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however, not all of the persons involved received equal amounts.
The officers arranged to have the appropriated drugs sold and
divided the proceeds, but they did not let Giongo or Wilson,
their supervisors, know about their appropriation and sale of the
drugs. For certain types of drugs, such as cocaine, a cutting
agent was added to the drugs turned in for evidence, so that the
quantity submitted was roughly equivalent to what had been
seized.9 On the investigation reports and property receipts for
searches where money and drugs were appropriated, the officers
reported incorrect amounts of money and, sometimes, incorrect
weights of drugs seized to correspond with the quantity they
submitted.10
Drug Dealers and Informants
Hund came to 5 Squad from a narcotics line squad and had
participated in the appropriation and sale of drugs while on that
squad. Scott Karasinski (Karasinski) became an informant for
Hund while Hund was on the 1 Squad narcotics unit. In return for
information, Hund gave Karasinski some of the drugs and money
appropriated during searches. Hund also had Karasinski sell some
of the drugs appropriated during searches.
9 A cutting agent also was added to the drugs to be sold.
10 The weights of drugs would not appear incorrect if a cutting
agent had been added to compensate for the amount appropriated by
the officers.
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