Feds move to seize 16 South Florida properties from alleged marijuana trafficker

 

Federal authorities filed notices to seize 16 residential properties in Broward County after their owner was indicted for trafficking marijuana.

Frederick Robert Goldberg, aka Scott C. Bryant, aka Fredrick Brill, was charged on Nov. 9 in U.S. District Court in Baltimore with conspiracy to distribute marijuana and possession with intent to distribute marijuana. Both counts are felonies.

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According to the criminal complaint, Goldberg transported high-grade marijuana from California to Maryland for the past three years. He used a truck stop in Jessup, Maryland as a receiving point and stored the pot in a storage facility in Odenton, Maryland. DEA officers found packages of marijuana inside a storage locker there rented to Goldberg’s cousin, according to the complaint. Agents also found 17 pounds of marijuana and $40,000 in cash inside Goldberg’s rented vehicle, the complaint alleges.

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