San Diego CBP Officer Sentenced to Prison for Wire Fraud

A former San Diego-area CBP officer was sentenced to 115 days in federal prison, after a probe by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR), said ICE in a press release. Dario Tomas pleaded guilty in June to wire fraud after admitting he swindled $240,000 from two victims as part of a financial scheme while working for CBP in Korea in 2007. Tomas admitted to falsely promising the two investors their money would go toward building a computer training school in the Philippines. Tomas later admitted he lost the money gambling. Tomas was arrested in 2010 by special agents with ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) assigned to the agency's attaché office in Manila. Tomas was then extradited to South Korea where he served a two-year prison term for the offense. In April, Tomas was released from prison in South Korea and deported to the U.S. to face federal fraud charges brought in Southern California. Tomas was also ordered to pay $240,000 in restitution to the two victims.