Gilbert man sentenced to prison for PPP fraud following ICE HSI investigation
James Theodore Polzin, 48, of Gilbert, Arizona, pleaded guilty in October 2021.
View ArticleHSI Philadelphia-led investigation nets former Liberian rebel general for...
An investigation headed by the Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Philadelphia field office led to the arrest of a former Liberian rebel general on May 5. Agents from HSI Philadelphia arrested Laye...
View ArticleHSI investigation results in arrest of 2 men for involvement in attorney...
Jose Maria Guerrero, 68, and Rodolfo Solis Zepeda, 75, both from San Antonio, were arrested and charged with one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States and five counts of false statements.
View ArticleNebraska and California residents sentenced in identity fraud conspiracy...
Special Agent in Charge of HSI Kansas City Katherine Greer and Acting United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that Luis Alberto Castro-Santos, 35, of Pomona, California, and Tomas De La...
View ArticleMastermind behind massive marriage fraud conspiracy sentenced to 10 years in...
Ashley Yen Nguyen, 58, was also ordered to serve three years of supervised release and pay $334,605 in fines. Nguyen pleaded guilty to the charges Nov. 5, 2020. As part of her plea, she admitted to...
View ArticleHSI El Paso arrests local woman charged with defrauding the US government,...
Perla Vidalez, 39, was arrested at her Lower Valley home, from where she operated an immigration preparation business. Her clients would supply Vidalez with the required immigration paperwork for...
View ArticleFremont man sentenced in conspiracy to produce, transfer fraudulent documents...
Acting Special Agent in Charge of HSI Kansas City Taekuk Cho and United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that Martin Alonzo Castro, 42, of Fremont was sentenced Jan. 6 in federal court in Omaha...
View ArticleHSI El Paso arrests local woman for wire fraud, impersonation of federal...
According to court documents, Ana Maria Hernandez, 53, portrayed herself to be a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) employee and defrauded more than 20 victims by providing them the false...
View ArticleHSI El Paso seeks individuals defrauded by local woman who impersonated...
Ana Hernandez, 53, faces criminal charges related to her alleged wire fraud and impersonation of a federal employee. She portrayed herself to be a USCIS employee and defrauded more than 20 victims by...
View ArticleConvicted child molester sentenced for immigration fraud, ordered removed...
On March 23, Chief United States District Judge Richard E. Myers II sentenced Manuel Alejandro Vitela-Romero, 36, a citizen of Mexico residing in Johnston County, to time served plus one year of...
View ArticleConvicted child molester found guilty of naturalization fraud
On March 16, a federal jury in Charlotte convicted Gregory Maxwell Palmer, 48, a naturalized citizen of Jamaica, of naturalization fraud. U.S. District Judge Frank D. Whitney presided over the two-day...
View ArticleFederal judge sentences naturalized citizen for lying to obtain US citizenship
U.S. District Judge Kenneth D. Bell ordered Herbert Leonel Diaz, 53, a naturalized citizen of the United States who was born in El Salvador and previously resided in Henderson, to serve eight months in...
View ArticleStolen credit cards and mail theft conspiracy land man in prison after HSI...
A federal grand jury indicted Davey Hines, 30, of Naperville, on one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States, one count of theft or receipt of stolen mail, four counts of unauthorized access...
View ArticleGuatemalan woman sentenced for using fraudulent identity documents to work...
HSI Kansas City acting Special Agent in Charge Taekuk Cho and U.S. Attorney Steven A. Russell announced that Cristian Yanira Ruiz-Cardona, 28, was sentenced on April 6, 2023 in federal court in Omaha,...
View ArticleHSI investigation results in woman’s guilty plea for wire fraud,...
According to court documents, Ana Maria Hernandez, 53, portrayed herself to be a USCIS employee and defrauded numerous noncitizen victims and their family members by falsely representing that she would...
View Article3 Romanians plead guilty to fraud in St. Louis following HSI, APD investigation
Loredana Angel, 34, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court April 13 to felony charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and illegal reentry of an alien. Daniel Rostas, 30, pleaded guilty Wednesday, and...
View ArticleFederal judge sentences naturalized citizen for lying to obtain US citizenship
U.S. District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced Cruz Miguel Aguina, 40, to eight months in prison following a guilty plea to immigration fraud. Aguina was also judicially denaturalized as a U.S. citizen.
View ArticleMan convicted of immigration fraud after lying about atrocities committed...
The roster included Sinisa Djurdjic’s name; Djurdjic immigrated to the United States in 2000. HSI discovered that, on various U.S. immigration applications, Djurdjic had denied serving in foreign...
View ArticleWoman sentenced to 7 years for posing as immigration services employee...
According to court documents, Ana Maria Hernandez, 53, portrayed herself to be a USCIS employee and defrauded numerous undocumented noncitizen victims and their family members by falsely representing...
View ArticleMissouri business owner indicted for CARES Act fraud scheme, following a HSI...
Sammy Adam Joseph, 47, was charged in an eight-count indictment returned under seal by a federal grand jury in Kansas City, Missouri, on Wednesday, Nov. 8. That indictment was unsealed and made public...
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