Former ICE worker pleads guilty in travel kickbacks scheme

A former intelligence analyst with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement pleaded guilty Thursday in federal district court in El Paso to stealing at least $70,000 from the government as part of a travel receipt scheme and using a diplomatic passport for personal trips to the Middle East.

Ahmed Adil Abdallat, 64, admitted to two counts of misuse of a diplomatic passport and one count of conversion of public money as part of a plea agreement, according to a statement from U.S. Attorney Robert Pitman. Six other counts related to passport misuse were dismissed. Abdallat was arrested in February.

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Sandhya Somashekhar 14 Oct, 2011


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