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Leaders Of Rice Drug Gang Face Decades In Prison For Convictions On Racketeering And Drug Conspiracy Charges

… of a large narcotics-trafficking enterprise in Baltimore over a 10-year period, announced Assistant Special Agent in …
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DEA Atlanta Hosts Second Pill Take Back Event Over 4,000 Sites Join DEA In Nationwide Effort To Take-Back Prescription Drugs

… DEA Atlanta Hosts Second Pill Take Back Event Over 4,000 Sites Join DEA In Nationwide Effort To Take-Back … free event will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time. Government, community, public health and law enforcement …
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Boston Man Pleads Guilty To Methamphetamine Distribution Charges

… and February 2021, investigators conducted three undercover purchases of methamphetamine from Lennon. On Jan. 13, … nearly 400 grams of fentanyl and fentanyl analogues, over 500 grams of methamphetamine, over 40 grams of cocaine … at least four years of supervised release and a fine of $5 million. The charge of distribution of 50 grams or more of …
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Merced County Doctor Indicted for Multimillion Dollar Disability Insurance Fraud Scheme, Money Laundering, and Unrelated Drug Charges

… Merced County Doctor Indicted for Multimillion Dollar Disability Insurance Fraud Scheme, Money … between February 2020 and March 2022, Mamdani submitted over 6,000 initial claims to EDD for disability insurance … up to $99 million dollars with potential actual losses of over $53 million. Mamdani is separately charged with …
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Upshur County Man Sentenced To 60 Months For Federal Conspiracy

… defendant included U.S. currency and bank accounts totaling over $1.2 million, real property, precious metals, two airplanes, six …
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Upshur County Woman Sentenced For Federal Conspiracy

… defendant included U.S. currency and bank accounts totaling over $1.2 million, real property, precious metals, two airplanes, six …
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Canadian Man Sentenced For Marijuana Smuggling

… marijuana from Canada into the United States and smuggled millions of dollars of U.S. currency into Canada as payment … efforts of DEA, ICE and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Over thirty defendants were convicted for their involvement …
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Two Ashland Residents Sentenced To Federal Prison For Distributing Controlled Substance Analogues And Filing False Tax Returns

… pay a $50,000 fine and $186,000 in taxes they evaded.  The government established that Morrison and Novak distributed, … Ashland.  The sales of the illegal drugs generated over $2 million in receipts and the defendants skimmed approximately … taxes. U.S. Attorney Vaudreuil stated, “The defendants made millions of dollars by distributing synthetic drugs from the …
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DEA’S National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Is Saturday

… p.m. April 30 SEATTLE - After collecting and destroying 5.5 million pounds-2,762 tons-of unused prescription drugs in … their potentially dangerous, unwanted medicines to one of over 5,000 collection sites around the country that are … prescription drugs, particularly opioid painkillers.  6.5 million Americans abuse prescription drugs, according to the …
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DEA’S National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Is Saturday

… p.m. April 30 SEATTLE - After collecting and destroying 5.5 million pounds-2,762 tons-of unused prescription drugs in … their potentially dangerous, unwanted medicines to one of over 5,000 collection sites around the country that are … prescription drugs, particularly opioid painkillers.  6.5 million Americans abuse prescription drugs, according to the …
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DEA’S National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Is Saturday

… p.m. April 30 SEATTLE - After collecting and destroying 5.5 million pounds-2,762 tons-of unused prescription drugs in … their potentially dangerous, unwanted medicines to one of over 5,000 collection sites around the country that are … prescription drugs, particularly opioid painkillers.  6.5 million Americans abuse prescription drugs, according to the …
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DEA’S National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Is Saturday

… p.m. April 30 SEATTLE - After collecting and destroying 5.5 million pounds-2,762 tons-of unused prescription drugs in … their potentially dangerous, unwanted medicines to one of over 5,000 collection sites around the country that are … prescription drugs, particularly opioid painkillers.  6.5 million Americans abuse prescription drugs, according to the …
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Mexican Women Plead Guilty to Smuggling Balls of Heroin in Potato Chip Bags

… co-conspirators planned on returning to Mexico with a large amount of cash. The Drug Enforcement Administration … face up to 40 years in prison and a possible $5 million maximum fine. Both Hernandez-Alanis and …
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Local Man Indicted For Trafficking Multiple Narcotics

… Within his residence, authorities allegedly found various amounts of meth, heroin and crack cocaine, as well as … up to 40 years in federal prison as well as a possible $5 million fine. The FBI’s Corpus Christi Safe Streets/Gang …
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Illinois Man Sentenced to 190 Months for Meth Trafficking

