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Long Island MS-13 Members Charged With Multiple Murders, Assaults
Several MS-13 gang members from Long Island were among nearly a dozen arrested following an investigation by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security division.
Eight members of MS-13 were charged in a 24-count indictment for racketeering charges that includes multiple alleged murders, attempted murders, attempted kidnapping, drug, and weapons offenses.
The gang members from Long Island charged were:
Carlos “Russo” Alfaro, 23, of Roosevelt;
Jose Jonathan Guevara-Casto, 25, formerly of Roosevelt;
Victor Lopez-Morales, 32, of Roosevelt;
Ever Morales-Lopez, 26, of Fre…
Five From Connecticut Among Six Nabbed For Fentanyl Trafficking Ring Bust
Six people have been nabbed for allegedly being part of a large-scale, elaborate heroin and fentanyl trafficking organization that has been broken up, according to U.S. Attorney for Connecticut John Durham.
Durham announced that the six, five of whom are from Connecticut, were arrested on federal narcotics distribution and money laundering charges for their role in the drug distribution ring, which operated throughout the state of Connecticut.
Those charged:
Domingo Guzman, 43, of Waterbury;
Armando Gonzalez, 38, of New Britain;
David Cintron, 24, of Manchester;
Daniel Estremera, 40, of …
Ex-Connecticut Resident Sentenced For Tax Evasion Scheme Using 'Ghost Employees'
A former business owner in Fairfield County will spend time behind bars after admitting to bilking the IRS out of hundreds of thousands of dollars during a scheme involving “ghost employees.”
Former Madison resident Theresa Foreman, 57, who now lives in St. Cloud, Florida, has been sentenced to a term of 12 months and one day in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, after pleading guilty to one count of tax evasion after failing to report $712,445.71 to the IRS over several years during her scheme, which began in 2012.
Foreman, who operated Equinox Home Care in Stratford, b…
Area Attorney Admits To Federal Tax Charges
An attorney in the area has admitted to failing to pay more than $225,000 in taxes.
Bethany resident William Palmieri, 56, pleaded guilty in Bridgeport district court to two counts of willful failure to pay income taxes, U.S. Attorney for Connecticut John Durham announced.
Palmieri, an attorney with a practice specializing in civil rights law, reported to the Internal Revenue Service, but did not pay, all the income taxes he owed, between 2006 and 2014, even though he had the ability to make substantially greater tax payments during that time, Durham said.
As of December 2017, Palmieri ow…
