariz., was sentenced Thursday by U.S. District Judge Steven P. Logan to 120 months in prison. Zinka Sisic, 30, of Phoenix, who worked as a Pharmacy Technician for Boadu, was previously sentenced to 48 months in prison. Boadu and Sisic were both convicted of conspiring to distribute controlled substances and conspiring to launder money involved in a drug trafficking offense.



11/28/2018

PLANO, TX



CHILD EXPLOITATION


North Texas man indicted on child sexual exploitation charges
Joseph Patrick Mosher, 49, from Carrollton, Texas, was named in an indictment returned by a federal grand jury on Nov. 15, 2018, charging him with sexually exploiting a child. Mosher appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Kimberly Priest Johnson Nov. 19 and was ordered detained until trial.



11/26/2018

TACOMA, WA



ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


ICE detainee passes away at local hospital
Consistent with the agency’s protocols, the appropriate state health and local law enforcement agencies have been notified about the death, as have the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General and the ICE Office of Professional Responsibility.




11/26/2018

WASHINGTON, DC



INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS


Over a million websites seized in global operation
Roughly 33,600 website domain names were criminally seized in a collaborative effort between ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Europol, Interpol and police agencies from 26 different countries. Industry partners participating in the operation were fully responsible for civilly seizing 1.21 million domain names and shutting down 2.2 million erroneous ecommerce links featured on social media platforms and third-party marketplaces.



11/21/2018

DALLAS, TX



HUMAN SMUGGLING/TRAFFICKING


Dallas sting operation nabs spa proprietor mongering illicit sex
Following a sting operation at a Dallas hotel earlier this month, law enforcement liberated dozens of women sold for sex, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox, Northern District of Texas.



11/20/2018

HOUSTON, TX



ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


ICE removes 5 fugitives wanted in El Salvador for various crimes including aggravated murder
Officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) on Friday removed five illegal aliens from El Salvador, who were fugitives wanted in their home country for various serious crimes, including aggravated murder.



11/20/2018

WASHINGTON, DC



FINANCIAL CRIMES


Venezuelan billionaire charged; former Venezuelan national treasurer and former owner of Dominican Republic bank both plead guilty in money laundering conspiracy involving $1 billion in bribes
Raul Gorrin Belisario, 50, a Venezuelan citizen with a residence in Miami, Florida, was charged in an indictment filed, Aug. 16, 2017, in the Southern District of Florida with one count of conspiracy to violate the FCPA, one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering and nine counts of money laundering. Former Venezuelan National Treasurer Alejandro Andrade Cedeno, 54, a Venezuelan citizen residing in Wellington, Florida, pleaded guilty under seal, Dec. 22, 2017, to one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering. Gabriel Arturo Jimenez Aray, 50, a Venezuelan citizen residing in Chicago, Illinois, and former owner of the Banco Peravia bank, pleaded guilty under seal, March 20, 2018, in the Southern District of Florida to one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering.




11/20/2018

DENVER, CO



NARCOTICS


Illegal alien from Mexico sentenced to 3 years in federal prison for conspiracy to manufacture, possess with intent to distribute marijuana in Colorado
Margarito Yepez-Sanchez, 25, an illegal alien from Mexico, was first charged by criminal complaint on Sept. 21, 2017.



11/20/2018

NEW YORK, NY



DOCUMENT AND BENEFIT FRAUD


Queens Immigration attorney found guilty of operating asylum fraud scheme
Andreea Dumitru, a/k/a “Andreea Dumitru Parcalaboiu,” an immigration attorney based in Queens, New York, was found guilty Nov. 19 in Manhattan federal court of asylum fraud, making false statements to immigration authorities, and aggravated identity theft.



11/20/2018

NEW YORK, NY



TRANSNATIONAL GANGS


MS-13 gang member, Interpol fugitive arrested under Operation Matador removed to El Salvador
A female MS-13 gang member wanted to face charges in El Salvador was arrested under Operation Matador in March, pursuant to an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations. She was removed Nov. 16 to El Salvador by ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).



11/19/2018

NEW YORK, NY



NARCOTICS


Performer Tekashi 6ix 9ine, 5 others charged with racketeering and firearms offenses in New York
Six gang members and associates of the violent New York City gang, “Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods”, also known as “Nine Trey,” were charged Monday following an investigation by ICE's HSI New York with the NYPD and the New York Field Division of the ATF. This investigation led to an indictment with multiple charges to include racketeering and firearms offenses.




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.

