ICE's #FridayFive | Oct. 18, 2019

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) sent this bulletin at 10/18/2019 02:41 PM EDT

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Cyber Crime | South Korean national and hundreds of others charged worldwide in the takedown of the largest darknet child pornography website funded by bitcoin

Dozens of young victims who were being actively abused by site users rescued

Jong Woo Son, 23, a South Korean national, was indicted by a federal grand jury in the District of Columbia for operating Welcome To Video, the largest child sexual exploitation market by volume of content. The operation resulted in the seizure of approximately eight terabytes of child sexual exploitation videos, which is one of the largest seizures of its kind. Read more

Removal | ICE ERO deports convicted terrorist to Sudan

Convicted in 1996 as part of a large-scale terrorism plot

A Sudanese national convicted in 1996 with nine others as part a large-scale terrorism plot against the U.S. was deported by ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), and handed over to his home country’s authorities. Amir Abdelghani, 59, was sentenced to 30 years in prison for his part in the conspiracy headed by the Egyptian cleric Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman to target the United Nations, FBI offices and other New York City landmarks. Read more

Work for ICE | ICE is hiring board-certified nurses

Multiple vacancies throughout the U.S.

ICE is hiring Board Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners at detention facilities staffed by the ICE Health Services Corps (IHSC).

IHSC provides direct care to approximately 13,500 detainees housed at 21 designated facilities throughout the Nation including medical, dental and mental health care, and public health services.

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Financial Crimes | Maricopa County Assessor Paul D. Petersen indicted in adoption fraud scheme

Petersen is accused of bilking the state out of more than $814,000

Last week, a State Grand Jury indicted Maricopa County Assessor Paul D. Petersen for his alleged involvement in an adoption fraud scheme involving pregnant Marshallese woman flown to Arizona to place their baby up for adoption. Read more

Narcotics | ICE HSI agents perform life-saving measures to man overdosing on fentanyl-laced pills

Agency is focused on dismantling deadly narcotics trafficking

The swift actions of HSI special agents likely saved the life of a man arrested during a drug operation conducted by HSI’s High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area task force. Read more

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