Feds: N.Y. man conspired to sell 8K oxycodone pills in CT region
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A 64-year-old man from Queens, N.Y., has pleaded guilty to a federal drug charge after prosecutors said he conspired to sell thousands of Oxycodone pills throughout the region including at the Foxwoods Resort Casino.
Joseph Anthony Carbone pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute oxycodone, according to the U.S. attorney’s office for the District of Connecticut.
Carbone appeared before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport, the U.S. attorney’s office said. He was released on $200,000 bond before sentencing.
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COVID-19’s impact cost the southeastern Connecticut casinos dearly during the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, 2020, annual reports posted late last month show.
Foxwoods Resort Casino reported net revenues of $539.2 million for the period, a 31.6% decline from the $787.8 million it tallied the previous fiscal year.
Mohegan Sun’s net revenues fell to $715.7 million in fiscal 2020, down 27.9% from $992 million. Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment, the corporate entity that operates Mohegan Sun and the Mohegan Tribe’s other gaming enterprises around the world, had total net revenues of $1.11 billion, a decrease of 16.7%, according to the MGE annual report filed last week with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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A Queens, N.Y., man pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring with other people to sell oxycodone pills in Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, including at Foxwoods Resort Casino.
Joseph Anthony Carbone, 64, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute oxycodone, according to an announcement from John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut.
Carbone, a former Pennsylvania resident, “conspired with others to acquire and sell approximately 8,100 oxycodone pills in Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts and Rhode Island,” from about May 2017 to August 2019, according to the news release, which cited court documents and statements. Carbone and people “acting at his discretion” sold pills at the Foxwoods Resort Casino and other places in Connecticut, it said.
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