Carlos Rafael

BOSTON (AP) _ The sentencing of a fishing magnate dubbed ``The Codfather'' will have to wait until September. Carlos Rafael was indicted on more than two dozen counts, including tax evasion and falsifying fishing quotas, last year. Officials report his sentencing has been pushed back from Friday to Sept...

The most high-profile law enforcement official in southeastern Massachusetts will need to appear before a federal judge in September after showing up late to court on Wednesday. Judge William Young ordered Bristol County Sheriff Tom Hodgson to appear for a civil contempt hearing because he showed up two hours late to testify in a criminal trial, according to the U...

BOSTON – A Bristol County Sheriff’s Deputy was convicted today by a federal jury in Boston of smuggling the profits of an over-fishing scheme to Portugal. Antonio Freitas, 47, of Taunton, a Sheriff’s Deputy with the Bristol County Sheriff’s Office and a long-time Task Force Officer with U...

"The Codfather" has a little longer now before he is sentenced. Carlos Rafael, the fishing magnate who pleaded guilty to a scheme in which he intentionally mislabeled fish in order to avoid federal fishing regulations, was scheduled to be sentenced today in U...

NEW BEDFORD — As part of his plea deal with federal authorities, it's expected the "Codfather," as he's known, will forfeit his fishing licenses and they will be auctioned off throughout the region.

BOSTON – The owner of one of the largest commercial fishing businesses in the United States pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Boston to operating a long-running scheme through which he submitted falsified records to the federal government to evade federal fishing quotas...

The self-proclaimed "Codfather" is scheduled to plead guilty next week to evading federal fishing quotas and smuggling profits to Portugal. The U.S. Attorney's Office announced today that 64-year-old Carlos Rafael of Dartmouth, owner of Carlos Seafood, Inc...

BOSTON - New Bedford fishing magnate Carlos Rafael is reportedly looking for a deal with the feds.

NEW BEDFORD - A New Bedford fishing magnate and a Bristol County Sheriff's Deputy will be tried separately in court next year. According to The Gloucester Times, lawyers for Carlos Rafael and Deputy Antonio Freitas filed separate motions in November to sever their cases from each other, allowing each of them to have their own trial...

The fishing magnate known as ``The Codfather'' has pleaded not guilty to a variety of federal charges including lying on catch reports and cash smuggling and has been held on $2 million bail. Carlos Rafael, of Dartmouth, appeared in federal court in Worcester on Thursday to face 27 counts...