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Bergen County Man Helped Russia Acquire Millions In Military Equipment: Feds Bergen County Man Helped Russia Acquire Millions In Military Equipment: Feds
Bergen County Man Helped Russia Acquire Millions In Military Equipment: Feds A 43-year-old Saddle River man admitted on Friday, Nov. 1 to helping Russia acquire sensitive electronics for its miliary and intelligent services, authorities said. Vadim Yermolenko faces up to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to violate the Export Control Reform Act, conspiracy to commit bank fraud, and conspiracy to defraud the United States for his role in a transnational procurement and money laundering network that sought to acquire sensitive dual-use electronics for Russian military and intelligence services, U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New Y…

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by Sam Barron
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Marijuana In The Mail: Newark Postal Worker Guilty Of Helping Pot Dealer Marijuana In The Mail: Newark Postal Worker Guilty Of Helping Pot Dealer
Marijuana In The Mail: Newark Postal Worker Guilty Of Helping Pot Dealer A federal jury Tuesday found a mail carrier from Newark guilty of helping a drug dealer send marijuana through the mail, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.  Fred Rivers, 47, who worked at the Springfield Station facility in Newark, intercepted packages containing the drug that were labeled with actual addresses but phony names.  Rivers then brought the packages to the parking lot where he worked and handed them off to Glenn Blackstone after scanning them to falsely indicate the packages had been delivered. Rivers, who took part in the scheme from October 2016 to September 2017, firs…

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by Paul Milo