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South Florida Pill Mill Doctor Sentence To 220 Months In Prison

June 02, 2014
June 02, 2014 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: 954-660-4602 MIAMI - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Attorney General Pam Bondi’s Office of Statewide Prosecution, announced last week that Dr. Thomas James Rodenberg was sentenced before Broward Circuit Court Judge Jeffrey R...
June 02, 2014
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Thirteen South Florida Men Sentenced In A Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy

May 30, 2014
May 30, 2014 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: 954-660-4602 MIAMI - 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; Amos Rojas, Jr., United States Marshal, U.S. Marshals (USMS); Noel Manheimer, Director of Marine...
May 30, 2014
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Texas Resident Charged With Illegally Selling Controlled Substances On Silk Road, Bitmessage

May 30, 2014
May 30, 2014 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: 954-660-4602 ORLANDO, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III for the Middle District of Florida, announces the arrest and unsealing of a criminal complaint charging Matthew...
May 30, 2014
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International Scheme To Extort Americans By Impersonating DEA Special Agents Foiled Seventeen Arrests In Dominican Republic Target Those Calling Innocent Citizens Demanding Payment In Exchange For Dropped Bogus Charges

May 29, 2014
May 28, 2014 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: 954-660-4602 WASHINGTON - DEA Administrator Michele M. Leonhart and United States Attorney Preet Bharara of the Southern District of New York today announced that 21 citizens of the Dominican Republic have been charged with conspiring to impersonate United States law enforcement officers...
May 29, 2014
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Former Correction Officer Convicted In Manhattan Federal Court For Smuggling Marijuana Into Riker’s Island In Connection With Inmate Distribution Ring

May 29, 2014
MANHATTAN - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the conviction of Khalif Phillips, a former New York City Correction Officer, in connection with his smuggling of marijuana into Riker’s Island for inmates to redistribute late last night. Following a one-week trial, the...
May 29, 2014
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International Scheme To Extort Americans By Impersonating DEA Special Agents Foiled Seventeen Arrests In Dominican Republic Target Those Calling Innocent Citizens Demanding Payment In Exchange For Dropped Bogus Charges

May 28, 2014
WASHINGTON - DEA Administrator Michele M. Leonhart and United States Attorney Preet Bharara of the Southern District of New York today announced that 21 citizens of the Dominican Republic have been charged with conspiring to impersonate United States law enforcement officers, extortion, and wire fraud. Beginning two weeks ago, authorities...
May 28, 2014
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DEA’s Highest Ranking Guatemalan Drug Trafficker Extradited To Face Federal Drug Charges

May 23, 2014
TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announces that Juan Alberto Ortiz-Lopez, a/k/a “Chamale,” a/k/a “Juanito,” (43, San Marcos, Guatemala) has been extradited to the Middle District...
May 23, 2014
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Former President Of Guatemala, Alfonso Portillo, Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court For Laundering Millions Of Dollars Through United States Banks

May 23, 2014
MANHATTAN - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and James J. Hunt, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division announced that Alfonso Portillo, the former president of Guatemala, was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to...
May 23, 2014
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Long Island Doctor Arrested For Illegal Distribution Of Controlled Substances

May 21, 2014
BROOKLYN, N.Y. - A criminal complaint was unsealed today in federal court in the Eastern District of New York charging Dr. Michael Randall with illegal distribution of thousands of prescription pain pills, including oxycodone, oxymorphone, methadone, and carisoprodol. Randall surrendered earlier today, and his initial appearance is scheduled for this...
May 21, 2014
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$11 Million Dollar Heroin Shipment Seized En Route From New York City To New England

May 19, 2014
NEW YORK - Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, James J. Hunt, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York (DEA), New York City Police Commissioner William J. Bratton and Joseph A. D’Amico, Superintendent of the New York State Police, announced the...
May 19, 2014
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