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DISTRICTOF'CONNECTICUT
GrandJurv N-15-3
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VIOI,ATIO]TIS:
18 U.S.C.Section371 (Conspirac))
18 U.S.C.Section2314(Interstate
Transport,of StolenProperty)
18 U.S.C.Section2 (Airlineand Abetting)
(Forfeiture)
18 U.S.C.Sectionf)81(aX1XC)
(Forfeiture)
28 U.S.C.Section2a61(c)
GOORGEJ. CONNBLL'T,JR.,
PA UL WILLI;\M NIUZ\-KA,
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resided in North
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RIJIDI,II,L ('REIDELL")
r<rsidcd in
Branford,
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A "llooster'' i.s a person who steals goods and merchandise from retail
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Boost,ersare generally o1:ictitladclicts thilt use the J:roceerds
salc tg purchase iilegal drugs. Boosters c*n work either individuall-v or in groupri.
In{ividgals with the initials S.A. and D.P., who arc known to the Grnnd Jury and arc
not charged herein, were boosters.
5.
to the Grand Jury and are not chargedherein,are third partieswho purchasedstolen
gocldsfi'omAce Amusenrentsand, in turn, resoldthe goodsfor a profit.
6.
in ol nround ,Iuiy 2007, but had been doing busine.ssas a secondhand dealer befrrre
that dal;e. It is liceni;ed bv the Citv of New Haven to conduct.husincss as u
secondhzrnddealer. Under Connecticut,law, a secondhand dealer is "primarill'
engageclin t,hc business of purchasing pcrsonal property of any t!'pe from a porsol]
who is not a wholesaler, for the purpose of reselling or cxchanging such property, ilncl
has physical possessionof such property," Conn. Gen. Stat. Section 21-3$a(3).
7.
purchase tangible personal propertl,' rvithout receiving pr:oofof thc identity of the
pcrson serllingthe property if such pcrson is not a wholesalcr. Such identification
shall inciude a photograph, an adelress,if available on ther identification, and an
identifuing number, including. bul not limited tcl, date r:l'birth."
Section2l-47e(a).
21-47e(e)(1)-(2).
9.
cQgNr oNs.
(Ccnspiracy to Transport Stolen Property)
Thdsu$piri$y
10.
re-alleged and incorporated by reference as though sct out in full in this count.
11.
the precise dates being unknown to the Grancl Jury, in the District of Connecticut
and elsewhere, the defendants, CONNIILLY,
did
il'IUZYM,
sor"rghtto accomplish a.nd did accomplish thc objects of the conspiracy inch.rclcci,
l.lUZYlld-r:peraterl
outwardly to bc a licen*ed secondhandstore but was, in truth and in fact, a front for a
fencing operation organized and run by CONNELLY and MUZYKA.
15.
would ancl did obtain stolen property from boosters and then resold it, at, Ace
Amusemcnts, online, and to other resellers, inclucling REIDELI,, J.R. and L.W.
Purchases from Boosters
16.
knowingly pnrchasetl arrd obtained stolen property and goods from third parties,
such as S.A. and D.P., whom CONNELLY and MUZYI(A, referred to as Lrciosters.
CONNBLLY
shoplifted the new, in-box goodsfrom retail stores, :.ncludingbut not limited ro Home
Depot, Walmart, Target, anrl Lowe's.
17.
woulcl and did direct. boosters, in sum and substAnce,to rcmove original stofe price
tatgs and security deviccs frorn stolen property that the boosters rvanted to sell to
COIINELLY anci S'{UZYIL\ ett Ace Amusements.
that CONNELLY and MUZYKA purchased from the boosters and then resold
included, but were not limited to, razors, power drills, tools, electric-toothbrush
heads, vacuum clean,ers, pet
boosters,CONNELLY and MUZYKA would and did sell someof the stolenproducts
at Ace Amusements,ofte,nto repeat customers,including REIDELL, J.R., L.W., and
others. MUZYKA would and did set aside stolen goodsfor repeat purchasers,such
as REIDELL, at Ace Amusements. CONNELLY and MLIZYKA resoldthe products
to REIDELL and others ratapproximatelyhalf of their retail value.
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It was further part of the conspiracythat trIUZYKA would and did rcscll
through the Internet some of the stolcn goodsCONNBLLY and iIIUZI-I(A obtainetl
from boosters. l\{Uzlli{
repeat customers, inclucilingJ.R., L.W., and others known and unknown to the Grr,rnd
Jury, rcsold via the Internet the stolen products that they had purchased from
CONNELI,Y and I,IUZYK{.
