October 20, 2017 — A federal judge sentenced a former Bristol County sheriff’s deputy Thursday to a year in prison and three years of supervised release for smuggling thousands of dollars in profits to Portugal for a Massachusetts fishing magnate who was trying to dodge fishing rules, prosecutors said.
Antonio Freitas, a longtime task force officer with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, smuggled $17,500 through airport security in February 2016, according to a statement from the US attorney’s office in Boston. Freitas, according to the statement, later deposited that money in a Portuguese bank account belonging to Carlos Rafael, a New Bedford commercial fishing mogul known as the “Codfather.”
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