U.S. Arrests 33 Members of Russian Crime Syndicate

On June 7, 2017, the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York announced the unsealing of three indictments and one complaint charging 33 people with a variety of offenses, including racketeering, fraud, narcotics and firearm trafficking, and theft of property. The defendants in the case are associated with a criminal enterprise led by Rashden Shulaya, 40, of Edgewater, New Jersey.