A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of New York on Tuesday handed up a superseding indictment for Long Island businessman John Drago, adding one more charge in a case over alleged banking and tax-related crimes weeks after a federal judge’s decision to suppress prosecution evidence obtained through an unconstitutional search warrant.

Drago pleaded not guilty to a list of charges handed up in 2018, including failure to collect and pay over taxes and failure to maintain an effective anti-money laundering program in connection with his check-cashing businesses in Nassau and Suffolk counties.

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