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Former CEO Of Bitcoin Exchange Company Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To Two Years In Prison For Helping To Sell Nearly $1 Million In Bitcoins For Drug Buys On Silk Road

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that Charlie Shrem, the former Chief Executive Officer and Compliance Officer of BitInstant, a Bitcoin exchange company, and the former Vice Chairman of the Bitcoin Foundation, was sentenced today to two years...
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Michigan Man Sentenced To 15 Years For Heroin Distribution And Firearms Charges In Kentucky

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Norshawn Michael Duplessis, 40, of Detroit, Mich., has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for possessing hundreds of grams of heroin and a firearm in Lexington, Kentucky. On December 17, 2014, U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves sentenced Duplessis for possession with intent to distribute 100...
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Former Correction Officer Convicted In Manhattan Federal Court Of Bribery And Narcotics Offenses In Connection With Rikers Island Inmate Contraband Distribution Ring

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the conviction of Austin Romain, a New York City Correction Officer, in connection with his receipt of thousands of dollars in cash bribes to smuggle marijuana and other contraband into Rikers Island...
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Columbus Man Sentenced To Three Years In Federal Prison For Role In Cocaine Distribution Ring And Money Laundering

COLUMBUS, OHIO - Stephen A. Cagle, 46, of Columbus, Ohio, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 36 months in prison for distributing cocaine and money laundering. Carter M. Stewart, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, Joseph P. Reagan, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S...
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Supplier Of “Molly” That Resulted In A Death At Electric Zoo Concert Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court To Narcotics Conspiracy Charge

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Patrick Morgan pleaded guilty today to conspiring to distribute narcotics. Morgan, who was arrested in July 2014, pleaded guilty before United States District Judge Edgardo Ramos. Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said...
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Charges Against Doctor And 10 Other Individuals Involved In Illegal Distribution Of More Than One Million Oxycodone Pills

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Field (DEA), Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William J. Bratton, the Police Commissioner of the New York City Police (NYPD), today announced the...
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16 People Charged For Large Heroin Distribution Conspiracy In Youngstown, Ohio

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - On December 10, 2014, a federal grand jury indicted 16 individuals for their roles in a drug trafficking conspiracy that brought heroin into Youngstown, Ohio. An additional 37 people were charged in state court for violations related to the heroin trafficking. The indictments were announced by Steven...
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One Convicted And Another Sentenced In 10-Defendant Marijuana Conspiracy

BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Adonys Hurtado-Gutierrez, 38, has entered a guilty plea on the day prior to commencement of trial, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. One hour prior to the plea, Yisnel Garcia-Gonzalez, 31, one of nine others...
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Buffalo Man Sentenced To Over 21 Years On Drug Charges

BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Wallace D. Peace, 39, of Buffalo, N.Y., who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 280 grams of crack cocaine, was sentenced to 262 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J...
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Three Bronx Gang Members Convicted In Manhattan Federal Court Of Racketeering Charges, Murder, Conspiracy To Murder, Attempted Murder, Narcotics, And Firearms Offenses

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara announced that Felix Lopez-Cabrera, 24, Carlos Lopez, 26, and Luis Beltran, 26, were convicted yesterday in Manhattan of various racketeering charges, murder, conspiracy to murder, attempted murder, narcotics conspiracy, and firearms offenses following a twelve-week...