Tag: U.S. Attorney’s Office
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Freehold man admits role in gun trafficking conspiracy and distribution of cocaine
A Freehold man has admitted distributing cocaine in Monmouth County and conspiring to illegally sell firearms, including multiple handguns and a semi-automatic rifle, in and around Monmouth and Ocean counties, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced on Dec. 3. Enrique Quijada, 24, also known as El Enano 13, and also known as Kike, pleaded…
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Leader of Bayshore area drug trafficking organization sentenced to prison
A Monroe County, Pennsylvania, man has been sentenced to 200 months in prison for his role in distributing large quantities of heroin and cocaine in the Bayshore area of Monmouth and Middlesex counties, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced on Dec. 3. Guy Jackson, 49, of Effort, Pa., previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District…
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Tinton Falls resident faces federal charges after incident in Red Bank
A resident of Tinton Falls was arrested on Dec. 2 for allegedly impersonating a federal agent and illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced. Wesley Rucker, 34, is charged by complaint with one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, one count of impersonating…
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Former Bordentown resident admits role in conspiracy to use GoFundMe to benefit homeless veteran
A Burlington County man admitted his role in a GoFundMe scheme that collected money from donors on the internet, purportedly to benefit a homeless man, Mark D’Amico, 42, formerly of Bordentown, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Noel L. Hillman on Nov. 22 to Count One of an indictment charging him with conspiracy to commit…
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Doctor from Marlboro faces federal charges in kickback scheme
A doctor who lives in Marlboro has been charged for his alleged participation in a scheme to receive bribes and kickbacks from a pharmaceutical company in exchange for unlawfully prescribing large volumes of a powerful fentanyl narcotic, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced on Nov. 4. Mukaram Gazi, 51, is charged by indictment with…
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Pharmacy owner faces prison for role in kickback scheme, evading taxes
A Holmdel resident who is the former co-owner of a Union City pharmacy was sentenced on Nov. 3 to 41 months in prison for his role in a scheme to pay bribes to healthcare professionals and for evading taxes on $33.9 million in income, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced. Igor Fleyshmakher, 59, previously…
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Former Newark police officer from Old Bridge sentenced for role in brothel scheme
A former Newark police officer was sentenced to 46 months in prison for soliciting and accepting cash payments from a brothel owner in Newark in exchange for protecting brothels from police action, and for failing to report those cash payments on his personal federal income tax returns. Julio I. Rivera, 52, of Old Bridge, previously…
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Freehold man indicted in connection with gun trafficking conspiracy
A male resident of Freehold and a male resident of Florida have been charged with conspiring to illegally sell firearms, including handguns and a semi-automatic rifle, in and around Monmouth and Ocean counties, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced. Manuel Espinosa-Ozoria, 31, also known as Chino, of Bartow, Fla., and Enrique Quijada, 24, also…
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Woodbridge man admits selling carvings made of sperm whale ivory
A Woodbridge man admitted to the interstate sale of carvings made of sperm whale ivory. Richard Gontarek, 55, of Woodbridge, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael A. Hammer in Newark federal court on Sept. 22 to an information, charging him with two counts of violating the Lacey Act, by selling to a buyer in…