United States Drug Enforcement Administration

(ORLANDO, Fla.) - Jeremy (43, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) was sentenced today to life in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute and distribution of controlled substance analogues. A federal jury found Achey guilty of the offenses on January 25, 2018.

“Today’s sentence underscores the severity of these crimes, and their lethal consequences,” said U.S. Attorney Chapa Lopez. “Combating such crimes remain a top priority of our office. We will continue to prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law.”

“The sentence delivered today illustrates the dangers of illicit drugs mixed with fentanyl,” said Adolphus P. Wright, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Division. “Let me be clear to all those who feel safe hiding behind the dark web to dispense lethal drugs, you will eventually pay a high price for your actions.”

According to testimony presented at trial, Achey, operating under the name “EtiKing,” was one of the largest synthetic drug distributors on Alphabay Market, a “Darknet” marketplace for illicit substances. Achey used the U.S. Mail to distribute thousands of packages containing numerous synthetic drugs to hundreds of customers throughout the United States. On February 27, 2017, he sold one gram of Tetrahydrofuran (a synthetic analogue of fentanyl) that killed a 24-year-old woman in Orlando. 

The DEA Orlando District Office investigated this case, after it was brought to their attention by the Loudoun County, Virginia Sherriff’s Office, which assisted with the investigation.  The DEA Orlando District Office received assistance from the Pennsylvania State Troopers, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations. It was prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for Middle District of Florida.

More information about this case can be found at http://www.flmd.uscourts.gov or https://ecf.flmd.uscourts.gov