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Press Releases on Office of Inspector General Cases

2004

11/30/04 - Three State Officials Indicted for Obstructing Federal Audit

11/04/04 - O'Hare Inspector Among Seven Indicted in Alleged Immigration Fraud Conspiracy (PDF, 4 pages - 111 KB)

9/28/04 - Immigration Official Indicted for Selling Bogus Documents to Filipino Immigrants

8/11/04 - Department of Homeland Security Inspector charged with criminally violating the civil rights of a Chinese tourist (PDF, 2 pages - 57 KB)

7/16/04 - Former Immigration Officer Sentenced on Fraudulent Employment Document Charges

6/30/04 - Criminal Complaint Filed Against ICE Agent (PDF, 2 pages - 12 KB)

6/30/04 - U.S. Customs and Border Protection Special Operation Inspector pleads guilty to receiving bribes as a public official (PDF, 1 page - 25 KB)

6/25/04 - Attorney Arrested for Tax Evasion, False Personation of a Federal Agent, and Attempting to Carry a Gun on an Airplane

6/7/04 - Former Deputy U.S. Marshal Sentenced to 24 Months in Federal Prison

5/25/04 - Former Immigration Inspector Charged With Conspiracy To Import Marijuana And To Bring In Aliens

5/20/04 - Public Official Indicted On Bribery Charges

4/30/04 Customs and Border Protection Employee Indicted

4/20/04 Immigration Fraud Conviction

4/8/04 Former President of Houston Area Federal Business Association Pleads Guilty to Mail Fraud

3/29/04 Immigration Inspector Charged with Alien Smuggling (PDF, 1 page - 124 KB)

3/5/04 Federal Grand Jury in Minnesota Indicts Firm for Mail Fraud, Wire Fraud, and Money Laundering (PDF, 4 pages - 56 KB)

3/3/04 Nineteen People Arrested In Automobile Export Bribery Scheme (PDF, 3 pages - 344 KB)

2/27/04 Citizenship And Immigration Services Examiner Indicted In Mail Fraud Scheme

2/26/04 Citizenship And Immigration Services Employee Indicted for Soliciting Unauthorized Fees

2/18/04 Federal Grand Jury in District of Guam Indicts Former Gubernatorial Chief of Staff for Bank Fraud, Bribery and Money Laundering (PDF, 2 pages - 101 KB)

2/2/04 INS Officers to Serve Prison Terms for Violating the Civil Rights of Serafin Olvera Carrera

2/3/04 Federal Background Screener Check (PDF, 2 pages - 640 KB)

2/2/04 U.S. Customs and Border Protection Inspector Arrested for Obstructing Justice.

2003

12/15/03 Deputy US Marshall Agrees to Plead Guilty to Federal Charges

11/14/03 Five Immigration Enforcement Agents Arrested on Alien Smuggling Charges (PDF)

11/6/03 Brian Postle, Todd Hunter and Brian Niles Indicted on Federal Conspiracy and Mail Fraud Offenses (PDF, 2 pages 104 KB)

11/13/03 Arrest of Department of Homeland Security Employee

11/6/03 The Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General Completes Assessment of the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program

9/17/03 Federal Officer Indicted for Assisting Illegal Aliens (PDF)

9/8/03 Paul J. McNulty, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, announced the sentencing today of Russell Lee Ebersole, 43 (PDF)

6/9/03 Jury Finds INS Officer Guilty in Serafin Olvera Carrera

4/10/03 NYC Press Release: Manhattan District Attorney Robert M. Morgenthau announced today the arrests of 33 people

3/18/03 INS Employee Indicted for Bribery Related to Selling Immigration Documents

3/14/03 Paul J. McNulty, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, announced today that Russell Lee Ebersole, 43 Is Charged (PDF)

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