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Miami-Dade Mortgage Broker Sentenced For Obtaining Fraudulent Mortgages On Houses Purchased In Palm Beach And St Lucie Counties

March 30, 2011

MIAMI, FL. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration, Miami Field Division, Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Rhonda A. Diffenbach, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Division announce yesterday’s sentencing of defendant Hugo Oliva...

March 30, 2011

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Four South Florida Men Sentenced In Heroin Trafficking Ring

March 25, 2011

MIAMI, FL. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Anthony V. Mangione, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’(ICE), Homeland Security (HSI), Miami Field Division, Chadwick E. Wagner, Chief...

March 25, 2011

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New Jersey Doctor, 11 Others Charged In Oxycodone Distribution Conspiracy

March 24, 2011

NEWARK, N.J. - John G. McCabe, Jr., the Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Paul J. Fishman , the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced that an internal medicine specialist who allegedly wrote illegal prescriptions for...

March 24, 2011

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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Charges Seven Members Of Cocaine And Heroin Distribution Ring

March 24, 2011

NEWARK, N.J. - John G. McCabe, Jr., the Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, along with Peter T. Edge, the Special Agent in Charge of the New...

March 24, 2011

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Federal, State, And Local Law Enforcement Partners Announce Results Of Joit Initiative, Continued Resolve To Combat Carjacking In Essex County Forty-two Individuals Charged Since Formation Of Task Force With Carjacking Or Related Offenses

March 21, 2011

NEWARK, N.J. - Law enforcement representatives, including investigators and prosecutors at the federal, state, and local level, united today to announce the results to date of a joint task force initiative aimed at reducing carjackings and other crime in Newark and surrounding areas, New Jersey U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman...

March 21, 2011

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The U.S. Attorney For The District Of Montana Announces The Execution Of 26 Criminal Search Warrants And 4 Civil Seizure Warrants In Montana

March 15, 2011

HELENA, MT. - The United States Attorney for the District of Montana, Michael W. Cotter, announced today the culmination of a 18-month multi-agency investigation into the drug trafficking activities of criminal enterprises operating throughout the State of Montana. In furtherance of that investigation, a total of 26 criminal search warrants...

March 15, 2011

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New Jersey Man Sentenced To 77 Months In Prison For Conspiring To Distribute Oxycodone Illegally Obtained During Multiple Trips To Florida

March 14, 2011

CAMDEN, N.J. - John G. McCabe, Jr., the Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Paul J. Fishman , the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced that a Ventnor, N.J., man was sentenced today to 77 months...

March 14, 2011

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DEA To Doctor, “You’ve Been Served”

March 04, 2011

MIAMI, FL. - Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division Special Agent in Charge Mark R. Trouville announces the Immediate Suspension of the DEA Certificate of Registration for Dr. Nader Shehata. The DEA and its state and local partners continue Operation Pill Nation enforcement and administrative actions today serving Dr. Shehata...

March 04, 2011

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Four Bolivian Nationals, Including Retired Police General, Charged With Drug Trafficking

February 28, 2011

MIAMI, FL. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, announced the unsealing of an indictment against defendants Rene Sanabria-Oropeza, Milton Sanchez-Pantoja, Marcelo Foronda-Azero, and Jorge Sanchez-Pantoja, all Bolivian nationals...

February 28, 2011

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DEA Activates "Pill Mill" Tip Line

February 28, 2011

MIAMI, FL. - Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division Special Agent in Charge Mark R. Trouville announces the activation of a “pill mill” tip line. Over the last year, Operation Pill Nation investigators made hundreds of undercover purchases of prescription drugs from doctors in South Florida rogue pain clinics. The...

February 28, 2011