United States Drug Enforcement Administration

BOSTON – A Boston man has pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute thousands of counterfeit prescription pills containing fentanyl.

Alexis Radhames Diaz Tejeda, 45, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl. U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani scheduled sentencing for Jan. 5, 2024. Diaz Tejeda was arrested and charged in July 2022.

On March 7, 2022, during a video-recorded controlled purchase in Dorchester, Diaz Tejeda provided a confidential source with a sample of 15 counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl. On June 1, 2022, Diaz Tejeda again met with the confidential source during a controlled purchase in Lawrence, this time providing 996 fentanyl pills. On July 6, 2022, Diaz Tejeda was arrested in Dorchester while attempting to meet the confidential source to sell another 4,000 fentanyl pills. During a subsequent search of Diaz Tejeda’s Dorchester residence, 4,034 fentanyl pills were found. In total, Diaz Tejeda conspired to distribute approximately 5,500 fentanyl pills to the confidential source.

The charge of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl provides for a sentence of up to 20 years in prison, at least three years and up to a lifetime of supervised release and a fine of up to $1 million. 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.

Acting United States Attorney Joshua S. Levy and Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, New England Field Division made the announcement. Special assistance was provided by the Boston Police Department’s Gang Unit and the Massachusetts State Police. Assistant U.S. Attorney Samuel R. Feldman of the Narcotics & Money Laundering Unit is prosecuting the case.