ICE's top 5 news stories for the week ending June 3, 2011
June 2, 2011 - 5 managers and supervisors at Mambo Seafood indicted for harboring illegal aliens
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents conducted a worksite enforcement action at Mambo Seafood. Thirty-three employees, all of whom are illegal aliens, were found and detained by ICE HSI agents. During the enforcement action, numerous immigration documents were also seized. As a result, two current managers and three former managers or supervisors of Mambo Seafood were indicted on various charges related to harboring illegal aliens.
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June 2, 2011 - ICE shares more than $470,000 with the Anne Arundel County Police Department
This week, ICE HSI shared $470,407.62 in "asset sharing" funds with the Anne Arundel County Police Department. These funds were seized during an investigation into illegal gambling businesses. Asset forfeiture is a powerful tool used by law enforcement agencies to seize assets used by criminal organizations or acquired through criminal activity.
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June 1, 2011 - 11 arrested following their grand jury indictment for using fraudulent documents to gain employment in the US
Eleven people were arrested on outstanding warrants on Wednesday. The indictment charges 20 individuals with using or possessing fraudulent green cards and social security cards to gain employment in the United States.
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June 1, 2011 - Kansas man who lived in Rwanda during 1994 genocide convicted of visa fraud
A federal jury found Lazare Kabaya Kobagaya of Topeka, Kan., guilty of one count of visa fraud. Kobagaya was accused of lying when he applied for a visa to enter the United States. He stated that he lived in Burundi rather than Rwanda during the 1994 Rwandan genocide, which prevented the government from examining his activities during that time.
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May 31, 2011 - Convicted weapons dealer sentenced to federal prison
A resident of Vancouver, British Columbia, convicted on weapons charges and for lying to federal border officers, was sentenced to six years and 10 months in federal prison, following an investigation by ICE HSI.
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