Former ICE deportation agent convicted of harboring illegal alien, accepting bribes

Published March 10, 2017 10:49pm ET



A former federal deportation officer was convicted in court on Thursday for accepting cash bribes and sex in exchange for providing employment authorization documents as well as secretly employing an illegal alien at a hair salon he ran on the side, according to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The Newark federal court trial lasted one week and the jury deliberated for one day before convicting Arnaldo Echevarria on six bribery charges, each of which carries a maximum of 15 years in prison and $250,000 fines. He was also convicted of making false statements and harboring an illegal alien, which each carry up to five years in prison.

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