November 7, 2017 — GLOUCESTER, Mass. — Carlos A. Rafael, who once ruled the New Bedford waterfront with his personality and his vast fishing assets, reported to federal authorities on Monday to begin his 46-month prison sentence.
The U.S. Bureau of Prisons on Monday afternoon confirmed that Rafael, known as “The Codfather,” initially is serving his sentence at FMC Devens — which the bureau describes as an “administrative security federal medical center with an adjacent minimum security satellite camp.”