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Baton Rouge man indicted for international money laundering in furtherance of an international drug conspiracy and other related charges

… within the United States who had purchased the substances online, to accept payments from the individual buyers, and to transmit funds from the sales to others operating outside the United …
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Is Saturday

… Twice-annual event takes place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 30 WASHINGTON - After … combined.  “Most prescription drug abusers get their pills from friends and family, including from the household medicine cabinet,” said DEA Acting …
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Haitian National Sentenced To 108 Months In Federal Prison For Conspiring To Launder Money Derived From Drug Trafficking

… In Federal Prison For Conspiring To Launder Money Derived From Drug Trafficking June 21, 2017 Miami Contact Info … one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering stemming from his receipt of cash payments derived from the proceeds …
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Detroit Area Drug Trafficker Sentenced To Six Years In Federal Prison Stemming From Money Laundering Conviction

… Sentenced To Six Years In Federal Prison Stemming From Money Laundering Conviction January 27, 2016 Detroit … Coates laundered approximately $1.9 million generated from the illegal sale of marijuana. Coates recruited …
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Pennsylvania Doctor Sentenced To 12 Months In Prison For Illegally Selling Prescriptions From New Jersey Office

… To 12 Months In Prison For Illegally Selling Prescriptions From New Jersey Office November 20, 2012 New Jersey Contact … day in prison for illegally selling Percocet prescriptions from his Trenton office. Lee, 70, of Holland, Pa., …
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Statement from the DEA Administrator Anne Milgram on COVID-19 Telemedicine Flexibilities for Prescription of Controlled Medications

May 03, 2023
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22 Defendants Charged For Alleged Roles In Connected Drug Rings Extending From Mexico To Chicago And Across The U.S.

… Charged For Alleged Roles In Connected Drug Rings Extending From Mexico To Chicago And Across The U.S. October 01, 2014 … resulted in the seizure of more than $3.9 million from a residence in suburban Park Ridge in April 2013, as …
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Two Lebanese Citizens Extradited from Republic of Georgia to Face International Money Laundering Charges

… Two Lebanese Citizens Extradited from Republic of Georgia to Face International Money …
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$11 Million Dollar Heroin Shipment Seized En Route From New York City To New England

… $11 Million Dollar Heroin Shipment Seized En Route From New York City To New England May 19, 2014 New York … rifles, and $85,000 cash. On Thursday, May 15th, a team from the DEA’s New York Drug Enforcement Task Force Group …
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Attorney General Recognizes Assistant U.S. Attorney And Law Enforcement Officials From The Western District Of Tennessee

… Assistant U.S. Attorney And Law Enforcement Officials From The Western District Of Tennessee December 09, 2011 … Jenks’ murder revealed that Gauna and Garcia had traveled from Austin, Texas to the Western District of Tennessee with …
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U.S. Attorney's Office Prosecuted 85 Firearm Offenders in Eastern Washington with Cases from DEA and Federal Partners

… 85 Firearm Offenders in Eastern Washington with Cases from DEA and Federal Partners March 06, 2024 Seattle Contact … obtained firearms. Firearms that are forfeited are removed from the possession of a convicted criminal defendant and …
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Rolling Hills Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Distributing Fentanyl-Laced Pills that Caused High School Freshman’s Death

… pills to a 15-year-old boy and mocked the victim online as he was dying of an overdose, was sentenced today … Judge Aenlle-Rocha also ordered Wilson, upon his release from prison, to be placed on supervised release for 12 …
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Charlottesville Methamphetamine Traffickers Plead Guilty

… area. Santo Hidalgo Siguenza, a.k.a. “Chila,” 40, from El Salvador, Francisco Rocha Uribe, 31, from  Mexico, Rafael Vasquez Navarette, 26, from El Salvador, and Luis Guillermo Melendez-Henrique, 31, …
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Major Baltimore Drug Dealer Pleads Guilty, Sentenced

… Distribute Heroin Less Than Three Weeks After His Release from State Prison Baltimore, Md., – U.S. District Judge … Baltimore District Office. According to his guilty plea, from September 2020 to November 2020, Skordalos participated … joined the DTO less than three weeks after his release from state prison. In September 2020, federal agents …
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Baltimore County Felon Sentenced to More Than Five Years in Federal Prison for Obtaining Two Kilograms of Cocaine to Distribute and for Illegal Possession of a Firearm

… of Cocaine to Distribute in Maryland; Was Prohibited from Possessing a Firearm Greenbelt, Md., – U.S. District … to his guilty plea, on October 3, 2019, Alexander traveled from his Towson, Maryland residence to New York to acquire … conducted a traffic stop on Alexander as he was returning from New York to Maryland. Law enforcement recovered …
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Owner of Fauquier County gas station pleads guilty to distributing spice

