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ST. LOUIS.- Eleven men from the Dominican Republic have been indicted in a criminal conspiracy to allegedly bilk online pharmacy customers in the U.S., including one person in eastern Missouri who paid more than $85,000 into the scheme, stltoday.com reports.

The news source said investigators received more than 1,000 complaints from victims who paid thousands of dollars in fake "fines" after they were threatened as part of the enterprise, the indictment alleges.

“After selling drugs to the victims, the accused then allegedly posed as agents of the U.S. government, told victims they were under investigation and threatened their arrest unless they wired payments to individuals in the Dominican Republic,” the Missouri based media outlet sais.

It adds that the 11 men, who are not in custody, were charged Thursday in U.S. District Court in St. Louis with multiple counts of wire fraud and conspiracy.

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Written by: JimHarrington This user is banned, 26 Jan 2011 5:29 PM
From: United States
Dominican Mentality.
Written by: yumnuk3, 26 Jan 2011 5:48 PM
From: United States, ø„¸¨°º¤ø„¸¸„ø¤º°¨¸„ø¤º°¨

I actually feel sorry for Jim Harrington. He just can't find anything to do with himself on a daily basis. It must be horrible to go through without finding something meaningful.
Written by: danny00, 26 Jan 2011 6:22 PM
From: United States, syosset, key west, santo domingo AND NOW THE GLOBE TROTTER
hey! yumnuk3... so whats wrong with jims comment?

guess u cheer and surport fraud and conspiracy.

Written by: ny4life, 26 Jan 2011 6:32 PM
From: United States, New York, NY
danny00,

He's not cheering it.

It just doesn't reflect the MAJORITY of DOMINICANS or the so-called "Dominican Mentality"
Written by: Ricardolito, 26 Jan 2011 6:38 PM
From: Dominican Republic, calle A.Portes
If you look at a posting by JimH made today, you can see that he writes that he likes the Dominican people but dislikes the Dominican government ...the posting above just proves what a lie that earlier posting was
Written by: danny00, 26 Jan 2011 6:53 PM
From: United States, syosset, key west, santo domingo AND NOW THE GLOBE TROTTER
In an unusual day at the Punta Cana International Airport in the province of La Altagracia, the National Drug Control Department (DNCD) arrested three Spaniards, two Russians and a Swiss national on drug smuggling charges.

The three Spaniards, Hugo Leiro Garrido, Monica Pardal Abad and Lorena Barcala Ares, together with Swiss traveler Flavio Luigi Toletti were found to have 35.2 kilos of cocaine in their luggage. Another 3.3 kilos of cocaine were found in the luggage of a Russian couple, Tatjana Greinade and Igor Pravnicenko.
LAST WEEK ONE GUY ON THIS SITE WAS UPSET BECAUSE FLIGHTS COMING FROM THE DR INTO THE STATES GET A LOT OF ATTENTION FROM CUSTOMS.
THIS STORY ABOVE IS THE REASON FOR THIS ATTENTION.

Written by: danny00, 26 Jan 2011 6:56 PM
From: United States, syosset, key west, santo domingo AND NOW THE GLOBE TROTTER
newyork4life.

majority of dominicans

yes majority of dominicans are honest and hard working.

iam against the bad guys in the dr and in the states.
Written by: BASTA, 26 Jan 2011 7:05 PM
From: Dominican Republic, =Ghetto/Legalize Drugs/Free abortions for all
And we complain about the Haytians. Please.
Written by: juanb, 26 Jan 2011 7:48 PM
From: Dominican Republic

Jim H:
You can judge a man by the company he keeps, or by who his enemies are.

Obviously I can't tell whop you friends arean but based on your enemies you must be a pretty good guy.

Ignore the haters.
Written by: CarmenReyes, 26 Jan 2011 8:13 PM
From: Dominican Republic, Santiago
Fellow Dominicans. Jim Harrington is a bigot and a pathetic man with no obvious education. Perhaps he had a failed relationship with a Dominican. Who knows. But I caution you to not defend against or dignify his ignorance. It feeds his illness. The evidence speaks for itself. There are many fine Dominicans and he probably will never meet us as we have no desire to associate with his kind. So let him continue but do not answer back. It is what he wants. He is a sick miserable man with a small mind. Pity him but do not play with him. He is vulgar. He is inculto, canalla y muy tosco!!!
Written by: shaodonglin, 27 Jan 2011 1:41 AM
From: China, shanghai
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Written by: BASTA, 27 Jan 2011 7:34 AM
From: Dominican Republic, =Ghetto/Legalize Drugs/Free abortions for all
martin=, hug hug kiss kiss. Now sit down and eat your pica cat.
Written by: xwill7, 27 Jan 2011 10:32 AM
From: United States, El cuarto bate
jim is trolling
Written by: Despiertadominicana, 27 Jan 2011 12:37 PM
From: United States
Hey...one rotten apple ruined the bunch...
Written by: bitli, 28 Jan 2011 11:59 PM
From: Dominican Republic
dominican's nature
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