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Former BASE auction employees implicate owners in “Codfather” scandal By Share Two former employees of the Buyers and Sellers Exchange (BASE) in New Bedford, Massachusetts, U.S.A. have alleged that the owners – brothers Raymond and Richard Canastra – were aware of and involved in falsifying quotas performed by the “Codfather” Carlos Rafael. Rafael pleaded guilty in 2017 to falsifying fish quotas, tax evasion, and conspiracy in the wake of allegations he was connected to a crimi...

NEW BEDFORD — Two former employees of Buyers and Sellers Exchange (BASE) are alleging owners and brothers Raymond and Richard Canastra were aware of and involved in Carlos Rafaels falsifying of fish quotas, according to two affidavits filed last week as part of an ongoing lawsuit.  In their written statements, signed in September 2020 under the penalties of perjury, former BASE employees Peter Medeiros and Nelson Couto allege Raymond Canastra and Rafael instructed them to destroy and fal...

12/30/2020 2020: A year of coming together Employees and volunteers with Woonsocket High School hang signs commemorating the Class of 2020 on the fence around Barry Field on May 29. From left are Dean of Students Peter Medeiros, Dean of Students Chad Lamoureux, Jeff Cormier, Jackson Cormier, Tony Ramos, Tony Cosentino and Paul Marshall. (Breeze file photo by Lauren Clem) While 2020 will always be remembered as the year of the pandemic, it’s also the year residents of northern Rhode Island cam...