2. Office of Investigations National Security Group (813) 357-7000
Nicholas S. Anderson
Senior Special Agent
Office of Investigations
National Security Group
(813)

3. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
Created March 1, 2003
ICE is the largest investigative arm within the Department of Homeland Security
Consists of 4 Operational Programs
Office of Investigations: Merged 3,000 former Customs and 2,500 former Immigration & Naturalization (INS) Special Agents
Office of Detention and Removal: Approximately 4,000 former INS Detention and Removal employees
Office of Intelligence: Supports OI, DHS and Intel community
Federal Protective Service: Protects all Federal buildings

4. ICE Office of Investigations
Mission Statement
To defend the Nation by enforcing trade and immigration laws through investigations that target the people, money and materials that support terrorists and other criminal activities.

7. The Office of Investigations has a wide range of investigative authorities and responsibilities to include:
Narcotics Smuggling / Trafficking
Financial Crimes / Bulk Cash Smuggling
Commercial Trade and Fraud
Alien Smuggling / Human Trafficking
Anti-Gang Enforcement
Weapons Smuggling
Export Enforcement
Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)
Cyber Crimes
Immigration Document / Benefit Fraud
Human Rights Violations
Worksite Enforcement / Critical Infrastructure Protection

8. Document Fraud

9. Benefit Fraud Visa Fraud Immigrant vs. Non-Immigrant
Employment vs. Family Based
Marriage Fraud
Alien stays married to US citizen for 2 years for LPR
Large scale rings bring people from many states
Naturalization Fraud
Alien may naturalize after 5 years as LPR, 3 if married to USC
War Criminals

10. Operation Body Double Patrick Abayomi Thomas
Operated Crowngate World Wide Services
Arranged the marriage and petitions for over 100 aliens, 45 of whom have been indicted and/or deported
Indicted for Conspiracy to Defraud the U.S., False Statement in a U.S. Passport, Fraudulent Procurement of U.S. Citizenship and Witness Tampering
Sentenced to 57 Months, de-naturalized and deported to Nigeria

11. Worksite and Critical Infrastructure Protection
I-9 Inspections
Identity Theft
Fraudulent Documents
Unauthorized Workers at
sensitive facilities
Exploitation of public
systems for illegal purposes

12. Arms and Strategic Technologies Investigations
United States Munitions List
Arms and other military items
High Tech
Night Vision Systems, Aviation and Communication
Dual Use Items
Nuclear, Biological and Chemical

13. Carlos Gamarra-Murillo

14. The Shopping List AK-47 M-16 M-60 C-4 Explosive Beretta Handguns
Hand Grenades

15. Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia

17. Sentenced to 25 Years

18. Nuclear, Biological and Chemical
Dual Use Items

20. Financial and Trade Investigations Division
Cornerstone – Bulk Cash Smuggling; Outreach / Training; SAC / Field office Liaisons and Private Sector / Industry Partnerships
TTU / MLCC – Trade Transparency Analysis; U/C Financial Operations; Money Laundering Coordination Center
Commercial Fraud and IPR - Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Center; Contraband Smuggling; Predatory Trade Practices; In-Bond Diversion; and Forced Child Labor

21. Commercial Fraud Intellectual Property Rights Counterfeit Goods
Invoice, Bill of Lading and other Documents
Avoid Quotas and Anti-Dumping Duties
Valuation Fraud
Avoid Duties

25. Martin Mullen Hacked over 16,000 satellite TV access cards
Pled Guilty to Conspiracy to Violate Anti-Piracy Laws and Re-Entry of a Felon after Deportation
Sentenced to 7 years
$24 Million in restitution to DirecTV

26. Financial and Trade Investigative Strategy
Focus ICE’s investigative resources both Domestically and Internationally to:
Apply its broad jurisdictional authorities and utilize available investigative tools such as Bank Secrecy Act and the Trade Transparency Unit
Identify methods and systemic vulnerabilities exploited by terrorist and other criminal organizations to earn, move and store their illicit proceeds
Eliminate these vulnerabilities in partnership with the private sector through its CORNERSTONE initiative

27. Financial and Trade Investigations Tools / Authorities
Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) Information
Suspicious Activity Reports (SAR)
Currency Transaction Reports (CTR)
Currency or Monetary Instruments Reports (CMIR)
Foreign Bank Account Reports (FBAR)
Reports of Cash Payment Over $10,000 received in a Trade or Business (8300)
Trade Transparency Unit – Data Analysis & Research Program
A powerful analytical tool developed by ICE that allows for manipulation of trade data, commercial data, I-94 immigration data and financial (BSA) data to help identify anomalies in an industry or trade

28. “Partnership In Action”
~ CORNERSTONE ~
“Partnership In Action”

29. CORNERSTONE A 21st Century Approach
Cornerstone, in partnership with the private sector, leverages ICE’s traditional investigative authorities to identify and eliminate methods and systemic vulnerabilities exploited by terrorists and other criminal organizations to EARN, MOVE, and STORE illegal proceeds

30. CORNERSTONE - Targeted Sectors
Transportation Sector
Brokers
Freight Forwarders
International/ Domestic Carriers
Express Parcel Courier Hubs (Air, Rail and Sea)
Financial Sector
Banks
Money Service
Businesses
Securities Dealers
Insurance
Companies
Casinos
Precious Metals and
Gems Dealers
Commercial & Trade Sector
Importers
Manufacturers
Distributors
Intellectual Property Rights Holders
High Technology Industries
Bio-technology Companies
Chemical Companies
Health Care Industries
IT Services
Munitions & Defense Industries

31. ICE has over 100 dedicated Cornerstone Special Agents that are assigned to ICE’s 26 field offices as liaisons to the private sector.
Cornerstone liaisons share trends and “red flag” indicators of criminal activity with the private sector through outreach efforts.
Cornerstone liaisons continuously develop contacts and partnerships within the private sector. To date, ICE has conducted over 1,700 Cornerstone outreach and training presentations to nearly 30,000 participants worldwide

32. The Cornerstone Report
Cornerstone HQ staff publishes a quarterly newsletter titled The Cornerstone Report, which provides useful information to the financial, trade and transportation industry, as well as the law enforcement community.
Additional information on Cornerstone, including The Cornerstone Report, is available on the web at