Flight Attendants Accused of Smuggling Drug Money

Four flight attendants used their airport security clearance to smuggle drug money to the Dominican Republic for an international organization that traffics fentanyl into the United States, according to a recently unsealed Homeland Security investigation. The flight attendants, who are from New York and northern New Jersey, were arrested on May 7 following a four-year investigation by federal agents of the Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) division. The four arrested were Emmanuel Torres, 34, of Brooklyn; Jarol Fabio, 35, of New York City; Charlie Hernandez, 42, of West New York, New Jersey, and Sarah Valerio Pujols, 42, of the Bronx. The flight attendants each were charged with one count of operating an unlicensed money transmission business and one count each of entering an airport or aircraft area in violation of security requirements. If convicted on the federal charges, each faces up to 15 years in prison....