""Gun traffickers who specialize in selling illegal and untraceable weapons undermine our commonsense gun safety laws and put all New Yorkers at risk," James said. "With this investigation, we put a dangerous gun trafficking ring out of business and brought its members to justice. My office will continue to use all the resources at our disposal to take illegal guns off our streets and protect New Yorkers from gun violence.""
""New York Attorney General Letitia James announced on Nov. 20 the convictions and sentencing of the five defendants charged with selling dozens of illegal ghost guns, assault weapons, high-capacity magazines,and ammunition at various locations around the borough following a long-term investigation by her Organized Crime Task Force, Homeland Security Investigations (HS) New York, and the NYPD that resulted in a 625-count indictment against the five crew members. The investigation included controlled firearm purchase operations, covert video surveillance, social media monitoring and analysis of financial and telephone records.""
A long-term law enforcement probe led to convictions and sentencing of five defendants on a 625-count indictment for selling dozens of illegal ghost guns, assault weapons, high-capacity magazines, and ammunition across Queens. The Organized Crime Task Force, Homeland Security Investigations New York, and the NYPD used controlled purchases, covert video surveillance, social media monitoring, and financial and telephone record analysis to build the case. The probe identified ringleader Satveer Saini, 20, of East Elmhurst, and associates Mateo Castro-Agudelo, Hargeny Fernandez-Gonzales, Adam Youssef Senhaji-Rivas, and Milanjit Sidhu. Investigators found purchases from Indiana exceeding $27,000 and the acquisition and transport of 3D-printed ghost guns into Queens for resale at public locations including an East Elmhurst playground and a Queens Center mall parking lot; convictions and sentencing occurred on Nov. 20.
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