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Pennsylvania Man Sentenced To 33 Months In Prison For Role In $65 Million Stolen Identity Income Tax Refund Fraud Scheme

… including Social Security numbers and dates of birth, from unwitting individuals, who often reside in the … task force in New Jersey composed of investigators from the IRS and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, along with the U.S. Secret Service and with assistance from the Drug Enforcement (New Jersey Task Force).   An …
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Three DEA Operation “Meilky Way” Defendants Sentenced In Methamphetamine Distribution Case Ring Leader Sentenced To 35 Years Imprisonment

… and northeast Arkansas. The methamphetamine was smuggled from Mexico to Arkansas for distribution. In total, law … case," stated Thyer. "It is a high priority to remove meth from our communities. More importantly, that we dismantle … today, justice has prevailed to prevent this operation from re-establishing itself.  Additionally, the …
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Law Enforcement Officer Arraigned For Compromising Drug Investigation

… Force, was sworn to uphold the law and protect the public from harm. Instead, he violated his oath by unlawfully … Attorney John A. Horn. “His conduct is shocking, especially from someone sworn to uphold the law. Leaks of sensitive …
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Doctor Sentenced To 7 Years For Illegally Prescribing Narcotics, Defrauding Government Programs

… repeatedly violated his oath to protect his patients from harm,” said U.S. Attorney Daly.  “He flooded our … his former patients, who traveled approximately 180 miles from her home in New York to receive prescriptions from Dr. …
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Defendants Sentenced In Federal Court For Attempting To Send Firearms To Mexico Defendants Planned To Transport Assault Rifles Across Border

… Sally Quillian Yates said, “The illegal flow of firearms from Atlanta to Mexico must be stopped. These trafficked … information presented in court: Federal agents learned from a confidential source that BERNAL-PEREZ, acting on … to send to Mexico. On January 30, 2010, agents learned from a confidential source that RODRIGUEZ-GOMEZ was going to …
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Corrupt Federal Officer Pleads Guilty To Smuggling Guns And Drug Money Through The Airport Former Officer And Wife Also Plead Guilty To Marriage Fraud Scheme

… SAMUELS approximately $25,000 in money represented to be from the sale of drugs. With the assistance of others, and … 2010, SAMUELS accepted over $50,000 in purported drug money from another undercover officer. SAMUELS then traveled from Atlanta to Jamaica, where SAMUELS delivered the money …
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Former Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Officer Charged With Drug Trafficking Conspiracy And Extortion

… Defendant Allegedly Extorted Drugs and Other Property from Area Drug Dealers While He Served as Police Officer … at a local Savannah night club was extorting narcotics from area drug dealers within the club and selling the drugs … other officer then took the placebo drugs and cell phone from the informant. The informant was then escorted from the …
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Multiple Defendants Arrested For Operating Prescription Drug "Pill Mill"

… Our goal is to stop criminal enterprises that profit from the illegal trade of dangerous narcotics and take away any financial benefit they receive from their criminal activity.” Atlanta FBI Special Agent in … and information presented in court: In May 2010, working from information from the FBI/ Northwest Georgia Criminal …
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Leader Of Oxycodone Trafficking Ring Sentenced To Over 10 Years In Prison

… are proud to announce that this criminal has been removed from the streets and is worthy of the prison term he … for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of deaths from prescription drug overdoses exceeds the number of deaths from the use of other illegal drugs such as …
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Two "Pill Mill" Owners Convicted

… been acquitted in Florida of similar charges stemming from his ownership of a Florida pain clinic. Harry S. … presented in court:  In May 2010, using information from the Bartow/Cartersville Drug Task Force, multiple … with over 98 % of their patients traveling to the clinic from surrounding states, the majority from Kentucky and …
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Two ‘Pill Mill’ Owners Sentenced

… presented in court:  In May 2010, using information from the Bartow/Cartersville Drug Task Force, multiple … with over 98 % of their patients traveling to the clinic from surrounding states, the majority from Kentucky and Tennessee.  Many of those visiting had …
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Israeli Organized Crime Figure Sentenced To 32 Years In Federal Prison For Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering And Extortion

… [Paniry] was middle management, taking orders directly from Matsri and making sure the dirty work was done, whether … using ‘hawala’ transactions to move cash instantaneously from New York to Los Angeles, and from Vancouver to Los Angeles.” The evidence presented at …
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2 Named In Major Los Angeles-Detroit Heroin, Cocaine Trafficking Operation

… LOS ANGELES - As part of a DEA investigation stemming from a multi-kilogram narcotics seizure at Los Angeles … trafficking organization that shipped cocaine and heroin from Los Angeles to Detroit. A Pasadena resident - Kevin … transport narcotics and made arrangements for her to travel from Detroit to Los Angeles. Once in Los Angeles in early …
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DEA Releases 2016 Drug Threat Assessment: Fentanyl-related Overdose Deaths Rising At An Alarming Rate

… Administrator Chuck Rosenberg today announced results from the 2016 National Drug Threat (NDTA) , which details … communities. These gangs receive deadly drugs like heroin from regional cartel affiliates and then supply them to … reporting 10,574 people in the United States died in 2014 from heroin overdoses. 2 Deaths in the “synthetic opioids” …
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Jury Finds Warehouse Manager And Truck Driver Guilty In Drug Conspiracy

… During trial, the government presented testimony from 13 witnesses and admitted more than 300 exhibits to prove their guilt in the drug conspiracy which occurred from June 2011 through June 2013. Ortega was a warehouse … drivers used by the organization to transport marijuana from Laredo to Dallas.   Ortega was a warehouse manager in …
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Houston Doctor And Pharmacist Guilty In Pill Distribution Network Dispensed Approximately 1.6 Million Dosage Units Of Oxycodone In A Two-year-period

