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150 tape recordings, both audio and video, documenting 72
transactions consisting of 23 drug purchases and 49 money
laundering transactions. While under surveillance,
subjects of the investigation purchased 31 kilograms of
cocaine and laundered $5 million in drug proceeds from
seven different drug organizations operating in and around
Philadelphia. As a result of the Metroliner investigation,
91 persons were indicted and $2.5 million was seized.
Petitioner testified in five trials, the last of which
ended in July 1993. Ultimately, because of his coopera-
tion, petitioner was sentenced to 5 years' probation on
the drug charges mentioned above.
During 1991 or 1992, operation Metroliner was
terminated upon short notice. Due to the circumstances
surrounding the termination of the undercover investiga-
tion, petitioner lost certain personal property, including
a safe containing some of his personal records. After the
investigation was terminated, petitioner declined to enter
the witness protection program.
The FBI paid petitioner subsistence and other expenses
while the FBI's investigation continued. Generally, this
consisted of monthly payments, that began at $1,500 in
1991, and increased to $2,000 in 1992, and further
increased to $3,000 in the middle part of 1992 when the
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