SEC Charges Eleven in Stock Manipulation Ring

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Italian Mafia suspects
arrested

A Narcotics Service investigation
linked a traffic stop in
Texas to the Italian Mafia in
Delaware. DPS Highway Patrol
contacted a Narcotics sergeant
following an interdiction traffic
stop in Sutton County that
yielded the seizure of $146,700.
The Narcotics sergeant
interviewed the suspect and
obtained additional intelligence.

Texas Department of Public Safety Annual Report 13

With the assistance of a DPS
crime analyst, the sergeant
identified two more suspects in
California and Delaware and
obtained a warrant for the
Delaware suspect’s arrest. The
sergeant flew to Delaware and
orchestrated a controlled delivery
of the currency that had
been seized in Sutton County.
As a result of the operation,
investigators seized an additional
$109,642 and four vehicles
worth almost $500,000.
The operation was conducted
with the assistance of Highway
Patrol, ICE and the Delaware
State Police.

http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/director_staff/public_information/annrep2007.pdf