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Six Passaic County Residents Accused Of Laundering $27 Million For International Drug Cartels Six Passaic County Residents Accused Of Laundering $27 Million For International Drug Cartels
Six Passaic County Residents Accused Of Laundering $27 Million For International Drug Cartels Four Paterson residents and two from Passaic were caught laundering more than $27 million for Central and South American drug cartels operating in New Jersey and New York, federal authorities announced Wednesday. Morristown police helped the DEA and IRS crack the case, in which the defendants and other conspirators converted cash from drug sales in the two states to more than 1,000 cashier’s checks that were sent to brokers “acting on behalf of drug trafficking organizations with ties to the Dominican Republic, Colombia, and elsewhere,” U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. “The cashier’s che…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Private Passaic County Pilot Convicted Of Smuggling Kilos Of Cocaine In, $7.5M Out Private Passaic County Pilot Convicted Of Smuggling Kilos Of Cocaine In, $7.5M Out
Private Passaic County Pilot Convicted Of Smuggling Kilos Of Cocaine In, $7.5M Out Federal jurors convicted a private "cash jet" pilot from Ringwood of bringing hundreds of kilos of cocaine into New Jersey and New York, then laundering more than $7.5 million in proceeds back to Guyana. Khamraj Lall, 51, of Ringwood “used the proceeds of his cocaine empire” to buy jets, homes and cars, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said Friday. “He also paid more than $2 million in cash stuffed in suitcases to a Florida contractor to build an airplane hangar in Guyana,” Carpenito said. The Guyanese-born Lall -- who owned a private jet charter business called Exec Jet Club in Gai…

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by Jerry DeMarco