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A federal grand jury has returned a 19-count indictment against twin brothers Alberto and Bernardo Peña, and three others on charges of obtaining fraudulent work visas for more than 80 Indian nationals.

The Peña brothers, both 38, face charges of obtaining fraudulent H-2B visas, which are used to procure foreign manual labor. The visas are for non-immigrants and allow an employer in the United States to hire foreign workers for temporary non-agricultural work, according to federal court documents.

Also named in the indictment are Mahendrakumar “Mack” Patel, 55, Rakesh Patel, 36, and Marte Othon Villar Sr., 48, according to federal court documents. Are all charged with encouraging and inducing the illegal immigration of the Indian nationals in exchange for thousands of dollars per visa.

“Today’s significant charges represent the excellent task force-like efforts of four federal agencies,” U.S. Attorney Don DeGabrielle said in a prepared statement issued Friday. “All of the criminal charges are the result of a multi-agency, multi-jurisdictional investigation.” Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Department of State, Department of Labor, and the Internal Revenue Service all worked together on the case.

Charles Keith Viscardi, 48, the owner and manager of a construction company located in New Iberia, La., is alleged to have enlisted AMEB Business Group Inc., a visa facilitation firm owned and operated by the Peñas and Villar, to hire foreign workers.

Viscardi asked AMEB Business Group Inc. to procure foreign manual labor under the H-2B visa program.

Viscardi, who was charged on March 20 with conspiring to encourage and induce illegal immigration in connection with the Indian scheme, is scheduled to appear before U.S. Magistrate Colvin Botley. If convicted, he faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

AMEB procured workers from Mexico for Viscardi’s construction company, however, the Peñas and Villar also submitted documentation to the Department of Homeland Security, Citizenship and Immigration Services and other governmental agencies seeking workers from India on behalf of Viscardi.

Mack, of Fort Worth, and Rakesh, of Houston, recruited citizens of India who were willing to pay between $20,000 to $80,000 in exchange for visas to enter the U.S., the news release states.

In spring 2006, Alberto and Bernardo traveled to India to assist the Indian nationals with the application process and allegedly visited and communicated with the U.S. Consulate in Mumbai.

The U.S. Consulate in Mumbai received an anonymous fax on Feb. 26, 2006, “which alleged that a recent group of visa applicants had each fraudulently obtained visas by paying an unknown U.S. person fees between $57,000 to $68,000,” court documents show.

The 88 Indian nationals began to arrive in the United States from late February to late March 2006 and entered the country, court documents show.

Each of the Indian nationals that were granted H-2B visas arrived to Houston, where they made payments for their visas in the form of cash, cashiers checks and international money orders.

“None of the Indian nationals were ever employed by Viscardi at the construction company,” the news release states. “Instead, they simply disappeared throughout the U.S. after paying for their fraudulently obtained visas. All of the conspirators, including Villar and Viscardi, shared in the proceeds derived from the scheme.”

All defendants are accused of assisting in the procurement of the H-2B visas for the Indian nationals, although they allegedly knew none had intentions of working for the company that obtained the visas on their behalf.

If convicted, they each face a maximum penalty of up to 15 years in prison and a $500,000 fine. Bernardo faces an additional 20 years in prison and a $500,000 fine if convicted of money laundering for the purpose of concealment. Mack and Alberto each face an additional 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine if convicted of violating the money laundering spending statute.

Mack and Rakesh appeared Thursday before U.S. Magistrate Mary Milloy in Houston. They were released on a $50,000 bond. They are scheduled to appear in federal court on April 15 before U.S. Magistrate Calvin Botley in Houston.

Alberto appeared Friday before Milloy and was released on a $50,000 bond.

Bernardo and Villar remain at large, and warrants for their arrest have been issued.

Anyone with information regarding their whereabouts is asked to contact U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at 1-866-DHS-2-ICE (866-347-2423).

http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/local/81230.php

HAZLETON, PA — Juan Miguel Contreras (24) has been charged with simple assault and endangering the welfare of a child, forgery and ID theft.

Conteras beat his 2 year old daughter with a belt on Christmas day. The beating was so severe it left a 10 inch impression of the belt on the child’s back.

The perpetrator has a history of prior felonies. His daughter just the latest victim.

A man described as Latino, 30 years old, wearing a white shirt and black jacket, with his hair done in a “high and tight” hairstyle is being sought in the robbery and assault of a Denver woman.  The woman tried to fight off the man and hung on to her purse, even after he cut the purse strings.  He eventually gave up and ran away.

