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Accused Quincy Teen Killer Arrested In Puerto Rico, Returned To Mass: DA Accused Quincy Teen Killer Arrested In Puerto Rico, Returned To Mass: DA
Accused Quincy Teen Killer Arrested In Puerto Rico, Returned To Mass: DA A man police say shot and killed 17-year-old Nathan Paul in Quincy last year and fled to Puerto Rico has been arrested and brought back to Massachusetts, the Norfolk County District Attorney said.  Keniel Diaz-Romero, formerly of Quincy, will be arraigned later this week on charges of murder, larceny from a person, possession of a counterfeit bill, uttering a counterfeit bill, conspiracy to commit larceny, and unlawfully carrying a ­firearm, the prosecutor said.  Diaz-Romero is the sixth and final suspect to be charged in the killing of the Weymouth High School senior on Feb. 15, …
Quincy Man Who Counterfeited $460K In $100 Bills Gets 3 Years In Prison: Feds Quincy Man Who Counterfeited $460K In $100 Bills Gets 3 Years In Prison: Feds
Quincy Man Who Counterfeited $460K In $100 Bills Gets 3 Years In Prison: Feds A Quincy man who counterfeited more than 4,000 $100 bills was sentenced to more than three years in prison this week.  Victor Cardona, 34, will spend 41 months in prison, pay a $5,000 fine, and serve two years of probation after he pleaded guilty in October to one count of counterfeiting US currency, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said.  Cardona was arrested in 2019 after agents found a counterfeit currency manufacturing facility at his home in Quincy. That included inkjet printers, materials to make the bills, and counterfeit busting pens used at stores to detect fake cash, th…
Quincy Man Made Thousands Of Fake $100 Bills Using Mr. Clean Magic Erasers: Feds Quincy Man Made Thousands Of Fake $100 Bills Using Mr. Clean Magic Erasers: Feds
Quincy Man Made Thousands Of Fake $100 Bills Using Mr. Clean Magic Erasers: Feds A man in Quincy, who federal agents said is behind thousands of fake $100 bills that were used across the country, pleaded guilty to counterfeiting currency this week.  Victor Cardona, 34, faces up to 20 years in prison and a fine of $250,000 after admitting to the scheme on Monday, Oct. 3, the US Attorney's Office for Massachusetts said. A judge will sentence him in January.  US Secret Service agents began investigating Cardona in 2019 after stores around Boston reported finding "bleached" $100, court documents show. Agents said they used cell phone data to map out who was p…