Leah B. Foley United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts | Department of Justice
A Brazilian national living unlawfully in Massachusetts and New Hampshire has been sentenced for firearms offenses, federal authorities announced. Riquelme Henrique De Aguiar Ferreira, also known as “Koringa,” 22, received a two-year prison sentence followed by two years of supervised release after pleading guilty to conspiracy to engage in the business of dealing firearms without a license and engaging in that business without a license. U.S. District Judge William G. Young handed down the sentence. Upon completion of his sentence, De Aguiar Ferreira faces deportation proceedings.
Authorities said that between May 2023 and August 2023, De Aguiar Ferreira arranged the sale of two pistols—including one with a large capacity magazine—to a cooperating witness in exchange for cash, despite not having the required license. In the following year, he offered additional firearms to the same witness, but those sales did not take place.
Investigators found that De Aguiar Ferreira conspired with others to deal firearms by traveling to South Carolina and linking firearm suppliers there with individuals in Massachusetts. Law enforcement recovered photographs on his phone showing firearms obtained from South Carolina.
United States Attorney Leah B. Foley stated: “United States Attorney Leah B. Foley; Thomas Greco, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives, Boston Field Division; Michael J. Krol, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations in New England; and Patricia H. Hyde, Field Office Director, Boston, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations made the announcement today.”
Foley credited support from multiple agencies including the Massachusetts State Police as well as police departments from Framingham, Revere and Merrimac (N.H.). The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Michael J. Crowley and John Reynolds from the Organized Crime & Gang Unit.