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News from CBP

December 10, 2018 | Local Media Release
Crossing of Family Units and Unaccompanied Children continues in the Rio Grande Valley

December 10, 2018 | Local Media Release
Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol Seizes over $1.5M worth of Marijuana

December 10, 2018 | Local Media Release
Border Patrol Arrests Sex Offenders and a Gang Member in the Rio Grande Valley


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C.B.P. Media Releases

Media Releases from the previous administrations are available in the Archive section of our website.

Large Group Apprehensions Continue Near Ajo
Monday, December 10, 2018 | Local Media Release
TUCSON, Ariz. – Agents assigned to the Ajo Border Patrol Station encountered several large groups of Central Americans, totaling more than 240 people in the last 48 hours. Agents encountered 80 men, women and children on Sunday evening after the...
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Crossing of Family Units and Unaccompanied Children continues in the Rio Grande Valley
Monday, December 10, 2018 | Local Media ReleaseHIDALGO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley continue to encounter large groups of family units and unaccompanied children along the Rio Grande. Early Sunday morning, Weslaco agents patrolling near Hidalgo, Texas, encountered...
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CBP Officers Seize Methamphetamine Worth Over $992K at the Laredo Port of Entry
Monday, December 10, 2018 | Local Media ReleaseLAREDO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers intercepted a significant amount of hard narcotics with an estimated street value of more than $992,000 in one enforcement action at the Juarez-...
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Two Youth Severely Injured after Falling off Border Wall
Monday, December 10, 2018 | Local Media ReleaseYUMA, Ariz. – A pair of Guatemalan teens sustained severe injuries after they fell off the 18-foot border wall while attempting to illegally enter the United States Friday. At approximately 1 p.m., six illegal aliens from Guatemala illegally...
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Claims of Credible Fear Increase in Fiscal Year 2018
Monday, December 10, 2018 | National Media ReleaseWASHINGTON - U.S. Customs and Border Protection today released statistics regarding claims of fear by those who are determined by CBP officers to be inadmissible at ports of entry or apprehended along the border by U.S. Border Patrol agents. In...
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Border Patrol Arrests Sex Offenders and a Gang Member in the Rio Grande Valley
Monday, December 10, 2018 | Local Media ReleaseEDINBURG, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley arrested two sex offenders and a gang member in separate incidents. Friday, agents from the Fort Brown Station working near Brownsville, Texas, arrested a Salvadoran man whose...
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Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol Seizes over $1.5M worth of Marijuana
Monday, December 10, 2018 | Local Media ReleaseEDINBURG, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents disrupted 12 separate narcotic smuggling attempts and seized nearly two tons of marijuana over the weekend. Friday, McAllen agents working near Mission, Texas, observed smugglers utilize a raft filled...
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Laredo Sector Border Patrol Agents Arrest Multiple Subjects at Suspected Stash House
Sunday, December 9, 2018 | Local Media ReleaseLAREDO, Texas – Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended over a dozen individuals after responding to a report of a suspected stash house Saturday afternoon. The incident happened around 3:30 p.m. on December 8, when agents received...
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Nearly $200K in Meth Seized from Vehicle Circumventing Yuma Sector Checkpoint
Saturday, December 8, 2018 | Local Media ReleaseYUMA, Ariz. – Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents seized nearly $200,000 in methamphetamine from a vehicle that was attempting to circumvent the Interstate 8 Immigration Checkpoint Friday morning. At approximately 7:54 a.m., Wellton Station agents...
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Hombre se ahoga después de entrar ilegalmente a los Estados Unidos
Friday, December 7, 2018 | Local Media ReleaseCALEXICO, California - Los agentes asignados al Sector El Centro de la Patrulla Fronteriza recuperaron el miércoles por la noche el cadáver de un hombre que se sospecha haberse ahogado después de haber ingresado ilegalmente a los Estados Unidos....
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Border Patrol Agent assaulted during narcotics seizure
Friday, December 7, 2018 | Local Media ReleaseSUMAS, Wash. — United States Border Patrol agents observed multiple subjects illegally cross into the United States from Canada east of the Sumas Port of Entry on Thursday night. A Border Patrol agent responded to the location and encountered two...
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Man Drowns After Making an Illegal Entry into the United States
Friday, December 7, 2018 | Local Media ReleaseCALEXICO, Calif. – Border Patrol agents assigned to El Centro Sector recovered the body of a man suspected of illegally entering the U.S. after he drowned on Wednesday night just after 9:00 p.m. BORSTAR divers retrieved the man'sbody drowned at All-...
