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Ex-Doctor From Darien Sentenced For Health Care Fraud, Money Laundering Ex-Doctor From Darien Sentenced For Health Care Fraud, Money Laundering
Ex-Doctor From Darien Sentenced For Health Care Fraud, Money Laundering A former Fairfield County doctor will spend nearly a decade in prison after admitting to billing  Medicaid for nearly $5 million, and hiding the money in a Swiss bank account before attempting to flee the country. Darien resident Ramil Mansourov, who owned and operated Family Urgent Health Care in Norwalk, has been sentenced to 87 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release after pleading guilty to health care fraud and money laundering offenses. Mansourov, 49, purchased Immediate Health Care from Bharat Patel in 2012, renaming it Family Urgent Health Care, and allo…

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New Haven Woman Who Distributed Crack is Sentenced New Haven Woman Who Distributed Crack is Sentenced
New Haven Woman Who Distributed Crack is Sentenced A Connecticut drug dealer has been sentenced for her role in an elaborate drug distribution ring that was broken up earlier this year. New Haven resident Dequeisha Sledge - also known as Queish and Shontay - has been sentenced to 18 months of home confinement followed by five years of supervised release for her role in the drug ring. An investigation by the FBI’s New Haven Safe Streets/Gang Task Force was launched in June last year following complaints of drug sales in New Haven.  The investigation included physical surveillance, more than a dozen controlled drug purchases and wiretaps. Th…

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Man Admits To Drug Charge Related To OD Death Man Admits To Drug Charge Related To OD Death
Man Admits To Drug Charge Related To OD Death A Connecticut man has admitted to handing out the Adderall that led to a fatal overdose. Wallingford resident Timothy Estridge has pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute and distribution of, amphetamine in court in New Haven, for his role in the death of a 38-year-old man. On Dec. 16 last year, the Wallingford Police Department and paramedics were dispatched to an area home after receiving an emergency 9-1-1 call reporting the death of a man. The caller who reported the death did not leave contact information and was not at the scene when first responders arrive…

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Norwalk Doctor Admits To Painkiller Drug Distribution, Health Care Fraud Norwalk Doctor Admits To Painkiller Drug Distribution, Health Care Fraud
Norwalk Doctor Admits To Painkiller Drug Distribution, Health Care Fraud A 71-year-old doctor from Connecticut pleaded guilty on Monday, June 25 to federal narcotics distribution and health care fraud charges. Bharat Patel of Milford entered his plea in U.S. District Court in New Haven, according to John H. Durham, U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for New England. In pleading guilty, Patel admitted that he wrote hundreds of medically unnecessary prescriptions for oxycodone and hydrocodone, and received nearly $159,000 as a result, according to Durham. Accordin…

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by Jon Craig
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Overdose Death Leads To Drug Trafficking Charges For CT Man Overdose Death Leads To Drug Trafficking Charges For CT Man
Overdose Death Leads To Drug Trafficking Charges For CT Man An alleged drug dealer in Connecticut has been brought up on multiple charges after allegedly selling a series of drugs to a 38-year-old man who later died of an overdose. John Durham, the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that a grand jury in Hartford has returned a four-count indictment on Thursday charging Wallingford resident Timothy Estridge, 37, with multiple drug charges. According to the indictment, on Dec. 16 last year, the Wallingford Police Department and paramedics were dispatched to a local residence following an emergency 911 call where the call…

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by Zak Failla
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CT Man Caught With Counterfeit Money, Illegal Weapon In I-84 Stop CT Man Caught With Counterfeit Money, Illegal Weapon In I-84 Stop
CT Man Caught With Counterfeit Money, Illegal Weapon In I-84 Stop New York State Police troopers seized more than $5,000 in counterfeit cash, drugs and an illegal weapon during a traffic stop on I-84 in Putnam County. Shortly before 2:30 a.m. on Tuesday, June 12, troopers conducted a traffic stop of Bronx resident Anthony Smith’s 2018 Kia Optima when he committed a vehicle and traffic law violation on the interstate. During the stop, it was determined that the 26-year-old was driving his vehicle with more than three suspensions on his license and he was allegedly in possession of Oxycodone pills. Further investigation found that Smith was also in possessi…

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Fairfield County Man Among 19 Charged In FBI Drug, Weapons Bust Fairfield County Man Among 19 Charged In FBI Drug, Weapons Bust
Fairfield County Man Among 19 Charged In FBI Drug, Weapons Bust Nineteen people, including a Fairfield County man, have been arrested as a result of an FBI New Haven Task Force Investigation into crack cocaine and Oxycodone.  Seven firearms were seized during the investigation. John H. Durham, U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and New Haven Police Chief Anthony Campbell announced that a grand jury in New Haven returned a 30-count indictment charging 19 individuals with federal narcotics offenses related to the distribution of crack …

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by Jon Craig