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Federal Tipoffs Involving Connecticut Newsletter for Sunday April 30, 2023 ( 12 items )  

Conn. U.S. Attorney: Bristol Man Involved in Gun Trafficking Scheme Sentenced to Prison
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 29 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Vanessa Roberts Avery, issued the following news release on April 28, 2023: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOSHUA BENTZ, 39, of Bristol, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 24 months of imprisonment, followed by two years of supervised release, for illegally trafficking firearms from South Carolina to Con  more

Conn. U.S. Attorney: Indictment Charges Postal Employee With Cocaine Distribution, Mail Theft
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 28 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Vanessa Roberts Avery, issued the following news release on April 27, 2023: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Ketty Larco-Ward, Inspector in Charge of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Boston Division, and Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, today announced that a federal grand jury in Hartford returned   more

Conn. U.S. Attorney: New Britain Man Involved in Drug Ring Sentenced to 6 Years in Federal Prison
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 29 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Vanessa Roberts Avery, issued the following news release on April 28, 2023: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that EDWIN REYES, 40, of New Britain, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 72 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for trafficking heroin and fentanyl. According to court do  more

Conn. U.S. Attorney: Pennsylvania Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Fentanyl Trafficking Offense
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 29 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Vanessa Roberts Avery, issued the following news release on April 28, 2023: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that PEDRO DIAZ, 45, of Red Lion, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for trafficking fentanyl. According to court docu  more

Conn. U.S. Attorney: Stratford Doctor Sentenced to 4 Years in Federal Prison for Health Care Fraud, Illegal Kickback Offenses
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 28 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Vanessa Roberts Avery, issued the following news release on April 27, 2023: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ANANTHAKUMAR THILLAINATHAN, MD, 45, of Stratford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 48 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for health care fraud and illegal kick  more

Conn. U.S. Attorney: Waterbury Man Admits Role in Kidnapping, Murder of Massachusetts Man Whose Body Was Found in Hartford
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 28 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Vanessa Roberts Avery, issued the following news release on April 27, 2023: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CALVIN ROBERSON, also known as "Cutty," 40, of Waterbury, pleaded guilty today in New Haven federal court to offenses related to the kidnapping and murder of a Massachusetts man in 2020. According to court documents and statements made in co  more

Conn. U.S. Attorney: Waterbury Man Sentenced to 2 Years in Federal Prison for Lying to Federal Agents Investigating Waterbury Gang Violence
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 28 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Vanessa Roberts Avery, issued the following news release on April 27, 2023: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that SHAN THOMPSON, 25, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 24 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for making false statements to federal law enforcement agent  more

Conn. U.S. Attorney: Woodstock Man Sentenced to Prison for Tax Fraud
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 27 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Vanessa Roberts Avery, issued the following news release on April 26, 2023: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MARIUSZ KALINOWSKI, 48, of Woodstock, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to seven months of imprisonment, followed by one year of supervised release, for a tax fraud offense. Judge Bryant also ordered Kal  more

DEA-New England Division: Indictment Charges Postal Employee With Cocaine Distribution, Mail Theft
HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 28 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release on April 27, 2023: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Ketty Larco-Ward, Inspector in Charge of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Boston Division, and Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, today announced that a federal grand jury in Hartfor  more

Fannie Mae Announces Tender Offer for Any and All of Certain CAS Notes
WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Fannie Mae issued the following news release on April 24, 2023: Fannie Mae (FNMA/OTCQB) today announced that it has commenced fixed-price cash tender offers (each, an "Offer" and, collectively, the "Offers") for the purchase of any and all of the Connecticut Avenue Securities(R) (CAS) Notes listed below (the "Notes"), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase and related Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, each dated as of April 24, 2023   more

Fannie Mae Prices $622 Million Connecticut Avenue Securities REMIC Deal
WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Fannie Mae issued the following news release: Fannie Mae (FNMA/OTCQB) priced Connecticut Avenue Securities(R) (CAS) Series 2023-R03, an approximately $622 million note offering that represents Fannie Mae's third CAS REMIC(R) transaction of the year. CAS is Fannie Mae's benchmark issuance program designed to share credit risk on its single-family conventional guaranty book of business. The reference pool for CAS Series 2023-R03 consists of approximately 113,000 single-fa  more

NCUA Prohibits Individuals From Participating in Affairs of Any Federally Insured Depository Institution
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, April 29 -- The National Credit Union Administration issued the following news release on April 28, 2023: The National Credit Union Administration issued three prohibition notices in April 2023. The individuals named below are permanently prohibited from participating in the affairs of any federally insured depository institution. * Randi Marie Fisher, a former employee of Vantage Trust Federal Credit Union, Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania * Shelton Jordan, Sr., a former Supe  more