United States of America v. Alex Calcano-Carrasquill

Syracuse, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with r money laundering and conspiring to possess with intent to distribute over 5 kilograms of cocaine.





As part of his prior guilty plea, Calcano-Carrasquillo admitted that from July 2021 through July 2024, he conspired with others to distribute cocaine in Onondaga County. As part of the conspiracy, Calcano-Carrasquillo, after receiving payment from his co-conspirators, mailed packages containing over 20 kilograms of cocaine from Puerto Rico to various addresses in Syracuse that were provided to him by Juan Correa, Sr.



Senior United States District Judge Glenn T. Suddaby also ordered Calcano-Carrasquillo to serve a 5-year term of supervised release following his release from prison. Co-defendant Juan Correa, Jr. previously pled guilty and was sentenced to 7 years in prison. The remaining co-defendants in this case, Juan Correa, Sr. and Ashley Correa have pled guilty and are awaiting sentencing.



This case was investigated by the DEA, U.S. Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), United States Postal Inspection Service, and the Syracuse Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Brown prosecuted the case.



This case is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) operation. OCDETF identifies, disrupts and dismantles the highest-level drug traffickers, money launderers, gangs and transnational criminal organizations that threaten the United States by using a prosecutor-led, intelligence-driven, multi-agency approach that leverages the strengths of federal, state and local law enforcement agencies against criminal networks.



IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) is the law enforcement arm of the IRS, responsible for conducting financial crime investigations, including tax fraud, narcotics trafficking, money laundering, public corruption, healthcare fraud, identity theft and more. IRS-CI special agents are the only federal law enforcement agents with investigative jurisdiction over violations of the Internal Revenue Code, obtaining a 90% federal conviction rate. The agency has 19 field offices located across the U.S. and 14 attaché posts abroad.

The Defendant is sentenced on Counts 1, 2, and 3 of the Superseding Information to a term of imprisonment of 120 months, to be served concurrently, and a term of supervised release of 5 years, which consists of 5 years on each of Counts 1 and 2, and 3 years on Count 3 to be served concurrently with standard and special conditions of supervision imposed. The Court recommends to BOP that the Defendant participate in substance abuse treatment. Special assessment of $300 is due immediately. Fine is waived. Defendant is remanded to the custody of the USMS.