Press Releases
We respond to media requests and queries through our Office of Public Affairs (OPA).
We respond to media requests and queries through our Office of Public Affairs (OPA). Reporters and journalists can contact us about HSI activities, operations, or policies at (202) 732-4646 or email HSImedia@hsi.dhs.gov.
HSI New York Investigation Lands American Airlines Mechanic 9-Year Prison Sentence for Conspiring to Import Cocaine Bricks Under Jetliner Cockpit
NEW YORK — A former American Airlines mechanic at John F. Kennedy International Airport was sentenced to 108 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to import and possess cocaine following an HSI and law enforcement partner investigation.
Joint Investigation Leads to 12-Year Sentence for Massachusetts Man for Mailing Fentanyl and Fentanyl Trafficking
BOSTON — A Stoughton man was sentenced Sept. 5 in federal court in Boston for his role in a wide-ranging fentanyl trafficking conspiracy was uncovered by HSI New England and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.
Wynn Las Vegas Forfeits $130M for Illegally Conspiring With Unlicensed Money Transmitting Businesses
SAN DIEGO – Wynn Las Vegas agreed today to forfeit $130,131,645 to settle criminal allegations that it conspired with unlicensed money transmitting businesses worldwide to transfer funds for the financial benefit of the casino.
New Hampshire Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Possession of CSAM After Undercover Investigation
CONCORD, N.H. — A Lancaster man was sentenced in federal court for possession of child sexual abuse material after an undercover investigation led by HSI New England.
Florida Man Gets Life for Fentanyl Distribution, Sex Trafficking
TAMPA, Fla. — HSI Tampa assisted the DEA in Tampa during an investigation that has led to a life sentence for a Florida man who distributed fentanyl, heroin, methamphetamine and crack cocaine, causing bodily harm.
Mexican National Who Oversaw International Money Laundering Network for Drug Cartel Convicted
HOUSTON — A 40-year-old Mexican national who oversaw an international money laundering network for the Jalisco New Generation drug cartel was convicted Sept. 4 of drug trafficking and money laundering offenses following an OCDETF investigation conducted by HSI Houston with assistance from the DEA and IRS Criminal Investigation.
Drug Dealer Sentenced to Prison for Meth, Fentanyl Trafficking in Montana
MISSOULA, Mont. — A California man convicted by a federal jury of trafficking pounds of methamphetamine and thousands of fentanyl pills in the Butte and Helena communities as part of a large conspiracy was sentenced to prison Sept. 3.
Motocross Coach Sentenced to 4 Decades for Child Exploitation Crimes
ATLANTA — A joint HSI Chattanooga and HSI Dalton investigation has led to the sentencing of a Tennessee motorcross coach who traveled the country building motocross tracks and mentoring children to decades in prison for multiple child exploitation offenses.
HSI, Asia Partners Disrupt International Drug Smuggling Ring
WASHINGTON — HSI and the DEA joined the Taiwan Criminal Investigation Bureau’s International Criminal Affairs Division and other partners Sept. 5 in Taipei, Taiwan, to announce the results of a multinational counternarcotics effort dubbed Operation Sunset.
Former Cyclist Sentenced for International Gun Smuggling
ORLANDO, Fla. – A HSI Orlando investigation has led to the sentencing of a former international cyclist to seven years in prison for smuggling firearms overseas and possessing firearms as an unlawfully present noncitizen.