ICE Breaking NewsFederal investigation of illegal honey imports from China results in guilty plea, indictments Two long-term ICE investigations into the illegal honey imports from China led to a guilty plea by a Seattle-area businessman and a 44-count indictment charging 11 individuals and six corporations in Chicago. Retired U.S. Army veteran at ICE helps recuperating veterans transition to work ICE Veterans Employment Program Manager Wayne "Mike" Nelson is bringing a record number of recovering veterans on board ICE through Operation Warfighter. Polk County first in Iowa to benefit from ICE strategy to enhance the identification, removal of criminal aliens On Tuesday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) began using a new biometric information sharing capability in Polk County that helps federal immigration officials identify aliens, both lawfully and unlawfully present in the United States, who are booked into local law enforcement's custody for a crime. 11 individuals, 6 companies indicted for alleged global conspiracy to illegally import Chinese honey Eleven individuals and six corporations were indicted Tuesday on federal charges for allegedly participating in an international conspiracy to illegally import honey from China. Menands man pleads guilty in massive Ponzi scheme A 53-year-old Menands resident pleaded guilty on August 19 to mail fraud and filing a fraudulent tax return following a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) led investigation. Accused murderer deported to Mexico A man wanted for a murder in Mexico in 2004 was deported on Thursday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers. Washington state importer pleads guilty to making false statements about Chinese honey imports A Bellevue, Wash., business man pleaded guilty last week to criminal charges for his role in a scheme uncovered by federal agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) to import contaminated honey from China. Washington business owner agrees to plead guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States in award of government contract The founder and president of a Maryland corporation, whose principal place of business is in Washington, D.C., has agreed to plead guilty for her role in a conspiracy to defraud the United States involving the award of a government contract for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Former Dallas high school teacher pleads guilty to 4-count federal indictment for receiving and possessing child pornography A recent English teacher at Woodrow Wilson High School in Dallas pleaded guilty on Wednesday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Irma C. Ramirez to an indictment charging three counts of receiving child pornography and one count of possessing child pornography. ICE dismantles Long Island drug trafficking organization ICE-HSI special agents execute an early morning search warrant at a suspected dope house in Long Island where three of 17 suspects in a drug trafficking organization were arrested. Pittsburgh attorney sentenced following child pornography conviction An attorney from Pittsburgh was sentenced on Friday to 50 months in prison for possessing child pornography following an investigation by the U.S. Immigration & Customs and Enforcement (ICE) Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). North Florida man pleads guilty to producing child pornography A north Florida man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a federal indictment charging him with producing, advertising, transporting, receiving and possessing child pornography, between November 2008 and June 2010. Feds, local law enforcement team up to seize millions in counterfeit goods ICE-HSI special agents view items seized when ICE and local investigators teamed up to target area vendors. The goods, worth millions, included athletic shoes, sunglasses, jewelry and even phony iPhones. Owner/operator and employee of Miami-based school sentenced for immigration-related fraud A local woman was sentenced on Friday to 15 months in prison for her role in student visa fraud. ICE seizes $389,000 worth of counterfeit items at South Florida flea markets More than $389,000 worth of counterfeit merchandise was seized by special agents with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) during a two-day enforcement operation targeting flea markets in the South Florida area that were suspected of selling counterfeit trademarked goods. ICE agents arrest 28 in New Mexico, including child predator Twenty-eight people, who have either criminal records or an order to depart the country, were arrested during a four-day enforcement surge by agents with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) and other law enforcement partners. Frisco, Texas, man sentenced for child pornography violations A 30-year-old man from Frisco, Texas, was sentenced on Friday to 13 years in federal prison for child pornography violations. ICE unit recognized for combating gangs in North Carolina The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) gang unit in Charlotte, N.C., recently received law enforcements Special Achievement Award by the North Carolina Gang Investigators Association (NCGIA). ICE arrests 370 convicted criminal aliens, fugitives in enforcement surge throughout 10 Midwestern states This Midwest operation is part of a series of similar Cross Check operations around the country. In total, ICE has arrested 2,064 convicted criminals, fugitives and aliens around the country. ICE seizes 900 lbs. of marijuana in Arizona Agents conducting surveillance on a suspected stash house in Nogales, Ariz., watched smugglers load the marijuana into this pickup truck. ICE nabs El Salvadoran for possession and production of child porn Special agents with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) arrested a Luquillo, Puerto Rico, resident Tuesday for possession and production of child porn. Guatemalan national pleads guilty to possession and distribution of child pornography Fabian Andres Maselli-Paiz, 24, pleaded guilty Wednesday to a two-count indictment that charged him with distribution of child pornography following an investigation by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Miami. 5 Honduran men charged in drug smuggling operation ICE special agents arrest five Honduran crew members found on board a vessel with 2,500 kilograms of cocaine, with an estimated value of $80 million. Wellsboro, Pa. man sentenced on child pornography charges Russell Oberther, 50, of Wellsboro, Pa., was sentenced on August 25 for possession of child pornography to 36 months in federal prison and ten years of supervised release. Oberther was snared by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in an operation investigating foreign internet sales of child pornography. ICE deports violent career criminal alien wanted in the Cayman Islands U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Wednesday deported Ricky Marwick Rankin who was wanted on probation violation charges in the Cayman Islands.
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