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Houston business owner convicted of trafficking counterfeit prescription drugs
6:41 pm Eastern | USA News
A Houston business owner was found guilty by a jury Friday on four counts of conspiring to traffic in counterfeit drugs and introducing counterfeit and misbranded drugs into interstate commerce.read more »
Louisiana man sentenced to 10 years in prison for receipt of child pornography
7 Sep 16:03 | USA News
Tony Templet, 45, of Gretna, La., was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for receipt of child pornography, following an investigation conducted by special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).read more »
Texas man sentenced for selling counterfeit "Cisco" routers
7 Sep 16:03 | USA News
A local man has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for selling counterfeit Cisco products following an investigation conducted by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).read more »
Missouri man sentenced to 15 years for producing child pornography
7 Sep 16:03 | USA News
A local man was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison Thursday for producing child pornography with a young girl. This lengthy sentence resulted from an investigation conducted by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).read more »
2 Haitian boat captains sentenced to prison in connection with deadly smuggling operation in South Florida
7 Sep 16:03 | USA News
Jimmy Metellus, 34, and Jean Morange Nelson, aka Jean Monique Nelson, 33, both Haitian citizens, were sentenced Thursday and Friday in connection with the May 13, 2009, failed migrant smuggling operation that resulted in the deaths of nine Haitian nationals and an unborn fetus following an investigation led by ICE office of HSI.read more »
ICE arrests man accused of producing child pornography images of his 6-year-old daughter
7 Sep 16:03 | USA News
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents arrested Saturday a San Juan, Puerto Rico, resident for possession and production of child pornography.read more »
Oral Argument in case# 10-1608
7 Sep 15:41 | USA News
Oral Argument in case# 10-1608; USA v. Aaron Williams (criminal case) [uploaded: 09/07/2010] read more »
Oral Argument in case# 09-1556
7 Sep 15:39 | USA News
Oral Argument in case# 09-1556; USA v. Christopher Jones (criminal case) [uploaded: 09/07/2010] read more »
Oral Argument in case# 09-3865
7 Sep 15:38 | USA News
Oral Argument in case# 09-3865; Jeffrey Smith v. Medical Benefit Admi (civil case) [uploaded: 09/07/2010] read more »
Oral Argument in case# 09-2417
7 Sep 15:37 | USA News
Oral Argument in case# 09-2417; Henry Kaczmarek v. Dave Rednour (prisoner case) [uploaded: 09/07/2010] read more »
Oral Argument in case# 09-3274
7 Sep 15:36 | USA News
Oral Argument in case# 09-3274; Jamie S. v. Milwaukee Public Sch (civil case) [uploaded: 09/07/2010] read more »
Oral Argument in case# 09-2741
7 Sep 15:35 | USA News
Oral Argument in case# 09-2741; Jamie S. v. Milwaukee Public Sch (civil case) [uploaded: 09/07/2010] read more »
Former Treasurer of NRCC Pleads Guilty to Embezzling Funds
7 Sep 14:05 | USA News
Christopher J. Ward, 41, formerly of Bethesda, Maryland, has pleaded guilty to interstate transportation of stolen property in connection with a scheme to defraud the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) and other political committees which were clients of his accounting and consulting business. read more »
SEC Charges Colorado-Based Invesment Adviser With Fraudulently Recommending Hedge Funds to Older Investors
7 Sep 13:09 | US Politics and Govt
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Boulder, Colo.-based investment adviser Neal R. Greenberg with fraud and breach of fiduciary duty in the marketing and recommendation of his firm's hedge funds to investors, including many elderly clients.read more »
SEC Charges Colorado-Based Investment Adviser With Fraudulently Recommending Hedge Funds to Older Investors
7 Sep 13:09 | US Politics and Govt
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Boulder, Colo.-based investment adviser Neal R. Greenberg with fraud and breach of fiduciary duty in the marketing and recommendation of his firm's hedge funds to investors, including many elderly clients.read more »
SEC Sets Field Hearings on State of Municipal Securities Markets
7 Sep 11:00 | Business
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that it will launch a series of field hearings to examine the municipal securities markets, starting in San Francisco on September 21. Topics will include disclosure and transparency, credit ratings, and internal controls.read more »
FBI Offers Reward For Information On Mosque Site Arson
5 Sep 13:56 | USA News