… synthetic cannabinoids—commonly known as “spice” or “K2”—from the gas station he owned and operated with his business … A. Latif, 70, and his business partner have sold spice from their gas station, located in Warrenton, since 2012. … vigilance for the continued protection of our community from those that would exploit the weaknesses associated with …
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Member of Maryland MS-13 extortion operation in DC suburbs sentenced to 51 months in federal prison

… Washington, DC metropolitan area, MS-13 generated income from various sources, including the extortion of money from businesses.  In addition, they targeted legitimate …
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11 Conspirators Indicted for Importing Large Quantities of Cocaine and Heroin

… “Most of the illegal drugs sold in Maryland are imported from outside the state,” said U.S. Attorney Rod J. … investigation.” According to the three count indictment, from 2001 to February 2008, the defendants conspired to … the United States large quantities of cocaine and heroin from Spain, Panama, Barbados, St. Thomas, and Dominica, …
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Operator of Charm City Motors Sentenced to Almost 11 Years

… IRS-CI evaluates currency reports to trace the money from the criminal activity to the criminal." stated Special … County, Texas, driving a vehicle which had been purchased from Charm City Motors.  Hidden in a trap inside the vehicle … Campbell and Custis to drive the car containing the cocaine from Texas to Maryland, and he would be paid $5,000 plus …
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Pharmacist Sentenced To 78 Months In Prison For Attempting To Weaponize Deadly Toxins And Possessing Narcotics Manufacturing Equipment

… to work tirelessly to keep criminals such as Mr. Gonzalez from being a threat to society.” According documents filed … explosive devices. Gonzalez made the purchases through an online marketplace through which third-party vendors in the …
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Salisbury Cocaine Dealer Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison

… drug trafficking days. A new day has dawned for Mr. Riley - from a jail cell in a federal prison,” added Tuggle. The … to trial testimony and his co-defendants’ plea agreements, from July 2013, through August 27, 2013, Riley conspired … the cocaine to Nelson.  Brown also purchased cocaine from White. In late July 2013, law enforcement intercepted …
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U.S. Charges Alleged Lebanese Drug Kingpin With Laundering Drug Proceeds For Mexican And Colombian Drug Cartels

… network for coordinating multi-ton shipments of cocaine from Colombia to Los Zetas Mexican drug cartel destined for … said DEA Administrator Leonhart. “According to information from sources, his alleged drug and money laundering … shipments of tens of thousands of kilograms of cocaine from Colombia through Central America for sale to Los Zetas …
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Haji Bagcho, One Of World’s Largest Heroin Traffickers, Convicted On Drug Trafficking, Narco-Terrorism Charges

… of the Drug Enforcement Administration. Haji Bagcho, from Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, was investigated by … than 20 countries, including the United States. Proceeds from his heroin trafficking were then used to support … of cooperating witnesses, the DEA purchased heroin directly from the organization on two occasions, which Bagcho …
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Supervising pharmacist sentenced to prison for diverting millions of dollars in oxycodone pills from a Queens pharmacy

… prison for diverting millions of dollars in oxycodone pills from a Queens pharmacy August 30, 2019 New York Contact Info …
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DEA Warns Healthcare Workers of Impersonation Scam Targeting Doctors and Pharmacists

… many of the same characteristics. Callers use names found online of well-known DEA officials, retired or former … actors is awareness and caution. Anyone receiving a call from a person claiming to be with DEA should report the … The DEA is committed to protecting healthcare professionals from these fraudulent schemes. By raising awareness and …
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Former Virginia Veterinarian Pleads Guilty to Drug Charges

… a written prescription. According to court documents, from 1994 through 2021, Gries practiced as a Doctor of … personal use by withdrawing a portion of the hydromorphone from the vial and injecting it into himself. He would then …
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Bristol, Tennessee Woman Sentenced to 13 Years For Role in Large-Scale Meth Trafficking Conspiracy

… was part of a conspiracy that trafficked methamphetamine from Mexico into Southwest Virginia, was sentenced last week … the importation of massive shipments of methamphetamine from sources of supply in Mexico to accomplices in Atlanta, …
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South Carolina Woman Sentenced for Role in International Money Laundering, Methamphetamine Distribution Conspiracy

… Joshua Desorcy while he was incarcerated. Upon his release from prison, Desorcy began selling methamphetamine in the … his travels to purchase massive amounts of methamphetamine from additional sources in Atlanta, Georgia and Houston, …
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Amherst County Veterinarian Sentenced for Opioid Theft

… a written prescription. According to court documents, from 1994 through 2021, Gries practiced as a Doctor of … began withdrawing a portion of the highly addictive drug from the vials and injecting it into himself.  He would …
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Virginia Beach Man and Woman Sentenced for Fentanyl Trafficking and Firearm Charges

… and a loaded .40 caliber handgun. They were returning from Rhode Island where they had picked up the drugs from the source of supply. There were also two small …