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HSI investigation leads to seizure of 9th fraudulent website seeking to capitalize on COVID-19
03/05/2021 05:01 AM EST

According to the affidavit filed in support of the seizure, the HSI Intellectual Property Rights Center (“IPRC”) and the HSI Cyber Crimes Center (“C3”) discovered an apparent fraudulent website, named “freevaccinecovax.org.” A domain analysis conducted by HSI indicated the domain name was created on April 27, 2021, using an IP address located in Strasbourg. The registrant country was listed as Russia.
Former West Texas firefighter pleads guilty to possessing child pornography

MIDLAND, Texas – A former firefighter in Odessa, Texas, pleaded guilty Friday to possessing child pornography and using his cell phone on his employer’s network to access child pornography.

Special agents with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Midland investigated the case with the assistance from the Odessa Police Department.
HSI investigation leads to prison sentence for Mexican citizen for identity theft

In October 2017, Griselda Genchi-Garcia, 27, a citizen of Mexico, applied for asylum to the United States from Mexico via the San Ysidro Port of Entry, California. She was given a notice to appear and informed she was a noncitizen and not a citizen or national of the United States.
Woman who targeted the elderly in a lottery scam sentenced to 2 years in prison

Shanelle Bailey, 23, of Jamaica, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Rosemary Marquez after pleading guilty Oct. 10, 2020, to Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering.
HSI investigated Colorado man for drug trafficking

Eber Uriel Perez-Ramirez, 29, of Aurora, Colorado was sentenced to 10.5 years in federal prison following his prior guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances.
HSI investigated Chinese national for laundering drug money

Xianbing Gan, 51, was sentenced to 14 years in prison for laundering illegal narcotics proceeds on behalf of drug traffickers in Mexico.
West Texas investigation results in 60-year sentence in child exploitation case

Alvaro Castillo, 64, a retired telecommunications network engineer of Englewood, Colorado, was convicted by a federal jury Nov. 18, 2020, of three counts of production of child pornography; one count of attempted production of child pornography; one count of transportation of child pornography; and one count of possession of child pornography.

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