The FBI is offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of the person/persons responsible for committing arson at the future site of the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro.read more »
Last 2 individuals convicted in international drug and gun-trafficking ring
3 Sep 17:39 | USA News
Two of six defendants arrested in a large scale drug-trafficking conspiracy with ties to Mexico were convicted by jury yesterday following a four-day trial in federal court in Panama City.read more »
ICE repatriates 98 immigration violators to Asia on Seattle charter flight
3 Sep 15:21 | USA News
In a chartered flight that originated in Seattle on Aug. 31, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) returned 96 immigration violators to the Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan and Cambodia; 66 of them had committed criminal offenses in the United States.read more »
"America's Most Wanted" suspect surrenders to ICE
3 Sep 14:12 | USA News
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents today took custody Wednesday of an individual recently featured on America's Most Wanted.read more »
8 arrested in South Carolina gang enforcement action
3 Sep 13:03 | USA News
Eight associates of the Surenos 13 gang are facing new criminal charges or removal from the U.S., following a joint anti-gang enforcement action Wednesday led by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Columbia, the York County Sheriff's Office and the Rock Hill Police Department.read more »
ICE's top 5 news stories for the week ending September 3, 2010
3 Sep 11:57 | USA News
ICE's top 5 news stories for the week ending September 3, 2010read more »
Idahoan pleads guilty to federal employment violations
3 Sep 10:48 | USA News
A Magic Valley home builder pleaded guilty to federal charges of employing illegal aliens, following an investigation by agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).read more »
FAKE FUNERALS, EMPTY CASKETS: A Different Kind of Scam
3 Sep 09:56 | USA News
A financial fraud tale of phony death certificates, staged funerals, and coffins buried with no bodies.read more »
ICE joins INTERPOL Washington in a multi-national effort to locate criminals in the United States
3 Sep 08:30 | USA News
INTERPOL Washington Director Timothy A. Williams announced a multi-international effort to locate and arrest criminal suspects believed to be in hiding in the United States and throughout Western Hemisphere countries.read more »
6 illegal aliens indicted on kidnapping and weapons charges
2 Sep 17:39 | USA News
A federal grand jury has indicted six illegal aliens in a 14-count indictment alleging conspiracy, hostage taking and gun crimes for abducting a woman and her two-year old daughter in Columbus on Dec. 14 and 15, 2009.read more »
Taiwan exporter is sentenced to prison for conspiring to export missile components from the U.S. to Iran
2 Sep 17:39 | USA News
Yi-Lan Chen, 40, a Taiwan passport holder, was sentenced on Friday to 3.5 years in prison for conspiring to illegally export dual-use commodities to Iran, following a joint investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the U.S. Department of Commerce Office of Export Enforcement.read more »
Secure Communities leads to removal of more than 5,500 convicted criminal aliens from LA County in first year
2 Sep 17:39 | USA News
Since its activation in Los Angeles County a year ago, the biometric information sharing capability deployed as part of the Secure Communities initiative has resulted in the identification and removal of more than 5,500 convicted criminal aliens from the United States who were encountered by local law enforcement in the county.read more »
9 indicted in Bronx-based heroin distribution ring
2 Sep 17:39 | USA News
Nine members of a Bronx-based narcotics ring were indicted Wednesday following a joint investigation by the DEA and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in New York.read more »
Drug smuggler sentenced to 17.5 years
2 Sep 16:30 | USA News
The last of 18 individuals indicted for participating in a major drug smuggling organization was sentenced today to 17.5 years in federal prison and five years supervised release following an investigation led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).read more »
Owners of Mexican restaurant indicted in $2 million life insurance fraud scheme
2 Sep 16:30 | USA News
The husband and wife owners of Cazadores Mexican restaurant in Pensacola were federally indicted yesterday with conspiring to and committing mail fraud, following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Florida Department of Financial Services' Fraud Division.read more »
Retired U.S. Army veteran at ICE helps recuperating veterans transition to work
