Press Release: 9/16/2025

Seven Charged with Kidnapping Conspiracy

 



Tuesday, September 16, 2025



 



For Immediate Release



 



Defendants allegedly displayed their torture of the victim through a videocall to the victim’s phone contacts



BOSTON – Seven Massachusetts men have been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly conspiring to kidnap and torture a victim in February 2025.



The following defendants have been charged with one count of conspiracy to commit kidnapping and one count of obstruction of justice by tampering with a witness, victim, or informant by physical force or threat. Two unnamed defendants remain at large.




  1. Brian Cardoso, a/k/a “B,” 33, of Dorchester;

  2. Marcus Castaldi, a/k/a “Skino,” 29, of Revere;

  3. Melvin Coleman, a/k/a “Mel,” 34, of Roxbury;

  4. Anthony Lima, a/k/a “YT,” 37, of Quincy; and

  5. Samuel Alouidor, 27, of Dorchester.



On April 22, 2025, Cardoso was charged by criminal complaint in connection with the alleged offenses.



According to charging documents, Cardoso has been identified as a member/associate of NOB, a Dorchester-based street gang. NOB – an abbreviation for the Norton/Olney/Barry streets in Dorchester – is alleged to be a violent criminal enterprise whose members and associates are involved in numerous types of criminal activities, including murder, drug trafficking, sex trafficking, robberies, firearm offenses and other violent crimes.



It is alleged that, on Feb. 27, 2025, the kidnappers, with masks concealing their faces, assaulted the victim outside his home in Quincy and forced the victim at gunpoint into the passenger seat of the victim’s vehicle. The masked kidnappers allegedly drove the victim to a garage in Saugus where they demanded ransom from the victim, held the victim at gunpoint, threatened to kill the victim and beat, burned and assaulted the victim.



The kidnappers allegedly used the victim’s cell phone to videocall the victim’s contacts, including the victim’s spouse, to demand ransom. It is alleged that during these videocalls, the kidnappers displayed their torture of the victim. Some of the defendants allegedly picked up ransom from the victim’s spouse and an acquaintance of the victim.



The kidnappers allegedly obtained approximately $4,000 in cash from the victim as well as the victim’s credit and debit cards, and a total of $18,000 in cash and a Rolex watch from the victim’s spouse and an acquaintance of the victim whom the kidnappers had video called. The kidnappers then allegedly drove the victim back to Quincy and released the victim in the early morning hours of Feb. 28, 2025.




“The conduct alleged in this case is nothing short of barbaric. These defendants allegedly inflicted unimaginable suffering, not only on the victim but on his loved ones. Such lawless depravity is an affront to every value we stand for and it will not be tolerated in our communities,” said United States Attorney Leah B. Foley. “Today’s arrests make clear that the law – not violence and intimidation – will have the final word, and those who commit such savage crimes will face the full weight of the federal justice system.”




“Today’s arrests by FBI Boston’s Violent Crimes Task Force ensures the men behind these alleged heinous acts of violence are brought to justice for what they’ve done and prevents them from terrorizing anyone else. What they’re accused of doing is nothing short of a terrifying nightmare brought to life; forcing a victim into their car at gunpoint and driving to a garage where the victim was beaten, burned, tortured, and used as a human bargaining chip for ransom,” said Ted E. Docks, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Division. “Our goal is to provide some measure of justice for the victim in this case, and work with our partners to eradicate the drivers of violent crime in our communities.”



The charge of conspiracy to commit kidnapping provides for a sentence of up to life in prison, five years of supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000. The charge of obstruction of justice by tampering with a witness, victim, or informant by physical force or threat provides for a sentence of up to 20 years in prison, three of supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000. Sentences are imposed by a federal district court judge based upon the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and statutes which govern the determination of a sentence in a criminal case.



U.S. Attorney Foley and FBI SAC Docks made the announcement today. Valuable assistance was provided by the Massachusetts State Police; and the Quincy, Boston, Central Falls (R.I.), Everett, Wellesley, Braintree, Revere, Somerville, Malden and Dedham Police Departments. Assistant U.S. Attorney John T. Dawley of the Organized Crime & Gang Unit and Assistant U.S. Attorney Sandra Gonzalez Sanchez of the Narcotics & Money Laundering Unit are prosecuting the case.



This case is part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the Department’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETFs) and Project Safe Neighborhood(PSN).



The details contained in the charging documents are allegations. The defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.