In fact, the inmate's only role was to provide money to the coconspirators. DEA cooperated in the investigation. The coconspirators await trial. In the Eastern District of Louisiana, an INS Border Patrol agent was arrested and charged with obstruction of justice. This Atlanta Area Office and INS investigation established that the Border Patrol agent discouraged a witness, scheduled to testify before a grand jury, from telling the truth.
Judicial proceedings continue.
In the Southern District of Texas, a former INS supervisory detention and deportation officer was convicted of embezzlement at an INS Service Processing Center. In the Northern District of Ohio, an INS immigration inspector pled guilty to embezzlement. This Chicago Field Office investigation confirmed that the inspector accepted legitimate immigration applications and appropriate fees, then destroyed the applications and pocketed the fee money. INS is conducting an audit to determine the extent of the embezzlement. The immigration inspector resigned and was sentenced to two years' probation.