11/20/09 LOPEZ-TIZNADO
TWO MEXICAN NATIONALS SENTENCED IN FRAUDULENT DOCUMENTS SCHEME
Men Will Be Deported and Face Significant Prison Time if They Return
10/23/09 BRADFORD
OWNER OF THAI GINGER RESTAURANTS PLEADS GUILTY TO IMMIGRATION FRAUD SCHEME
Admits Arranging Sham Marriages to Obtain Citizenship for Workers and Relatives
10/23/09 MAHONEY
KENT IMMIGRATION CONSULTANT SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT IMMIGRATION FRAUD
Defendant Advised Immigrants to Lie about Sexual Orientation
9/21/09 YAMATO
BELLINGHAM ENGINE COMPANY, TWO OFFICERS SENTENCED FOR FELONY IMMIGRATION VIOLATIONS
Company Submitted False Immigration Forms on Employees
9/3/09 LOPEZ-TIZNADO/PEREZ-ZAMBRANO
TWO MEXICAN NATIONALS CHARGED IN FRAUDULENT DOCUMENTS SCHEME
Men Allegedly Recruited, Housed and Secured Employment for Other Illegal Aliens
8/31/09 SIM
FEDERAL WAY WOMAN SENTENCED FOR CONSPIRACY, VISA FRAUD, MONEY LAUNDERING AND CONCEALING AN ILLEGAL ALIEN
Recruited and Paid U.S. Citizens to Enter into Fake Marriages with Cambodian Nationals
8/18/09 DHANANI
OFFICERS OF BELLINGHAM ENGINE COMPANY PLEAD GUILTY TO FELONY IMMIGRATION VIOLATIONS
Pair Admits they Allowed Company to Submit False Immigration Forms on Employees
8/11/09 SOARES DE ALMEIDA
BRAZILIAN SENTENCED FOR BRINGING ALIENS INTO THE UNITED STATES
Man was Arrested as He Brought Three Brazilian Citizens Across Border from Canada
7/30/09 DONGIRD
FORMER BELLEVUE RESIDENT SENTENCED FOR TRANSPORTING THAI NATIONALS FOR SEX TRADE AT MASSAGE PARLORS
Defendant Arranged Sham Marriages, Required Long Hours and Prostitution to Pay Debts
7/10/09 SOHN
CANADIAN MAN SENTENCED FOR HUMAN SMUGGLING SCHEME
Defendant Part of Conspiracy to Smuggle Korean Nationals into US from Canada
5/15/09 BINNING
CANADIAN COUPLE SENTENCED FOR HUMAN SMUGGLING SCHEME
Defendants Took Money From Undercover Mounties for Smuggle Through Border Park
4/30/09 SOARES DE ALMEIDA
BRAZILIAN PLEADS GUILTY TO BRINGING ALIENS INTO THE UNITED STATES
Man was Arrested as He Brought Three Brazilian Citizens Across Border from Canada
4/28/09 MAHONEY
KENT IMMIGRATION CONSULTANT PLEADS GUILTY TO CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT IMMIGRATION FRAUD
Defendant Advised Immigrants to Lie about Sexual Orientation
1/28/09 RENO
MERCER ISLAND MAN NAMED ‘TRIAL LAWYER OF THE YEAR’ BY DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Special Assistant United States Attorney Prosecuted Major Illegal Immigrant Hiring Case
8/28/08 MALDONADO
LACEY FLOORING COMPANY OWNER PLEADS GUILTY TO AIDING AND ABETTING THE SMUGGLING OF AN ILLEGAL ALIEN -
Man Admits Forcing Illegal Alien to Pay Off Smuggling Debt
2/29/08 HWANG
KOREAN NATIONAL SENTENCED TO TWO YEARS IN PRISON FOR HUMAN SMUGGLING - Part of Smuggling Network Illegally Bringing Koreans into U.S. from Canada
2/23/07 KANG
LEADERS OF CONSPIRACY TO TRANSPORT WOMEN FOR PROSTITUTION SENTENCED TO PRISON - Seattle Area Residents Ran Brothels or Escort Services Using Undocumented Asian Women
1/30/07 SINGH
INDIAN NATIONAL CONVICTED OF HUMAN SMUGGLING - Kent Resident tied to Conspiracy that Smuggled Dozens of Indian and Pakistani Nationals into U.S.
6/9/06 TANG
TACOMA RESTAURANT OWNER SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR HARBORING ILLEGAL ALIENS - Employees of Chinese Restaurant Paid less than Minimum Wage for Long Hours of Work
2/2/06 SHU
TACOMA RESIDENT SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR HARBORING AND INDUCING ILLEGAL ALIENS - Woman housed undocumented workers and employed them in her restaurant
1/6/06 HSU
SEATTLE MAN SENTENCED FOR CONCEALING AND HARBORING ILLEGAL ALIENS - Created phoney documents to allow illegal aliens to get drivers licenses and ID cards
12/16/05
HERNANDEZ
Federal
Way Resident Sentenced to Prison for Human Smuggling - Woman
was informant who smuggled loads of Korean nationals without
permission
9/14/05
SHIN
Two
Federal Way Residents Plead Guilty in Connection to Human Smuggling
Ring
3/25/05
CHOI
Los
Angeles Man Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison for Human Smuggling
Operation