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$2M Federal Tax Fraud Scheme: CT Restaurant Closes After Owner's Sentencing $2M Federal Tax Fraud Scheme: CT Restaurant Closes After Owner's Sentencing
$2M Federal Tax Fraud Scheme: CT Restaurant Closes After Owner's Sentencing A popular Connecticut restaurant has closed months after its part-owner's sentencing in a $2 million tax fraud scheme. Hartford County staple Ginza Japanese Restaurant posted on the door of its Wintonbury Mall hibachi location in Bloomfield that Friday, June 30 was its last day in business. The eatery cited an ending lease for its closure and thanked customers for their support through the years. Federal prosecutors say Ginza's part-owner, William Chen, and others who worked at Ginza and various area restaurants, deleted cash transactions to reduce the gross receipts and the amou…

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by Daily Voice
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Gang Member AKA 'Big Bro' Distributed Drugs In Waterbury, Gets Years In Prison Gang Member AKA 'Big Bro' Distributed Drugs In Waterbury, Gets Years In Prison
Gang Member AKA 'Big Bro' Distributed Drugs In Waterbury, Gets Years In Prison A street gang member will spend years in prison after continuing to distribute drugs in Waterbury even while he was out on bond.  Waterbury resident Jerrell Jamison, age 30, also known as “Rell” and “Big Bro,” was sentenced to five years in prison on Friday, Feb. 24 for distributing narcotics, according to the US Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut.  Jamison's sentencing is the result of an investigation into gangs, drug trafficking, and illegal gun possession in Waterbury that identified him as a suspect. On April 16, 2019, a court-authorized search o…

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by Ben Crnic
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Man Sentenced For Operating CT Drug Mill Man Sentenced For Operating CT Drug Mill
Man Sentenced For Operating CT Drug Mill A Connecticut man will spend more than a decade in federal prison after he admitted to running a drug mill out of his apartment. Hartford County resident Luis Ciuro, age 37, of East Hartford, was sentenced to 15 years behind bars Wednesday, Aug. 10, in federal court in Bridgeport. It follows his November 2020 guilty plea to one count of possession with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl. Federal prosecutors said Ciuro was busted in October 2019, when Manchester Police were called about a woman yelling and displaying a gun outside of an apartment building on John Olds Drive …

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by Michael Mashburn
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Man Accused Of Abusive Sexual Contact On Flight To Boston Man Accused Of Abusive Sexual Contact On Flight To Boston
Man Accused Of Abusive Sexual Contact On Flight To Boston A 42-year-old man is facing charges for allegedly groping two women on a cross-country redeye flight into Massachusetts, federal authorities announced. Jairaj Singh Dhillon, of Modesto, California, was arrested at Boston Logan International Airport for allegedly engaging in abusive sexual contact with two women aboard a flight from Los Angeles to Boston on Tuesday, May 31. Federal prosecutors said that during the overnight flight, Dhillon allegedly abused the two women, including one who was traveling with a baby. It is alleged that the first victim reported that Dhillon, who was sittin…

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by Zak Failla
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Father, Son From Western Mass Sentenced For Large-Scale Cocaine, Heroin Trafficking Conspiracy Father, Son From Western Mass Sentenced For Large-Scale Cocaine, Heroin Trafficking Conspiracy
Father, Son From Western Mass Sentenced For Large-Scale Cocaine, Heroin Trafficking Conspiracy It'll be a family affair for a father-son duo from Western Massachusetts who will spend more than a decade in prison for operating a multi-state drug trafficking ring that ran from Mexico to both coasts. Federal prosecutors announced that Hampden County residents Isaac Cardona, age 34, and Rafael Cardona, Sr., age 61, both of Springfield, have been sentenced to 12 years in prison for their roles in a large-scale drug trafficking operation. The sentence comes after the two were convicted by a federal jury in October 2021 of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute mo…

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by Zak Failla
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CT Man Sentenced For Credit Card Fraud, Identity Theft Offenses CT Man Sentenced For Credit Card Fraud, Identity Theft Offenses
CT Man Sentenced For Credit Card Fraud, Identity Theft Offenses A career criminal with a rap sheet spanning nearly four decades will spend more time behind bars after being sentenced for a fraud scheme that swindled dozens out of nearly $150,000, federal prosecutors announced. Steven Finkler, also known as Andrew Finkler, last known to reside in New Haven, has been sentenced to 96 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, after pleading guilty to credit card fraud and identity theft offenses last year. Specifically, Finkler, age 56, pleaded guilty to one count of access device fraud (credit card fraud), one count of wire fraud, an…

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by Zak Failla