Crime

21 charged in DEA scam

By Washington Examiner
Published May 28, 2014 9:54pm ET
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NEW YORK (AP) — Federal authorities have charged 21 people in an extortion scheme involving fake Drug Enforcement Administration agents.

Prosecutors in New York announced the arrests on Wednesday. Seventeen people were in custody in the Dominican Republic. The other four were at large.

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