The court announced the case by a special agent Thomas Fattorusso and United States Attorney Carl B. Freedman in charge of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS, CI) New York Field Division.
According to this case, Pupello confessed that he has been supplying cocaine to different customers from 2017 through October 2019 and saving money from drug sales to his personal checking and business account, which is at JPMorgan Chase Bank.
He also declared that he has been using a mobile application CashApp to make digital payments through users, which he earned by serving cocaine to different customers. He further added that he has been transferring this money from CashApo to both of his bank accounts and withdrawing $14,000 from his business account.
Kirkville man admits to money laundering from cocaine sales in federal court https://t.co/2Nd6eyFEd7
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Thus, for this financial crime, Pupello will be imprisoned on July 12, 2023, before the Hon. David N. Hurd in Utica, New York. The report filed against him brings up a maximum imprisonment of ten years, a term of supervised discharge of at least three years, and a penalty of $250,000.
On the other hand, the sentence of the defendant is imposed by the judge on the basis of charges of violation according to the US Sentencing Guidelines and other elements.
This Anti-Money Laundering case was inspected by the New York Police, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation; New York State Attorney General’s Organised Taskforce, and the Madison/Oneida County Sheriff Drug Task Force. However, Assistant US Attorney Tamara Thomason was prosecuting the case.