Cirilo Centeno (29), an illegal alien, is guilty of stealing the identity of a 7 year old child.  The second grader and his family was not even aware until they received notification by the IRS that he owes $60,000 in taxes.

Centeno used the child’s identification since the year he was born.  This should be a warning to all parents.

March 10, 2008

FAIRFIELD, Conn - A new program is being established to bring senior citizens, banks and law enforcement together to protect seniors from scams…but who is protecting the seniors from the banks and law enforcement?

Crimes on elderly are frequent as five million seniors are victimized each year.

Under this new program, seminars by police will be implemented to teach Seniors about the latest schemes targeting them. In addition all customer service associates at banks will be given a cheat sheet to help them notice suspicious banking activities.

While this is a wonderful program, if fully functional, one must always be aware that there are still people in banks and law enforcement, as well as those mimicking them, that will still be predators seeking out prey. The best lesson in life, if it sounds too good to be true, it is!

In yet another unconventional victim report.  A man who had been deceased for decades became a victim when his social security number became used by Alburn Edward Blake.

Blake, an illegal alien from Jamaica, has a long list of unusual victims and crimes.

He abused his girlfriend, was married to one wife and never divorced yet married another woman who did not know she was even married to him, nor ever met him, and finally ended his unusual history by shooting up a Wendy’s restaurant during lunch hour before finally killing himself.

Karlo Gonzalez (14) and his brother Zabdiel (7) are dead today because of an illegal alien from Mexico.

Richard Toledo, an illegal alien from Mexico, pleaded guilty to two counts of murder and one count of kidnapping.  He faces a maximum sentence of 30 years to life in prison for murder of the two children. He also faces a maximum of 30 years in prison for the kidnapping of the boys mother, Wanda Gonzalez.

Toledo, who was renting a room in the family’s home beat the boys to death with a claw hammer and strangled the boys, he also abducted the mother at knifepoint, forcing her to withdrawl $500 from a local ATM.

Two more little lives lost due to the broken border war.

This falls under information they didn’t want you to know.  It just represents another reason why American’s far and wide should fight and fight hard to stop Matricular cards in the United States.  As you read this information, watch for the key word “remittances”.
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From Jeff Schwilk - SDMM - March 4, 2008  (Email Alert)
Ahh, the real reason the Mexican Government wants to flood America with alien matricular cards….they know damn well that drug cartels use them to send tens of billions of dollars of drug money to Mexico.

This is yet another “secret” Enrique Morones and the Mexican Consulates try to conceal! Is anyone surprised?  Open borders are mostly about illegal drugs and the money the rich and elite (on both sides of the border) make off the massive drug trade from Mexico.  Connect the dots and follow the money!

PARTIAL TRANSLATION FROM:

http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2008/03/01/index.php?section-politica&article=012n1po1 

According to a report from the U.S. government, in the last five years, the Mexican drug cartels have achieved “to repatriate” to Mexico 22 Billion dollars, by means of transactions in the financial system and by conduit of the companies that the migrants use for their remittances.

The 2008 report of the International Narcotics Control Strategy, of the American State Department, notifies that Mexico is one of the jurisdictions that more challenges represent for the authorities of the neighboring northern country (U.S.) regarding money laundering, since by Mexico’s northern border they pass dollar cargos from the sale of drugs in the United States.

It stands out that, besides utilizing sophisticated traditional financial system, of banks and exchange stores, the drug-traffickers have responded to a new tactic to use the companies specialized in remittances, to launder money.

MATRICULA CONSULAR

It is easier to disguise the illicit origin of money shipments, as if were remittances, since migrants should only present their matricula consular as identification, to summarize the shipment of dollars to their relatives in Mexico, without the need to open a bank account.

“This makes lawful remittances more accessible, but also leaves open the potential for money laundering of groups of organized crime.”

According to the report, it is estimated that from 2003 to this date, the bosses of drug trafficking managed to introduce to Mexico 22 billion dollars, product of the sale of drugs in the United States.

Havanna P. Garcia, a suspected illegal alien, is guilty of stealing a vehicle, evading arrest and then attempting to run down three HPD Police Officers with the stolen vehicle.

None of the officers were injured in the incident, though forced to discharge their weapons, striking Garcia in the left elbow.