PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A citizen of the Dominican Republic illegally residing in The Bronx, New York, has been sentenced in federal court to time served of approximately 35 months of imprisonment and ordered to pay restitution totaling more than $896,000 to dozens of victims on his convictions for conspiracy to transport stolen money in interstate commerce and interstate transportation of stolen money, United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced today.Chief United States District Judge Cathy Bissoon imposed the sentence on Stalin Acosta Paulino, 45. Paulino is expected to be deported to the Dominican Republic.According to information presented to the Court, Paulino participated in a complex fraud with numerous other individuals then living in New York in which they traveled to various states, including Pennsylvania and Virginia, and stole cash from skilled gaming machines they had broken into. Paulino and his conspirators then transported the stolen money to the New York area.Assistant United States Attorney Brendan T. Conway prosecuted this case on behalf of the government.United States Attorney Rivetti commended the United States Secret Service and United States Postal Inspection Service, who worked in conjunction with numerous police departments in Pennsylvania and Virginia, for the investigation leading to the successful prosecution of Paulino.
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Dominican Republic Resident Illegally in U.S. Sentenced for Transporting Stolen Money from Skilled Gaming MachinesArticle
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Dominican Republic Resident Illegally in U.S. Sentenced for Transporting Stolen Money from Skilled Gaming Machines. U.S. Department of Justice, 2026-06-29. Reproduced by ProofAML as an enforcement-matter document record. Official source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdpa/pr/dominican-republic-resident-illegally-us-sentenced-transporting-stolen-money-skilled. URL: https://proofaml.com/articles/dominican-republic-resident-illegally-in-u-s-sentenced-for-transporting-stolen-money-from-doj14b255b41da9/
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