ICE Arrest 3,100 convicted criminal aliens, immigration fugitives and immigration violators
WASHINGTON — As part of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) ongoing commitment to prioritizing the removal of criminal aliens and egregious immigration law violators, the agency announced today the results of a six-day national "Cross Check" enforcement operation-which led to the arrest of more than 3,100 convicted criminal aliens, immigration fugitives and immigration violators.
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Major Obama donor accused of stealing $650,000
Abake Assongba, who has contributed more than $50,000 to Obama's re-election campaign this year, has been accused of defrauding a businessman and impersonating a bank official, federal records show.
She has been accused of thieving more than $650,000 to help build a multimillion-dollar home in Florida.
Mrs Assongba and her husband, Anthony J.W. DeRosa, run a charity called Abake's Founda.... |
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Cops take down drug pipeline stretching from New York City to Vermont
Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced the arrests and 261 count indictment of 52 members of a violent narcotics network who were distributing massive quantities of cocaine, heroin and various illegal prescription medications, including Hydrocodone, Oxycodone, and Percocet from New York City, throughout the Capital Region, as well as Greene, Orange, Rensselaer, Rockland, Schenecta.... |
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Grand Jury Indicts Spectator Who Disrupted Trial
The Suffolk County Grand Jury today returned indictments charging a man with witness intimidation and disrupting a court proceeding for shouting taunts at a prosecution witness, District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.
DENNIS JONES (D.O.B. 1/5/67) was held on $20,000 cash bail at his district court arraignment on identical charges a week ago today. The indictments move his case to Suffolk Sup.... |
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Two Charged in Major Chelsea Drug Bust
MANUEL A. CASTILLO (D.O.B. 1/11/77), who has residences in Chelsea and Revere, and FERNANDO MARCANO-GARCIA (D.O.B. 11/17/68) of Orlando, Florida, were arraigned today in Chelsea District Court on charges of trafficking in more than 200 grams of a Class B substance, conspiracy to violate the state’s drug laws, and violating the state’s drug laws in a school zone.
Chelsea District Court Judge D.... |
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Married couple sentenced in Florida for immigration fraud
Levy Garcia-Crespo, 35, from Cuba and Anyelina Cid Bonilla from Dominican Republic , husband and wife living in Lake Clarke Shores, pleaded guilty last year to immigration fraud conspiracy. They summited more than 3,000 applications to help undocumented immigrants obtain driver's licenses.
His wife, a former lawyer in her native Dominican Republic who ran the office side of the fraud, was s.... |
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Illegal Gambling Bust in Rockland Nets $130,000 in Cash, 32 Arrests
An illegal betting ring in Rockland with international ties met a swift end Wednesday night when police culminated Operation Big Splash, an investigation that netted more than $130,000 in cash and 32 arrests.
The sting uncovered a Dominican Lottery that was operating out of 18 businesses—many of them mom-and-pop stores—throughout Haverstraw and West Haverstraw; barbershops, delis, grocery sto.... |
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Hundreds of Harlem Girls Dazzle New Yorkers on the ice
On Saturday March 24th, 2012, Figure Skating In Harlem held its 15th annual Ice Show “Puttin’ on the Hits” at the World Ice Arena in Flushing, Queens
One-hundred seventy girls, ages 6 to 18, took to the ice for the season’s culminating event. They dazzled the crowd with their skills, skating to timeless hits by Ella Fitzgerald, the Supremes, Natalie Cole, Stevie Wonder, Donna Summer, Harry Be.... |
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WOMAN WHO ORCHESTRATED $6 MILLION EMBEZZLEMENT
SCHEME SENTENCED TO MORE THAN EIGHT YEARS IN PRISON
David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that SUSAN A. CURTIS, 50, of Naugatuck, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Janet C. Hall in Bridgeport to 102 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for defrauding Webster Bank and Bank of America of more than $6.8 million, and for failing to pay more than $1 million.... |
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WILTON ATTORNEY ADMITS FILING FALSE TAX RETURNS, OBSTRUCTING IRS AUDIT
David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOSEPH COLBERT, 44, of Wilton, pleaded guilty today before United States Magistrate Judge Donna F. Martinez in Hartford to one count of subscribing a false tax return.
According to court documents and statements made in court, COLBERT, an attorney, filed false federal tax returns in 2006, 2007 and 2008.... |
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Dominican Republic seizes 1.5 tonnes of cocaine; arrest 3 venezuelans
SANTO DOMINGO : Authorities in Dominican Republic have seized 1.5 tonnes of cocaine and detained three Venezuelans allegedly transporting the drugs in a speedboat. Agents found bales of white power in the 40-foot (12-meter) speedboat.
The cocaine was intercepted off the coast of Juan Dolio, 45 km from Santo Domingo.
The suspects, Richard Chirino Primera, Eliezer Hernández Guanita and Cruz.... |
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CITIZEN OF MEXICO SENTENCED TO 42 MONTHS FOR
ILLEGALLY REENTERING THE U.S., VIOLATING SUPERVISED RELEASE
David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ADALBERTO ARTEAGA-RODRIGUEZ, 35, of Mexico, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to 42 months of imprisonment for illegally reentering the United States after being deported, and for violating the conditions of his supervised release stemming from a previous federal.... |
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People Buying Counterfeit Licenses Often Are
Unaware of Identity Theft Risk, Criminal Prosecution
WETHERSFIELD – The Department of Motor Vehicles is warning that stepped up numbers of people buying fake driver's licenses sold overseas risk increased chances of identity theft and having credit-card numbers stolen in these transactions.
And when they use the fraudulent licenses they face criminal penalties and license suspensions from the state.
This risk can be higher for underage peopl.... |
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A Canadian tourist drowned Tuesday morning after going on a diving trip off the coast of Pompano Beach.
The Broward Sheriff’s Office Communications Center received the call at around 11 a.m. advising that the boat “Aqua View” would be arriving on shore with a deceased male onboard. After going for a dive, Bruce Magill, 63, had resurfaced and began swimming toward the boat along with other divers, but he never made it to the vessel. The boat captain and passengers searched the surface of the water .... |
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Czar Antidrugs DR Said Hipolito Mejia Was In Bankruptcy Before Presidency
Today's millionaire and former president of Dominican Republic, Hipolito Mejia, was in bankruptcy in 2000, before his presidency (2000-2004), said the president of Ethics and Anti-corruption Commission, Marino Vinicio Castillo.
Back in 2000, before Mejia took office, he had been subject to bankruptcy court proceedings by Everflora Company, said Castillo, for not honoring loan payments.
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