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Federal Agents Remove Head Of Violent Mass Drug Gang, Sentence Leader To 19 Years: DOJ
Federal agents celebrated this week after the man they said led a violent gang that helped flood southeastern Massachusetts drugs was sentenced to nearly two decades in prison.
Djuna Goncalves, 36, who pleaded guilty last year to a laundry list of drug and weapons charges, learned his fate this week, the US Attorney's Office said.
DEA agents alleged that Goncalves ran a gang out of Brockton that moved in fentanyl, cocaine, crack, heroin, oxycodone, and violence. Goncalves ran the group with his two brothers — Cody and Tony Goncalves, authorities said. Federal agen…
Malden Woman Sentenced For Embezzling Nearly $800K From Employer
A Massachusetts woman has been sentenced for charges connected to her scheme to embezzle more than $796,000 from her employer.
Middlesex County resident Kayla Figelski, age 34, of Malden, was sentenced on Friday, June 3, to three years in prison and two years of supervised release, according to Rachael Rollins, United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts.
She pleaded guilty to seven counts of bank fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft in May of 2021, Rollins said.
According to the announcement, she was also ordered to pay $796,747 in restitution.
The US Attorn…