PayPnl,
approximately seventy-{ivc percent o{'thcir rctail value. The items that RLIIDELL
resokl onlineron eBay were purchased cxclusively at Ace Amusements.
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took steps to conceal the conspiracy and defent the efficrlcy of the Now Haven Police
Dcprtrtment to regulate Ace Amusemonls as a sccondhanrlstor:c. N{orespccifically,
CONi{ELLY and M{"JZYIL{ woulcl and did rnake materrialiy firlsc entries into Leads
Online and also knowingly failed to make entrics into LeaclsOnlineras required by
law to concealthe true nature of Ace Amusemen"ts.
29.
hacl boosters endorse clhecks purportedly rnacle out frtxr r\ce Amuscments to the
boosters as supposedpayment for thc products the boosterssolclto Ace Arnusements
when, in truth and in fact, CONNBLi,Y and MUZYILA. paid br:osters in cash. The
checks signed by boosters were not cashed, deposited, clr othc.rrvisenegotiated, but
rather were held as false evidence that CONN$LLY
and MUZYKA
were in
stored stolen goodsintendecl ftlr resalerat 46 l{imbeirly Ave nue, Ncw FIaven, in a room
connected to Ace Amuse:mentsbut that was inaccessibleto the general puhiic.
Overt AgXs
32.
and unknown to the Clrand Jury, committed and caused to be committed the
followingovert acts,amongothers,in the District of Connecticutand elsewhere:
Aduancesto Boosters
(a)
for $140 purportedly made out to D.P. as payment for an Acer desktopcomputer,
when in fact D.P. had beenpaid in cash;
False Entries in Leads Online
(c)
Amusements an Acer d,esktopcomputer for $140 on June 22, 20L4, and that Ace
Amusementspaid him by check,when in fact D.P. had beenpaid in cash;
,tr.R.Pu,rchases
from AceAmusements
(d)
PayPal account associat.edwith his eBay account to his personal Wehster Bank
account with account number ending in 9662.
REIDELL Online Account
(g)
account with t,he username Rosemary1060, which he used to sell stoien goods he
purchased from r\ce Amugements oniine; and
CANI'{ELLY Purchase of Goods
(h)
to CONNELLY productsi that had anti-theft stickers attached to them with n retail
value of $78f).32.
Indictment are re-allegeC and incorporated by reference as though set out in full in
fhese counts.
34.
foreign commerce,irnd aided and alretted each other and others to do the same, stolen
goods, wares, and merchandisel, that is, stolettr goods CONN0LI,Y and N{UZYKA
obtained from boosters that they resold an<l cnused to bc resold online by MLIZYI(A,
REIDELL,
Connecticut, of the value of $5,000 or more, knowing tho same to have bccn stolen"
converted, and talken by fraud, the aggregale trilnsactions involving cach online
reseller constituting a separate count of this Indictment:
Count
Defendantg
OnlineReseller
CON'NELI,Y,MTiZ\-IIA,,REIDELL
REIDEI,L
CONNELLY. ]UUZYKA
MUZYIn\
CONNBLLY, MUZYIil
J.R.
All in violation of Title 18. tlnited States Code, Sections 2314 rind Z.
FORFEITURE ALLEGATION
(Interstate Transport of Stcilen Propcrty and Conspiracy)
35. Upon conviction of one or more of thc counts alleged in Counts One through
Four of this Indictment, defendant.q CONNELLY. h.'ILIZYKA,ancl REIDELL shall
forfeit to the United States of Amerrica, pursuilnt to Title ltl, tlnite<i Stnt.esCocle,
Section 981(aX1XC) and Title 2lJ,Llnited Statcs Coder.Section 2461(c),rill right, title,
and interest in any and all property, real or pcrsonal, which constittrtes or is derived
from proceedstraceablc to violations of Title 18, Llnitccl St:rtcs Cocle. Sections B?1
and 2314, including but :notlimitcd [o the fbllowing:
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F inancial f\ccounts:
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(b)
(c)
Currencv:
(d)
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Appr'rximately 960,732.00 in
Llnitecl St:rtes
curt'enc),scized on or ilbout Januirry 20, 2016, from
the rcsidclnccof Pnul Nluzykn. Iocat,ec{
at Bl Frtrtune
Drive,,North l"{aven,Connecticut.
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Real Property:
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