MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that Robert M. Faiella, a/k/a “BTCKing,” an underground Bitcoin exchanger, was sentenced today to four years in prison for his role in knowingly transmitting nearly $1 million in Bitcoins intended to facilitate...

(BANGOR, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Barry Diaz - , 32, of Stamford, Connecticut, was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, to...

(BANGOR, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Frank Curtis, 35 - , formerly of Canaan, Maine pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to conspiracy to possess with...

(HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Eric Colon, 29, of Hartford, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport...

(BANGOR, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that April Kane, - 29, formerly of Bucksport, Maine was sentenced in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to...

(BOSTON - A Miami man operating throughout South Florida was sentenced on January 9, 2015, for his role in an oxycodone distribution conspiracy involving thousands of oxycodone pills and stolen identities of Puerto Rican residents. Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Boston Field...

( - NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Richard Anderson, also known as “Mayut” and “Porter,” 28, of New Haven, was sentenced...

(BOSTON - Two New Bedford men pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court in Boston to selling heroin. Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Boston Field Division and United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz; announced that Manuel Lopes, a/k/a “Junior” Lopes, 36, and...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Jorge Melendez, 44, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to manufacture more than 100 marijuana plants, was sentenced to 60 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge William Skretny. The defendant was also ordered to...

( - HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Jesus Agosto, also known as “Gordo,” 24, of Hartford, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District...