On Thursday, jurors found former DEA agent Joseph Bongiovanni guilty on seven different charges.
An ex-Drug Enforcement Administration agent was convicted this week for allegedly helping drug traffickers from getting caught.The agent, who worked in Buffalo, New York, was found guilty of using his position to shield drug traffickers he believed were connected to organized crime.On Thursday, jurors found 60-year-old Joseph Bongiovanni on seven different charges related to the alleged crime. Bongiovanni was initially hit with 11 total charges.
Bongiovanni was found guilty on four counts of obstruction of justice, along with one count each of conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and making false statements to law enforcement. However, the jury acquitted Bongiovanni of a bribery charge, as well as several additional fraud, conspiracy and obstruction charges.
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