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Justice Department Indicts Illegal Alien Conspirators

By Jim Kouri, CPP
MichNews.com
May 13, 2005

Over 500 Illegal Immigrants Exploited Nationwide

Three individuals have been arrested and three others charged in a criminal indictment regarding an alleged nationwide employee-leasing conspiracy that used hundreds of illegal aliens at farms, dairies and factories in the United States, the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice reported to the National Association of Chiefs of Police.

The individuals arrested were: Jaroslaw Sawczuk, a 37-year-old Polish citizen formerly of Coral Springs, Florida; Jozef Bronislaw Bogacki, a 42-year-old native of Poland and naturalized U.S. citizen residing in Clearwater, Florida; and Pavel Preus, a 38-year-old Polish citizen residing in Pompano Beach, Florida.

Also charged in an indictment, returned by a federal grand jury in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, on Jan. 13, 2005, and unsealed in April, were: were Lucia Kanis, a 30-year-old Slovak citizen; Ivan Kanis, a 38-year-old Slovak citizen residing in the Slovak Republic; and Andor Pikali, a 36-year-old Slovak citizen residing in Coral Springs, Florida.

Following his arrest, Preus made his initial appearance before United States Magistrate Judge Barry S. Seltzer in federal court in Ft. Lauderdale. Bogacki and Sawczuk, who were arrested in Clearwater, Florida, are scheduled to make their initial appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Elizabeth A. Jenkins in Tampa, Florida. The other three defendants are at large, and believed to be overseas.

The 26-count indictment alleges that from 1995 to the present, the defendants conspired to provide unauthorized workers, mostly East Europeans who had entered the United States on tourist visas, to American companies with whom the defendants had contracted to provide legally authorized foreign workers. The indictment alleges that more than 550 illegal aliens were brought into the United States by the defendants.

According to the indictment, the alien workers obtained tourist visas to enter the United States and were employed illegally in the Midwest and Southeastern United States on farms, in dairies and in factories. The defendants allegedly contracted with American employers to provide workers, for whom the defendants were to pay payroll taxes and workers' compensation deductions. The indictment alleges that the defendants did not pay the taxes or workers' compensation deductions. The indictment alleges that during the course of the conspiracy, the defendants failed to pay $6 million in payroll taxes and laundered more than $20 million.

Charges against the defendants include conspiracies to commit visa fraud, wire fraud, and mail fraud, money laundering, and tax fraud. If convicted, the defendants face maximum penalties of up to 20 years in prison and fines of up to $500,000. In addition, the government is seeking forfeiture of the defendants' assets.

“We will not allow criminal organizations to exploit America's immigration system for profit," said Michael J. Garcia, Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). "ICE is restoring integrity to our nation's immigration system by ensuring compliance with immigration laws through enforcement actions against violators and by working with responsible businesses to promote vigilance in their hiring practices.�

"These defendants allegedly abused our immigration laws and defrauded the United States, all in an attempt to enrich themselves by exploiting vulnerable foreigners," said Assistant Attorney General Christopher A. Wray of the Criminal Division. "Those who think they can profit from such illicit activity are wrong, and they will be prosecuted."

The defendants, as charged, chose profits over compliance with our country’s immigration and employment laws. In using illegal aliens to generate their profits, the defendants not only took advantage of these foreigners, but also potentially compromised the safety of our citizens.

The investigation, known as Operation Pisces, started in 2002. The investigation was led by the Kansas City Office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (at the time, the INS); the U.S. Department of Labor Office of Inspector, Labor Racketeering and Fraud Investigations; and the Miami field office of the Internal Revenue Service. Subsequently, the Miami division of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service joined the investigation.

The case is being prosecuted by Trial Attorneys Michael E. Barr and Judith O'Sullivan of the Domestic Security Section of the Criminal Division at the U.S. Department of Justice, and by Assistant United States Attorney Jeffrey H. Kay of the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida's Ft. Lauderdale office.

Arrest in Puerto Rico
A 35-year-old citizen of the Dominican Republic linked to human smuggling was arrested in Puerto Rico in April as a result of a 9-month Immigration and Customs Enforcement investigation.

ICE agents arrested Altagracia Ramos-Paolino for her alleged involvement in smuggling illegal aliens from the Dominican Republic to the continental United States using Puerto Rico as a gateway. Ramos-Paolino attempted to smuggle four previously deported aggravated felons through Luis Munoz Marin International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico; however, elements of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) prevented the illegal re-entry.

