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Springfield Man Sentenced For Money Laundering, Trafficking Cocaine Springfield Man Sentenced For Money Laundering, Trafficking Cocaine
Springfield Man Sentenced For Money Laundering, Trafficking Cocaine A 54-year-old man was sentenced for conspiring to traffic cocaine from California to Western Massachusetts and for money laundering.  Miguel Betancourt, of Springfield, in Hampden County was sentenced on Tuesday, Feb. 8, to 42 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release, according to the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute cocaine and conspiracy to commit money laundering on Aug. 18, 2021, the US Attorney's Office reported. In July of…

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Auto Dealer From Springfield Admits To Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering Auto Dealer From Springfield Admits To Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering
Auto Dealer From Springfield Admits To Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering A Western Massachusetts man admitted to conspiring to traffic cocaine and using his Connecticut auto dealership to launder money following a yearlong investigation into a large-scale drug trafficking organization supplying narcotics to dealers in multiple states from Mexico, authorities announced. Miguel Betancourt, age 53, of Springfield, pleaded guilty to single counts of conspiracy to distribute cocaine conspiracy to commit money laundering in federal court. Acting US Attorney Nathaniel Mendell said that Betancourt was indicted in November 2017 as part of a 14-month wiretap investig…

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