Ex-Stamford Resident Faces Jail Term for Cocaine Trafficking

Former Stamford resident Scott Veltri, 34, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall to six months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for distributing cocaine. 

In a July 11 sentencing, Hall also ordered Veltri to serve the first six months of his supervised release in home confinement and to forfeit $30,000, according to a press statement released by the FBI.

According to court documents and statements made in court, in 2009 and 2010, Veltri, a former resident of Stamford, was part of a Fairfield County-based drug trafficking ring. The investigation, which included the use of court-authorized wiretaps and physical surveillance, revealed that Veltri acquired cocaine from his co-conspirators and sold it in smaller quantities to customers in Fairfield County.

On March 6, 2013, Veltri pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute cocaine. He was one of five suspects charged in the case.

This matter is being investigated by the FBI Fairfield County Organized Crime Task Force and the Stamford Police Department. The task force is composed of members of the FBI, the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation, the Stamford Police Department, the Bridgeport Police Department, and the Connecticut State Police.