Ramos-Paolino is alleged to having provided the illegal aliens with counterfeit driver’s licenses and social security cards. She was also responsible for purchasing the airline tickets to facilitate their illegal entry. Ramos-Paolina is in U.S. Marshals custody awaiting the outcome of her case.

Jim Kouri, CPP is currently fifth vice-president of the National Association of Chiefs of Police. He's former chief at a New York City housing project in Washington Heights nicknamed "Crack City" by reporters covering the drug war in the 1980s. In addition, he served as director of public safety at a New Jersey university. He's also served on the National Drug Task Force and trained police and security officers throughout the country. He writes for many police and crime magazines including Chief of Police, Police Times, The Narc Officer, Campus Law Enforcement Journal, and others. He's appeared as on-air commentator for over 100 TV and radio news and talk shows including Oprah, McLaughlin Report, CNN Headline News, MTV, Fox News, etc. His book Assume The Position is available at Amazon.Com, Booksamillion.com, and can be ordered at local bookstores.



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Justice Department Indicts Illegal Alien Conspirators

By Jim Kouri, CPP
MichNews.com
May 13, 2005

Over 500 Illegal Immigrants Exploited Nationwide

Three individuals have been arrested and three others charged in a criminal indictment regarding an alleged nationwide employee-leasing conspiracy that used hundreds of illegal aliens at farms, dairies and factories in the United States, the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice reported to the National Association of Chiefs of Police.

The individuals arrested were: Jaroslaw Sawczuk, a 37-year-old Polish citizen formerly of Coral Springs, Florida; Jozef Bronislaw Bogacki, a 42-year-old native of Poland and naturalized U.S. citizen residing in Clearwater, Florida; and Pavel Preus, a 38-year-old Polish citizen residing in Pompano Beach, Florida.

Also charged in an indictment, returned by a federal grand jury in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, on Jan. 13, 2005, and unsealed in April, were: were Lucia Kanis, a 30-year-old Slovak citizen; Ivan Kanis, a 38-year-old Slovak citizen residing in the Slovak Republic; and Andor Pikali, a 36-year-old Slovak citizen residing in Coral Springs, Florida.

Following his arrest, Preus made his initial appearance before United States Magistrate Judge Barry S. Seltzer in federal court in Ft. Lauderdale. Bogacki and Sawczuk, who were arrested in Clearwater, Florida, are scheduled to make their initial appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Elizabeth A. Jenkins in Tampa, Florida. The other three defendants are at large, and believed to be overseas.

The 26-count indictment alleges that from 1995 to the present, the defendants conspired to provide unauthorized workers, mostly East Europeans who had entered the United States on tourist visas, to American companies with whom the defendants had contracted to provide legally authorized foreign workers. The indictment alleges that more than 550 illegal aliens were brought into the United States by the defendants.

According to the indictment, the alien workers obtained tourist visas to enter the United States and were employed illegally in the Midwest and Southeastern United States on farms, in dairies and in factories. The defendants allegedly contracted with American employers to provide workers, for whom the defendants were to pay payroll taxes and workers' compensation deductions. The indictment alleges that the defendants did not pay the taxes or workers' compensation deductions. The indictment alleges that during the course of the conspiracy, the defendants failed to pay $6 million in payroll taxes and laundered more than $20 million.

Charges against the defendants include conspiracies to commit visa fraud, wire fraud, and mail fraud, money laundering, and tax fraud. If convicted, the defendants face maximum penalties of up to 20 years in prison and fines of up to $500,000. In addition, the government is seeking forfeiture of the defendants' assets.

“We will not allow criminal organizations to exploit America's immigration system for profit," said Michael J. Garcia, Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). "ICE is restoring integrity to our nation's immigration system by ensuring compliance with immigration laws through enforcement actions against violators and by working with responsible businesses to promote vigilance in their hiring practices.�

"These defendants allegedly abused our immigration laws and defrauded the United States, all in an attempt to enrich themselves by exploiting vulnerable foreigners," said Assistant Attorney General Christopher A. Wray of the Criminal Division. "Those who think they can profit from such illicit activity are wrong, and they will be prosecuted."

The defendants, as charged, chose profits over compliance with our country’s immigration and employment laws. In using illegal aliens to generate their profits, the defendants not only took advantage of these foreigners, but also potentially compromised the safety of our citizens.

The investigation, known as Operation Pisces, started in 2002. The investigation was led by the Kansas City Office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (at the time, the INS); the U.S. Department of Labor Office of Inspector, Labor Racketeering and Fraud Investigations; and the Miami field office of the Internal Revenue Service. Subsequently, the Miami division of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service joined the investigation.

