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Woman, Man Accused Of Running Counterfeit CT, NY Scheme Involving Car Titles, Insurance Cards
Two Connecticut residents are facing charges for an alleged elaborate counterfeiting operation that expanded into New York.
An investigation was launched by the Monroe Police Department in February when an area resident purchased a motor vehicle with a fraudulent title.
An extensive, multi-agency investigation was launched, which led them to identify Krista Karch and Orlando Dominguez, both residents of Essex, Connecticut, in Middlesex County, as possible suspects.
According to police, it was determined that Dominguez allegedly produced counterfeit New York and Connecticut car titles…
Five From Connecticut Among Six Nabbed For Fentanyl Trafficking Ring Bust
Six people have been nabbed for allegedly being part of a large-scale, elaborate heroin and fentanyl trafficking organization that has been broken up, according to U.S. Attorney for Connecticut John Durham.
Durham announced that the six, five of whom are from Connecticut, were arrested on federal narcotics distribution and money laundering charges for their role in the drug distribution ring, which operated throughout the state of Connecticut.
Those charged:
Domingo Guzman, 43, of Waterbury;
Armando Gonzalez, 38, of New Britain;
David Cintron, 24, of Manchester;
Daniel Estremera, 40, of …
Five From Connecticut Charged For Scheme Scamming Victims Of $4M
Five men in Connecticut are facing charges for allegedly operating multi-million dollar elderly fraud scams, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced.
U.S. Attorney John Durham announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven returned an 11-count indictment charging five people for their participation in lottery and romance scams that defrauded elderly victims across the country of millions.
Those charged:
Farouq Fasasi, 25, a citizen Nigeria residing New Haven;
Rodney Thomas, Jr., 29, of New Haven;
Montrell Dobbs, Jr., 27, recently of Ansonia, Hamden, and New Haven;
Stanley Pierre, 32,…
Three Admit To Involvement In Large-Scale Marijuana Trafficking Operation
Three men have admitted to their roles in an elaborate, bi-coastal, multi-million dollar marijuana trafficking operation that flooded Connecticut with nearly two tons of the drug.
Scott “Pep” Bodnar, of Ansonia, Terrell Givens, of Beacon Falls, and Donald Burns, of Milford, have pleaded guilty to federal offenses in connection to a large-scale marijuana trafficking conspiracy, U.S. Attorney John Durham announced this week.
In 2016, the Federal Aviation Administration launched an investigation into a single-engine aircraft, owned by Burns, that made regular flights from Stratford to northern…
