United States officials have accused 33 people of criminal activity, including stealing 4,500 kilograms of chocolate and a “murder for hire" plot. Murder for hire is when someone offers to pay an individual to kill another person. Federal law enforcement officials in New York City announced the charges last week. All those charged have ties to a Russian-organized crime group that operated throughout the United States, said Joon Kim. He is the acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York. William Sweeney Jr. is with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation. He said that the 33 people charged in the case tried to make as much money as possible, all allegedly organized and run by a man who promised to protect them. “But that protection didn’t include escaping justice,” Sweeney added. Kim said the 33 defendants are accused of what he called a “dizzying” number of crimes. He said the Russian criminal group is known as Shulaya Enterprises. The charges include stealing a shipment of 4,500 kilograms of chocolate. That is equal to over 80,000 candy bars.
Title: 33 Charged with Stealing Chocolate
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1920/chocolate_thief.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='33 Charged with Stealing Chocolate' data-article-id='2437'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='18563'>United States officials have accused 33 people of criminal activity, including stealing 4,500 kilograms of chocolate and a “murder for hire" plot.</span> <span data-start-time='18563' data-end-time='27021'>Murder for hire is when someone offers to pay an individual to kill another person.</span> <span data-start-time='27021' data-end-time='35083'>Federal law enforcement officials in New York City announced the charges last week.</span> <span data-start-time='35083' data-end-time='46646'>All those charged have ties to a Russian-organized crime group that operated throughout the United States, said Joon Kim.</span> <span data-start-time='46646' data-end-time='53563'>He is the acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York.</span> <span data-start-time='53563' data-end-time='61188'>William Sweeney Jr. is with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation.</span> <span data-start-time='61188' data-end-time='77646'>He said that the 33 people charged in the case tried to make as much money as possible, all allegedly organized and run by a man who promised to protect them.</span> <span data-start-time='77646' data-end-time='84417'>“But that protection didn’t include escaping justice,” Sweeney added.</span> <span data-start-time='84417' data-end-time='92958'>Kim said the 33 defendants are accused of what he called a “dizzying” number of crimes.</span> <span data-start-time='92958' data-end-time='99542'>He said the Russian criminal group is known as Shulaya Enterprises.</span> <span data-start-time='99542' data-end-time='107604'>The charges include stealing a shipment of 4,500 kilograms of chocolate.</span> <span data-start-time='107604' data-end-time='112854'>That is equal to over 80,000 candy bars.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img 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