The case is being prosecuted by Trial Attorneys Michael E. Barr and Judith O'Sullivan of the Domestic Security Section of the Criminal Division at the U.S. Department of Justice, and by Assistant United States Attorney Jeffrey H. Kay of the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida's Ft. Lauderdale office.

Arrest in Puerto Rico
A 35-year-old citizen of the Dominican Republic linked to human smuggling was arrested in Puerto Rico in April as a result of a 9-month Immigration and Customs Enforcement investigation.

ICE agents arrested Altagracia Ramos-Paolino for her alleged involvement in smuggling illegal aliens from the Dominican Republic to the continental United States using Puerto Rico as a gateway. Ramos-Paolino attempted to smuggle four previously deported aggravated felons through Luis Munoz Marin International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico; however, elements of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) prevented the illegal re-entry.

Ramos-Paolino is alleged to having provided the illegal aliens with counterfeit driver’s licenses and social security cards. She was also responsible for purchasing the airline tickets to facilitate their illegal entry. Ramos-Paolina is in U.S. Marshals custody awaiting the outcome of her case.

Jim Kouri, CPP is currently fifth vice-president of the National Association of Chiefs of Police. He's former chief at a New York City housing project in Washington Heights nicknamed "Crack City" by reporters covering the drug war in the 1980s. In addition, he served as director of public safety at a New Jersey university. He's also served on the National Drug Task Force and trained police and security officers throughout the country. He writes for many police and crime magazines including Chief of Police, Police Times, The Narc Officer, Campus Law Enforcement Journal, and others. He's appeared as on-air commentator for over 100 TV and radio news and talk shows including Oprah, McLaughlin Report, CNN Headline News, MTV, Fox News, etc. His book Assume The Position is available at Amazon.Com, Booksamillion.com, and can be ordered at local bookstores.



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Oops! My reply was cut short because I hit a "sent" button too soon. I was trying to cut, past and quote a certain passage from the original article.

I'd just like to say, booooo and hoooo to those who try to enter my country illegally. Perhaps they should be the ones making excuses - instead of me - for entering illegally and not abiding by the USA's immigration laws.

I suppose this post will have no affect on intentional lawbreakers regardless of whether or not we say our country is full and has no available jobs that Americans WILL NOT DO except for a decent wage and working conditions. Just imagine - you lawbreakers you - what will happen if the USA borders are opened up under proposed FTAA, Hey, let's send Bush No. II and Congress South of the Border to economize and relieve US taxpayers on their high rents and wages. Just imagine the revenues taxpayers could collect from prime real estate in Washington D.C. starting with the White House, not to mention reductions in wages and benefits by sending Bush number Two and his cronies to Tijuana. Maybe they will all receive their own personal porta pottie while on the job. I think that sounds like a swell job benefit - don't you?

The USA can handle so many people and - this country is full - plus many of our jobs are being outsourced, insourced, shafted, trashed, merged, regurgitated, ad naseum by foreigners but in thanks to greedy corporations looking for cheap labor that are the real beneficiaries. Think about it and just imagine in a very short time perhaps in a very small number of years the USA will be the equivalent of a third world country and then where are all the overpopulated third world countries going to send their poor while their elite rich and elite leaders horde the riches which should have been spent to help the people in poverty in their own countries to begin with? HUH!!! Don't even think of immigrating to Europe or Australia, who are other first world destinations (or are becoming has-beens from what I've read), because from everything I've read on the web, they have had their fill, some are shutting down their borders to anyone, and just remember that any country is not a huge box that you stick as many people in as possible - there is a sustainable limit anywhere. Let the people who have in the past 10 or so years regardless of nationality, who have practiced responsible birth control, inherit the best of whatever the future holds. Let those who haven't suffer the consequences. More importantely than this, make the elite rich jerks who have profited from the misery of the poor suffer the worst. I can think of many rich elite who'd I'd like to see working in a fast food restaurant, or especially on the backside of a garbage truck. Some of them even deserve to be homeless living in a cardboard box and being spit upon by the people whom they spit upon for ages.

Oh, and the most important issue of all is that George Bush Number Two needs to be fired!

Yea!!! It's so politically incorrect to say that we should try to stabilize population growth... For some crazy reason, all you ever hear is that it's a terrible crisis that some wealthy countries (e.g. Europe) are no longer growing their population... Rather, the crisis is the high pop growth in the 3rd world countries.

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph-T/peo_pop
Both China and India have over a billion people... Something like 50% of all people in India are under 25 years of age... About 1/3rd of people in the Middle East are under 13... No wonder there's so much poverty...

