U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations New Orleans partnered with federal and local law enforcement partners in an investigation that led to the indictment of multiple Louisiana law enforcement officers and a business owner accused of engaging in a bribery scheme involving U visa applications for noncitizen crime victims.
Bahram Mohammad Ostovari is alleged to have unlawfully exported U.S.-made electronic components used in railway signaling and telecommunications systems from the United States to an Iranian company by using his own companies in the United Arab Emirates as conduits.
Abiola Femi Quadri, 43, of Pasadena, was sentenced by United States District Judge George H. Wu, who also ordered him to pay $1,356,229 in restitution and a $35,000 fine.
“I want to congratulate and thank our partners at the FBI for bringing in Benjamin Hanil Song, the man who conspired with more than a dozen other criminals to kill ICE officials,” said acting ICE Director Todd M. Lyons.
Ovidio Guzman Lopez, who succeeded his father — Joaquin Guzman Loera, also known as El Chapo — as one of the heads of the Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Chicago to federal drug charges.
An investigation by ICE Homeland Security Investigations New York, in coordination with federal partners, has resulted in the extradition of a United Kingdom citizen to face charges related to an alleged $99 million wine fraud scheme.