Norwalk Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 6 Years in Federal Prison

Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that KONSTANTINOS ZOGRAFIDIS, also known as “Gus,” 54, of Norwalk, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Alker Meyer in New Haven to 72 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for trafficking oxycodone, cocaine and marijuana.

According to court documents and statements made in court, a year-long investigation headed by the DEA’s Bridgeport High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force and Norwalk Police Department identified ZOGRAFIDIS as a major distributor of oxycodone, cocaine and marijuana in Fairfield County.

Sixteen individuals were charged and convicted as a result of this investigation.

ZOGRAFIDIS has been detained since arrest in May 2012.  On June 24, 2014, he pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute cocaine.

ZOGRAFIDIS, a citizen of Greece, faces immigration proceedings when he completes his prison term.

This matter was investigated by the DEA’s Bridgeport High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force and the Norwalk Police Department, with assistance provided by the Connecticut State Police and the Bridgeport, Stamford, Stratford and Westport Police Departments.  The case is being prosecuted Assistant U.S. Attorneys Vanessa Richards and Michael Runowicz.