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Nogales CBP Officers Seize $546K in Cocaine
Friday, December 7, 2018 | Local Media ReleaseTUCSON, Ariz. –U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Arizona’s Port of Nogales arrested a Mexican woman Thursday, connected to a failed attempt to smuggle almost $546,000 worth of cocaine into the United States. Officers located cocaine...
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Yuma Sector Agents Seize $200K in Methamphetamine
Friday, December 7, 2018 | Local Media ReleaseYUMA, Ariz. – Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents seized nearly $200,000 in methamphetamine from a vehicle northeast of Yuma Friday morning. At approximately 7:54 a.m., Wellton Station agents working in Dome Valley observed a suspicious vehicle...
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Philadelphia CBP Seizes $4M in Fake Checks, Money Orders in Air Cargo from Nigeria
Friday, December 7, 2018 | Local Media ReleasePHILADELPHIA – By now, you may have heard from a wealthy foreigner or lottery winner or someone in legal trouble who needs help transferring large sums of currency out of their country and is willing to let you keep a percentage if you cash a check...
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Border Patrol Arrests Gang Members and Sex Offenders in the Rio Grande Valley
Friday, December 7, 2018 | Local Media ReleaseEDINBURG, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley arrested five gang members and two child predators in one day. Early Tuesday morning, Rio Grande City agents working near Fronton, Texas, apprehended a Salvadoran national...
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Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol Seizes over $700K worth of Marijuana
Friday, December 7, 2018 | Local Media ReleaseEDINBURG, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents disrupted six separate narcotic smuggling attempts and seized over 900 pounds of marijuana. On Thursday, agents observed narcotic smugglers scale the border fence near Brownsville, Texas. As responding...
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Douglas CBP Officers Intercept Marijuana Load
Friday, December 7, 2018 | Local Media ReleaseTUCSON, Ariz. – Customs and Border Protection officers at the Raul Hector Castro Port of Entry in Douglas prevented a smuggler from smuggling nearly 270 pounds of marijuana into the United States Thursday afternoon. Smugglers attempted to hide...
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Meth Smuggler Nabbed by CBP Officers at San Luis Port
Friday, December 7, 2018 | Local Media ReleaseTUCSON, Ariz. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers arrested a legal, permanent U.S. resident from Mexico early Thursday for an alleged attempt to smuggle more than 66 pounds of methamphetamine through the Port of San Luis. Officers removed...
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Border Patrol Agents Seize Almost $60K in Marijuana
Friday, December 7, 2018 | Local Media ReleaseTUCSON, Ariz. – Willcox Border Patrol agents arrested a 21-year-old Douglas woman Wednesday morning after finding dozens of marijuana bricks in her vehicle during an inspection at the State Route 80 Immigration Checkpoint. Agents at the SR80...
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CBP Officers Find Over 1,000 Pounds of Marijuana Hidden in Shipment of Wheel Parts
Friday, December 7, 2018 | Local Media ReleaseOTAY MESA, Calif. — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Otay Mesa Cargo port of entry seized over 1,000 pounds of marijuana hidden in a shipment of wheel parts. CBP officers discovered over1,000 pounds of marijuanahidden in a...
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Dulles CBP Seizes $53k in Unreported Currency from Two Departing Sets of Travelers
Friday, December 7, 2018 | Local Media ReleaseSTERLING, Virginia — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers seized nearly $53,000 during two outbound currency examinations Thursday at Washington Dulles International Airport. CBP is not releasing the travelers’ names because none were...
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Laredo Sector Border Patrol Agents Arrest 63 Illegal Aliens
Friday, December 7, 2018 | Local Media ReleaseLAREDO, Texas – In a collaborative effort between Air and Marine Operations and U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Laredo West and Carrizo Springs Station, 63 illegal aliens were arrested in the brush west of Laredo. The incident...
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Border Patrol Thwarts Smuggling Attempt
Friday, December 7, 2018 | Local Media ReleaseEl Centro, Calif. – El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a 30- year old Mexican national attempting to smuggle 10 undocumented immigrants in a Jeep Cherokee. The arrest occurred at approximately 11:15 p.m. while agents were working near...
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CBP en San Juan incauta 212 libras de cocaína encontrada dentro de un contenedor
Friday, December 7, 2018 | Local Media ReleaseSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Los oficiales de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza de los Estados Unidos incautaron el lunes 212 libras (96 kilos) de cocaína encontrada dentro de un contenedor de entrada de la República Dominicana. El valor estimado de los...
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