The Bear's Lair: Zero growth is too high

The Indian Ocean tsunami tragedy, and its 150,000 casualties, reminds us fortunate Westerners that too many of the world's people live in places and conditions that we would consider intolerable. The problem is not the world economy, it's world population, which has doubled in the last 50 years. The Zero Population Growth campaign of the 1970s was misguided in one respect: zero growth is too high, we need a reduction!

With a world population of 6.4 billion and rising, concentrations of huge numbers of people in unsafe and squalid conditions are inevitable.

With the United Nations forecasting world population increasing to 9.1 billion in 2050, almost all of the increase coming in poor countries, this problem is only going to get worse. If world population were to increase in the second half of the 21st Century at the same speed as it did in the second half of the 20th, it would be 18 billion by 2100, a clearly unsustainable figure. Ecological decay, use of resources, overcrowding, disease and poverty are all made worse by excess population; it is time we tackled these problem at their source.

Throughout human history it has been demonstrated, that provided knowledge, law and infrastructure are not destroyed (yes, the Dark Ages, even though depopulated, were indeed Dark) a country that has suffered a population drop, or is for some other reason far below its population potential, will be wealthy, in terms of the living standards of its people.
..... Conversely, a country whose population has been increasing in an unchecked manner will have low living standards, high unemployment and high crime, even if it is technologically sophisticated by the standards of its day, as was Charles I's Britain.

... a world population of 1 billion would enable the entire globe to enjoy a middle class lifestyle, without farming marginal or ecologically dangerous areas, and without any danger of resource exhaustion or ecological disaster...

The United States is rejoicing in its high population growth compared with the EU -- another 3 million Americans in 2004 -- and trumpeting its faster rate of increase in GDP, without correcting for population growth. China, it was reported last week, is considering relaxing its "one child" policy in order to increase the country's population. EU officials make anguished speeches about a "demographic deficit," whereby there might in the future be fewer Europeans. And so on.

What's needed is a World Population Treaty, which binds participants to work towards the eventual goal of reducing world population to 1 billion, and, as a first step, to bring forward as close as possible the magic date on which world population ceases to increase and starts diminishing.

FIRE GEORGE TWO, JOHN MCCAIN, TED KENNEDY, SALAZAR (YEAH, HE'S FROM COLORADO AND ONE OF THE SPONSORS OF THE MCCAIN KENNEDY BILL), LIEBERMAN, BROWNBACK (YEAH, THEY'RE SPONSORS AS WELL) AND A GUY NAMED GUTIERREZ FROM ILLINOIS (A SPONSOR OF THE BILL AS WELL).

PEOPLE SPONSORING OR SUPPORTING THIS BILL ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM THAT GOT US WHERE WE ARE......NOT PART OF THE SOLUTION.

SAY NO TO THE MCCAIN KENNEDY NON-SOLUTION TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION!!

The official name of the bill is Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act..."orderly"....now that's just too funny when you watch the films of the illegal aliens filing across the border in a steady orderly fashion...one right after another all about 5 feet apart....in fact when I watched the films I thought to myself....how orderly!!

"Orderly"....that word always made me nervous...strikes scenes of order mongers and seeing it in a bill concerning illegal immigration is really starting to annoy me....

"Orderly".....that word sounds like something a bunch of COMMIES would come up with.....

"Orderly".....New World ORDER....with an ORDERLY socio-economic system of Orderly Drones.....following the Orders of the Global Elite of the New World ORDER....so the rich are richer and the poor...everybody else....are MORE Orderly.

I'll bet that's McCain's contribution to the Act....

Act....that's an interesting word these days too....it used to mean TO DO something....you know like take an ACTION....

NOW, the word means an Act to ensure Inaction....Act drawn by Actors...a Pretense of Action....Hmmmmmm

An Act Not to Act.

The text of the Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act is 150 pages long.....150 pages of Act Not to Act....

Do you all have any idea how much money was spent in Congressional Staff Time to devise 150 pages of text and ensure that it accomplished nothing....that took some highly skilled LAWYERS....to come up with 150 pages of WORDS that they call an Act.....That Doesn't DO Anything.

150 page Act Not to Act.....

GET THESE BEANHEADS OUT OF OUR GOVERNMENT....

WE DON'T WANT OUR TAX MONEY USED FOR CRAP LIKE THIS....

What an insult....did THEY really think this would get by US???

Maybe last year.....but NOT.........THIS YEAR!!

Listen, Beanheads, We've Got Your Numbers...We're On To You....We're Watching Your Every Move.....now crawl back in your holes and.....

Get those "limos" gassed up!!