For Immediate Release:
April 5, 2010
Contact: Special Agent Tony Pettigrew
Number: 617-557-2138
Money Laundering, Cocaine Charges Net 70 Months in Prison for Providence Man
APR 5  -- PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Eucraneo Severino, 60, of Providence, R.I., has been sentenced to 70 months in federal prison on money laundering and cocaine conspiracy charges, Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha announced. The sentence was imposed by United States District Court Chief Judge Mary M. Lisi.
Severino was indicted by a federal grand jury in December 2007 on charges of conspiring to launder nearly a half million dollars and being in possession of more than 5 kilograms of cocaine with the intent to distribute. He pled guilty on October 2, 2009.
Estrodarcio Bernard, a co-defendant in this case, was previously sentenced to 168 months in federal prison for conspiracy, involving a multi-kilogram shipment of cocaine from Colorado to Rhode Island in January 2006.
Aldaberto Ramirez, a co-defendant in this case, was previously sentenced to 37 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute over 5 kilograms of cocaine.