ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers removed a citizen of China  who was sentenced to three years in prison for attempting to illegally export high-grade carbon fiber to China, following an investigation operation initiated by ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in New York in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) Bureau of Industry and Security’s Office of Export Enforcement New York Field Office and the Department of Defense’s Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS) Northeast Field Office. Full Story

Pharmacist Vilawoe Aku Boadu, 39, of Peoria, Ariz., was sentenced to 120 months in prison. Zinka Sisic, 30, of Phoenix, who worked as a Pharmacy Technician for Boadu, was previously sentenced to 48 months in prison. Boadu and Sisic were both convicted of conspiring to distribute controlled substances and conspiring to launder money involved in a drug trafficking offense. The case was investigated by HSI, DEA, and the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation, with assistance from the Phoenix Police Department, the Glendale Police Department, and the Surprise Police Department.  Full Story

A North Texas man was indicted last week on child exploitation charges. This indictment was announced by U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown, Eastern District of Texas. This case is being investigated by HSI, and Carrollton (Texas) Police Department. According to the indictment, in September 2018, a teenager known to Mosher reported to school officials that he believed he had been secretly filmed in a bathroom of Mosher’s home. Carrollton police detectives executed a search warrant at the home and seized a number of hidden cameras and electronic devices.  Full Story

A dozen New York based businesses have partnered with HSI in New York by joining the agency’s employment compliance program IMAGE, or “ICE Mutual Agreement between Government and Employers.” Full Story