… former patients who explained that they drove for six hours from the Baton Rouge, Louisiana, area to see Evans to obtain … During the trial, the jury heard testimony for 14 days from 15 witnesses, including other doctors who appeared as … and not for a legitimate medical purpose. He saw patients from Louisiana and other states, prescribed oxycodone and …
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Four Detained, Six Firearms Seized In Alleged Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… jointly with DEA, and assisted by agents and officers from the FBI, Homeland Security (HSI), United States … drug termed “Molly,” and 100 Ecstasy pills directly from Yang for a total of $61,025.  A handgun was seized from Yang. Yang’s Pawtucket residence was among the …
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Date Rape Drug Distributor Pleads Guilty

… University to order the butanediol, or date rape drug, from the manufacturer.  Howard then sold the date rape drug … to continuing the efforts to keep our streets safe from this type of predator.” "Those who take advantage of … chemicals. The Auburn Police Division solicited assistance from ALEA, FBI, DEA, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office to bring …
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New York City Police Officer Indicted On Narcotics Conspiracy And Official Misconduct Charges

… ATF.  DETF Group T 33 is comprised of agents and officers from the DEA, the NYPD and the New York State Police. A … located at 1617 Stillwell Avenue. ALSTON removed cocaine from a hidden compartment in the vehicle and handed it to … asking, “Yo, you want me to come and uhm…pick that up from you or no?” Using coded language, ALSTON referred to …
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Federally Licensed Gun Dealer Convicted Supplied Guns To Upstate Drug Gangs

… of John B. Rumble, Jr., a federal firearms (FFL), stemming from a seven-count indictment that charged Rumble with one … job is hard enough in trying to stop illegal gun runners from selling their weapons under the radar. It is even more … safer.” “This highly successful prosecution resulted from a well-coordinated investigative effort involving the …
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Undercover Operation Nabs Two Defendants Charged In Federal Court With Distribution Of Synthetic Drug Known As “Bath Salts”

… Distribution of over $100,000 worth of Bath Salts sold from headshop in Kingston, NY WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -  Brian R. … of our law enforcement partners to protect our communities from this dangerous drug and to prosecute those who … police officer have made recorded purchases of bath salts from Hartrum and Greene.  During these transactions, Hartrum …
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces The Extradition Of Dominican Republic Former Drug Control Operations Chief

… National Directorate for Drug (the “DNCD”), was extradited from the Dominican Republic on charges of conspiracy to … Friday and previously filed in Manhattan federal court: From 2001 to May 2005, Hiraldo-Guerrero conspired with …
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Alleged Bonanno Associate Pleads Guilty To Narcotics Trafficking Crimes Carrying Sentence Of 10 Years To Life

… John Venizelos, also known as “John V,” “Big Man” and “John from Staten Island,” an alleged associate of the Bonanno … $148,480 and two firearms that federal agents seized from his residence. The guilty plea was announced by Loretta … connection with his attempts to dissuade a co-conspirator from cooperating with law enforcement by, among other …
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Corrupt Colombian Government Employee And Criminal Defense Attorney Extradited In Obstruction Of Justice Case

… arrested in Colombia on provisional arrest warrants issued from the Eastern District of New York. The extradition was … Task Force which is comprised of agents and officers from the DEA, New York Police Department and the New York State Police.  The defendants’ extradition resulted from an investigation which revealed that through his …
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Former Governor Of Mexican State Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To 131 Months In Prison For Money Laundering In Connection With Narcotics Bribes

… of dollars in narcotics bribe payments that he received from the Juarez Cartel - one of Mexico’s most notorious and … and other countries. Villanueva Madrid, 65, was extradited from Mexico in May 2010. He pled guilty on August 2, 2012, …
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Leader Of Heroin Crew And 12 Members Arrested In A Two Day Enforcement Operation

… poison.  This organization epitomizes the flow of heroin from New York City suppliers to drug gangs throughout the … costs, and overdose deaths. I commend the men and woman from the NYSP, Syracuse Police Department, Onondaga County … Force who worked tirelessly to make our communities safer from these heroin traffickers.”  Over a two day period, …
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Three-Day Operation Targets Violent Areas To Find Murder, Violent Crime Suspects

… areas of the city for three days to attack violent crime. From August 3 - 5, this year’s violent crime initiative … officers, Clay County Sheriff’s Deputies, as well as agents from the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and six other federal …
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Member Of An International Ethnic-Albanian Organized Crime Syndicate Sentenced To 115 Months For Drug Trafficking And Attempting To Assassinate Criminal Associate Over Drug Debt

… Bajram Lajqi imported hundreds of pounds of marijuana from Canada and shot a former associate multiple times … guilty plea to trafficking hundreds of pounds of marijuana from Canada and using a firearm in connection with drug … of tens of thousands of kilograms of hydroponic marijuana from Canada and Mexico, substantial quantities of MDMA from …
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Canadian Trucker Convicted Of Conspiracy To Distribute Marijuana

… his arrest in Idaho when he tried to cross into the U.S. from Canada. The investigation into this international drug … every month.  The marijuana was smuggled into the U.S. from Canada and distributed across the country to … Georgia and New Jersey, among other locations.  Proceeds from the marijuana distribution were used to purchase …
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Equitable Sharing Program “Takes The Profit Out Of Crime And Benefits Public Safety”

… to distributors and retail outlets throughout the U.S. and from his six smoke shops in Fresno, Visalia and Bakersfield. … of crime and benefits public safety. The proceeds seized from this criminal organization and distributed to law … throughout the country and profited tremendously from the illegal sales of these synthetic drugs. Working …