United States Drug Enforcement Administration

WASHINGTON - ―Twin brothers Pedro and Margarito Flores, regarded as Chicago’s most significant drug traffickers who rose from street level dealers to the highest echelons of the Mexico-based Sinaloa Cartel and a rival cartel before they began providing unparalleled cooperation to the Drug Enforcement (DEA), were each sentenced today to...

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...

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...

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that Leonard Marchetta, a physician’s assistant, pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court to conspiring to distribute a massive quantity of oxycodone out of a Staten Island-based medical clinic he oversaw. During a...

MADISON, Wis. - ―A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictment today. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty. Paul Stewart, 32, Madison, Wis., is charged...

INDIANAPOLIS - ―The Drug Enforcement (DEA) and the Delaware County Prosecutor’s Office announced today felony charges against Dr. William Hedrick, the owner of the Indiana Pain Center in Muncie who also operated several affiliated offices in northeast Indiana, and Gay Gundersen-Watson, a nurse practitioner employed by Dr. Hedrick. The charges...

MINEOLA, N.Y. - Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice was joined by Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and city and federal officials yesterday afternoon to announce the dismantling of a multi-million dollar illegal drug pipeline which ran directly from Mexico to New York City and Long Island as part of...

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...

MADISON, Wis. - ―John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced the arrests of John C. Morrison, 70, and Anna F. Novak, 57, both of Ashland, Wis. Morrison and Novak were arrested this morning in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., following their indictment on December 10, 2014...

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...