Ex-ICE intelligence chief pleads to embezzling from agency

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The former acting director of intelligence for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement pleaded guilty Tuesday to embezzling more than $180,000 in a scheme using bogus travel vouchers and timesheet claims.

James M. Woosley, 48, pleaded guilty in federal court in the District of Columbia to a charge of conversion of government money. Woosley faces a likely sentence of a 18 to 27 months in prison at his sentencing, scheduled for July 13.

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