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Yahoo
22-05-2025
- Yahoo
Denver gun shop owners sentenced to federal prison for hiding gun sales
DENVER (KDVR) — The co-owners of a Denver-based firearms business have been sentenced to federal prison after pleading guilty to one count each of conspiracy to defraud the U.S., and after one of the co-owners also pleaded guilty to possession of an unregistered firearm. Campbell Slayden, 26, a co-owner of Modern Arms and Optics LLC, was sentenced to 50 months in prison and pleaded guilty to two counts: conspiracy to defraud and possession of an unregistered firearm. Anthony Gallegos, 26, also a co-owner of the company, was sentenced to 36 months for conspiracy to defraud. What parents need to know about AI chatbots and kids as safety concerns grow The sentences were announced on Wednesday by the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Colorado. The pairs' plea agreements detail how Modern Arms and Optics, which is a federal firearms licensee and dealer, conducted business both in Denver and at numerous gun shows across the state. Federal prosecutors say that Slayden and Gallegos had deceptive practices while conducting business to hide information, mislead and avert inquiries from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Federal investigators say this allowed the business to conceal unlawful firearms manufacturing practices in federally required records. 'Gun shop owners and dealers have a crucial role in ensuring that firearms do not fall into the hands of criminals. That role is to follow federal firearms laws,' said Acting United States Attorney J. Bishop Grewell. 'If they do not, we will prosecute them.' The U.S. Attorney's Office said that the pair also transferred firearms to people who can't legally own firearms through straw purchases. That means the person who completed the background check and federal forms was not the real recipient of the firearm. The office said that this allowed Gallegos and Slayden to hide certain purchases. Rockies sued for negligence after foul ball hits man's eye while in a luxury box 'Slayden and Gallegos would send out electronic links that allowed federal background check forms to be filled out, privately and out of view, by anyone with access to the link,' the U.S. Attorney's Office wrote in a release. 'This allowed the straw purchasers, or in some cases the prohibited firearm buyers themselves, to easily supply false and fraudulent misrepresentations regarding the true purchasers of the firearm.' The attorney's office said that Slayden and Gallegos failed to make 'reasonable inquiries' when suspicious of an in-person straw purchase and would transfer the gun to either the transferee or the buyer that the co-owners knew or suspected to be a false recipient. Five other defendants who worked at Modern Arms and Optics have been convicted of federal firearms crimes, the ATF said. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
CBC
09-05-2025
- CBC
Former City of Surrey employee suspected of defrauding city of $2.5 million
A former City of Surrey finance clerk is suspected of defrauding the city of $2.5 million. CBC's investigative reporter Jason Proctor has been following the story.