… with other drug associates to purchase and resell large amounts of ice methamphetamine. At the height of his drug … to life term of supervised release, and an up to $8 million dollar fine. The DEA and the Pekin Police Department …
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Illinois Man Sentenced to 190 Months for Meth Trafficking

… with other drug associates to purchase and resell large amounts of ice methamphetamine. At the height of his drug … 8-year to life term of supervised release, and an up to $8 million dollar fine. The Pekin Police Department and DEA …
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Fresno man charged with two counts of distributing fentanyl resulting in death

… threat in our area and the nation as a whole. Even trace amounts of this drug can be lethal, and it poses serious … 20 years in prison, a maximum of life in prison, and a $1 million fine on each count. Any sentence, however, would be …
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Six Involved In Large Scale Methamphetamine Trafficking Group Arrested

… multiple kilograms of methamphetamine and a significant amount, at lease 30 gallons, of liquid methamphetamine.  The … is a maximum penalty of life in federal prison and a $10 million fine. The Drug Enforcement Administration …
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Mexican Cocaine Supplier Convicted

… up to a maximum of life in prison as well as a possible $10 million fine. The United States is also seeking a money judgment in the amount of $2,408,204.   The case is the result of a two-year …
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Eight Weslaco Men Enter Guilty Pleas

… of life imprisonment along with a potential fine up to $10 million. Reyes Gonzalez will also face a maximum of 20 years imprisonment and a $500,(or twice the amount of the proceeds) for the conspiracy to launder money …
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Cuban National Convicted In Conspiracy To Transport Cocaine

… sentence of 10 years and up to life in prison and a $10 million fine. The United States is also seeking a money judgment in the amount of $2,408,204. U.S. Magistrate Judge J. Scott Hacker …
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Ocala Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced To 10 Years For Distributing Cocaine And Money Laundering

… Rolando Pinon and then redistributed the multi-kilogram amounts to other large-scale drug traffickers in the Ocala … prison. He was also ordered to forfeit more than $1.2 million in cash and property. Tovar also pleaded guilty and …
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Wayne Psychiatrist Pleads Guilty To Illegally Selling Oxycodone Prescriptions To Patients

… June 2011 and August 2011, she wrote an inordinately large amount of oxycodone prescriptions for patients that were … a maximum potential penalty of 20 years in prison and $1 million fine. As part of her guilty plea, Ilem agreed to …
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HIDTA Partners DEA, ICE, VIPD Seize 532 Kilograms Of Cocaine In St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands

… of cocaine with an approximate street value of $16 million from a St. Thomas residence. The seizure was the … in St. Thomas, V.I. In addition to the multi-kilogram amount of cocaine, HIDTA agents seized six kilograms of …
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UPS Employee Charged In Puerto Rico-Based Cocaine Distribution Scheme

… On multiple occasions, Carrasquillo-Ortiz accepted large amounts of cash in exchange for arranging for boxes … a lifetime of supervised release and a fine of up to $5 million.  Actual sentences for federal crimes are typically …
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Two Men Head To Prison For Participating In A Cocaine Conspiracy

… of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute large amounts of cocaine and money laundering, announced Drug … profits. The combined value of the seized property is $1.5 million. Garcia-Saldivar, 48, of San Benito, also pleaded …
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Ashland Man Sentenced To Two Years In Federal Prison For Money Laundering Profits From Marijuana Sales

… nature, source and ownership of the marijuana proceeds. The amounts deposited and withdrawn were kept under $10,000 to avoid detection. Bank records show $2.2 million in marijuana proceeds were deposited in New York and …
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Anchorage Man And Woman Indicted On Federal Drug Trafficking Charges

… on the hotel room resulted in the seizure of additional amounts of methamphetamine and heroin, digital scales, and … combined street value of the seized drugs is $1.2 million. The Drug Enforcement Administration and the Alaska …
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Federal Prison Inmates Among Group Charged In Drug Conspiracy

… imprisoned at FCI McKean, initiated the sale of large amounts of methamphetamine to two law enforcement officers … release to lifetime supervised release, a fine of up to $10 million, and a $100 special assessment. The case was …
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Three Defendants Indicted In One Of The Nation’s Largest-Ever Fentanyl Seizures

… “44.14 kilograms of fentanyl represents more than 44 million fraudulent pills on the street which could be fatal … of the same substance. According to the DEA, the combined amount - 44.14 kilograms - represents the largest fentanyl …