As an example, he said 'investigative steps' like a search warrant could yield information on more wide-ranging schemes.
Two men arrested in a ghost gun and fraud bust on March 7, 2024 at their arraignment hearing in Manhattan Criminal Court.to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox!
“This is just great, old-fashioned, law enforcement work where you start pulling at threads, you bring a great case, and you don’t stop there,” Bragg said. “You don’t stop because you just charged the one crime, you keep pulling at the threads to see what are the other harms to the public” “Many of the defendants worked in government positions of trust,” said Bragg. “This type of conduct by our public servants is unacceptable and, as we allege, criminal.”
The investigation grew out of a smaller-scale one involving DHS employees buying materials online to 3D print ghost guns at home. Bragg did not immediately divulge how the larger investigation grew out of that, but said “when you bring a serious charge like those ghost gun charges, you begin to then look into the background of the individuals involved.”
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