2 Sep 14:12 | USA News
ICE Veterans Employment Program Manager Wayne "Mike" Nelson is bringing a record number of recovering veterans on board ICE through Operation Warfighter.read more »
Federal investigation of illegal honey imports from China results in guilty plea, indictments
2 Sep 14:12 | USA News
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.read more »
Risk Of Marijuana's 'Gateway Effect' Overblown, Research Shows
2 Sep 14:10 | SciTech
New research from the University of New Hampshire shows that the "gateway effect" of marijuana – that teenagers who use marijuana are more likely to move on to harder illicit drugs as young adults – is overblown. read more »
Mayor and Chief of Police of Port Allen, Louisiana Indicted
2 Sep 13:48 | USA News
A federal grand jury has charged Derek A. Lewis, age 49, of Port Allen, Louisiana, and Frederick W. Smith, age 39, of Port Allen, Louisiana, with 22 counts of violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, mail fraud, wire fraud, use of an interstate facility in aid of racketeering, and forfeiture. read more »
SEC Charges New Jersey Investment Adviser in Multi-Million Dollar Offering Fraud
2 Sep 11:03 | Business
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a Branchburg, N.J.-based investment adviser and three of her firms with operating a multi-million dollar offering fraud involving the sale of phony promissory notes to investors, many of whom are retired or unsophisticated in investments.read more »
Washington business owner agrees to plead guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States in award of government contract
2 Sep 10:48 | USA News
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).read more »
Polk County first in Iowa to benefit from ICE strategy to enhance the identification, removal of criminal aliens
2 Sep 10:48 | USA News
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.read more »
Washington state importer pleads guilty to making false statements about Chinese honey imports
2 Sep 09:39 | USA News
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.read more »
Polk County first in Iowa to benefit from ICE strategy to enhance the identification, removal of criminal aliens
2 Sep 09:39 | USA News
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.read more »
Former Dallas high school teacher pleads guilty to 4-count federal indictment for receiving and possessing child pornography
2 Sep 09:39 | USA News
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.read more »
SEC Adopts Temporary Rule Requiring Municipal Advisors to Register With Agency
2 Sep 09:19 | Business
The Securities and Exchange Commission today adopted a temporary rule requiring municipal advisors to register with the SEC by October 1, a deadline established by the newly-enacted Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.read more »
11 individuals, 6 companies indicted for alleged global conspiracy to illegally import Chinese honey
1 Sep 17:39 | USA News
Eleven individuals and six corporations were indicted Tuesday on federal charges for allegedly participating in an international conspiracy to illegally import honey from China.read more »
Menands man pleads guilty in massive Ponzi scheme
1 Sep 17:39 | USA News
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.read more »
Washington business owner agrees to plead guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States in award of government contract
1 Sep 17:39 | USA News
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).read more »
Accused murderer deported to Mexico
1 Sep 16:30 | USA News
A man wanted for a murder in Mexico in 2004 was deported on Thursday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers.read more »
HEALTH CARE FRAUD: $600 Million Settlement in Botox Case
1 Sep 16:04 | USA News
The three-year probe of a pharmaceutical company included millions of documents and dozens of hours of electronic evidence.read more »
North Florida man pleads guilty to producing child pornography
1 Sep 15:21 | USA News
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.read more »
SEC Charges Pinnacle Capital Markets for Deficient Customer Identification Program Procedures
1 Sep 11:33 | USA News
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Pinnacle Capital Markets LLC with failing to comply with an anti-money laundering (AML) rule that requires broker-dealers to identify and verify the identities of its customers and document its procedures for doing so. The SEC also charged Pinnacle's managing director Michael A. Paciorek with causing Pinnacle's violations.read more »
Pittsburgh attorney sentenced following child pornography conviction
1 Sep 09:39 | USA News
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).read more »