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Amherst Doctor Sentenced For Obtaining Controlled Substances By Fraud And Health Care Fraud

February 02, 2017
(MINEOLA, N. Y. - - Dr. Albert R. Cowie, 38, of Amherst, NY, who was convicted of obtaining controlled substances by fraud and health care fraud, was sentenced to 24 months in prison today by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo. James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Drug...
February 02, 2017
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Heroin And Fentanyl Drug Ring Dismantled In The Bronx--Supplied The Northeast

February 02, 2017
(BRONX, N.Y. - - More than 103 pounds of heroin and fentanyl have been recovered and 32 people were indicted for major drug trafficking and other charges resulting from a joint investigation, state and federal law enforcement officials announced today. James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Drug Enforcement...
February 02, 2017
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Massachusetts Man Sentenced For Fentanyl Distribution

February 02, 2017
FEB 02 - CONCORD, N.H. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent-in-Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, and United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice announced today that Felipe Antonio Reyes Eduardo was sentenced to a term of two years in federal prison based upon his prior guilty plea...
February 02, 2017
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North Carolina Man Sentenced In New Hampshire Methamphetamine Manufacturing Conspiracy

February 02, 2017
FEB 02 - CONCORD, N.H. - Jamie Smith, 28, of Raleigh North Carolina was sentenced to 96 months in federal prison after pleading guilty in United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to one count of possession of materials to manufacture methamphetamine, and one count of conspiracy...
February 02, 2017
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Heroin, Fentanyl Trafficker Sentenced To 15+ Years

February 02, 2017
FEB 02 - CONCORD, N.H. - Rafael Nicolas Lopez-Carrasco, a/k/a Jose Casellas, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, was sentenced to 204 months in federal prison after pleading guilty in the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to a federal indictment charging him with one count of conspiracy to...
February 02, 2017
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Fresno Business Owner Pleads Guilty To Money Laundering

February 01, 2017
FRESNO, Calif. - Krishen Sauble Iyer, 36, of Fresno, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to launder money, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin and U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert jointly announced the plea. According to court documents, Iyer was the owner of several insurance sales and...
February 01, 2017
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Texas Doctor Sentenced In Prescription Drug Conspiracy

February 01, 2017
SHERMAN, Texas - A Dallas physician has been sentenced to federal prison for conspiracy to sell illegal prescriptions in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today. Habiboola Niamatali, 75, of Dallas, was found guilty by a jury in July 2016 of conspiracy to distribute Hydrocodone...
February 01, 2017
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Rhode Island Man Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison For Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering

February 01, 2017
FEB 01 - BOSTON - A Rhode Island man was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with a wide-ranging conspiracy that distributed cocaine, heroin and other narcotics throughout Bristol County, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. Luis Lopez aka Juan Gonzalez, 43, of Tiverton, Rhode Island, was sentenced...
February 01, 2017
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Sands Point Cardiologist Sentenced For Vicious Assault-for-Hire Plot Against Rival Doctor

January 31, 2017
(MINEOLA, N. Y. - - James Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) New York Division and Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Sands Point cardiologist who conspired to seriously injure a rival doctor was sentenced today to five years in prison with...
January 31, 2017
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DEA: Kenyan Drug Traffickers Arrive In US To Face Charges

January 31, 2017
WASHINGTON - DEA and the Southern District of New York today announced the arrival of four individuals from Kenya to New York charged with participating in a massive global drug trafficking enterprise, and includes the leader of a well-known organized crime family in Africa. BAKTASH AKASHA ABDALLA, a/k/a “Baktash Akasha,”...
January 31, 2017
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