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HSI New York Investigation Lands American Airlines Mechanic 9-Year Prison Sentence for Conspiring to Import Cocaine Bricks Under Jetliner Cockpit

NEW YORK — A former American Airlines mechanic at John F. Kennedy International Airport was sentenced to 108 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to import and possess cocaine following an HSI and law enforcement partner investigation.

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Joint Investigation Leads to 12-Year Sentence for Massachusetts Man for Mailing Fentanyl and Fentanyl Trafficking

BOSTON — A Stoughton man was sentenced Sept. 5 in federal court in Boston for his role in a wide-ranging fentanyl trafficking conspiracy was uncovered by HSI New England and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.

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Wynn Las Vegas Forfeits $130M for Illegally Conspiring With Unlicensed Money Transmitting Businesses

SAN DIEGO – Wynn Las Vegas agreed today to forfeit $130,131,645 to settle criminal allegations that it conspired with unlicensed money transmitting businesses worldwide to transfer funds for the financial benefit of the casino.

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New Hampshire Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Possession of CSAM After Undercover Investigation

CONCORD, N.H. — A Lancaster man was sentenced in federal court for possession of child sexual abuse material after an undercover investigation led by HSI New England.

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Florida Man Gets Life for Fentanyl Distribution, Sex Trafficking

TAMPA, Fla. — HSI Tampa assisted the DEA in Tampa during an investigation that has led to a life sentence for a Florida man who distributed fentanyl, heroin, methamphetamine and crack cocaine, causing bodily harm.

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Mexican National Who Oversaw International Money Laundering Network for Drug Cartel Convicted

HOUSTON — A 40-year-old Mexican national who oversaw an international money laundering network for the Jalisco New Generation drug cartel was convicted Sept. 4 of drug trafficking and money laundering offenses following an OCDETF investigation conducted by HSI Houston with assistance from the DEA and IRS Criminal Investigation.

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Drug Dealer Sentenced to Prison for Meth, Fentanyl Trafficking in Montana

MISSOULA, Mont. — A California man convicted by a federal jury of trafficking pounds of methamphetamine and thousands of fentanyl pills in the Butte and Helena communities as part of a large conspiracy was sentenced to prison Sept. 3.

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Motocross Coach Sentenced to 4 Decades for Child Exploitation Crimes

ATLANTA — A joint HSI Chattanooga and HSI Dalton investigation has led to the sentencing of a Tennessee motorcross coach who traveled the country building motocross tracks and mentoring children to decades in prison for multiple child exploitation offenses.

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HSI, Asia Partners Disrupt International Drug Smuggling Ring

WASHINGTON — HSI and the DEA joined the Taiwan Criminal Investigation Bureau’s International Criminal Affairs Division and other partners Sept. 5 in Taipei, Taiwan, to announce the results of a multinational counternarcotics effort dubbed Operation Sunset.

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Former Cyclist Sentenced for International Gun Smuggling

ORLANDO, Fla. – A HSI Orlando investigation has led to the sentencing of a former international cyclist to seven years in prison for smuggling firearms overseas and possessing firearms as an unlawfully present noncitizen.