DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Pharmacist Admits Multiple Sales Of Oxycodone Without A Prescription, Agrees To Forfeit $1.5 Million

NEWARK, N.J. - The former pharmacist-in-charge of West Orange Pharmacy today admitted to illegally distributing hundreds of tablets of oxycontin in exchange for thousands of dollars in cash, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Leonard "Lenny" Stefanelli, 49, of East Hanover, N.J., pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael A...
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Leader Of "Pump And Dump" Stock Fraud Scheme Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To Nine Years In Prison

NEW YORK - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration's New Jersey Division, and Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that David Levy was sentenced today to nine years in prison after having been found guilty by...
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Indictment Charges 15 With Conspiring In International Drug Ring That Used U.S. Mail To Ship Cocaine From California To New Jersey Jamaican Recording Artist Charged As Leader Of Drug Trafficking Network In "Operation Next Day Air"

TRENTON, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration's New Jersey Division, and Acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman announced that a Jamaican recording artist and his brother were charged as leaders and 13 others were charged as co-conspirators in a first-degree indictment returned...
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Mexican Man Gets Significant Sentence For Cocaine Conspiracy

HOUSTON - Javier F. Peña, Special Agent in Charge of the United States Drug Enforcement (DEA), Houston Division and Kenneth Magidson, United States Attorney, Southern District of Texas announced Oscar Nava-Valencia, 42, of Guadalajara, Mexico, has received a 25-year sentence for his role in the smuggling of a 3,100 kilogram...
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Real Estate Agent Headed To Prison For Money Laundering

McALLEN, Texas - Freddy Centeno, 52 of Brownsville, has been ordered to prison for money laundering for a convicted drug trafficker, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Javier Peña and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Centeno, a licensed real estate agent, pleaded guilty to a one-count criminal information...
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Stash House Operator Sentenced To More Than 10 Years In Federal Prison

McALLEN, Texas - - Martin Saucedo-Mata, 48, of Pharr, has been ordered to prison for 121 months for storing cocaine at his residence, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Javier Peña and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Saucedo-Mata pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute...
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Smoke Shop Owner And Realtor Head To Federal Prison For Structuring Financial Transactions

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - The co-owner of Mr. Nice Guys Smoke Shop and a local real estate agent have been ordered to federal prison following their convictions related to a multi-agency investigation into the structuring of financial transactions announced Javier F. Peña, Special Agent in Charge of the United States...
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New Jersey Doctor Sentenced To More Than 11 Years For Writing Illegal Oxycodone Prescriptions In Drug Distribution Conspiracy Also Ordered To Pay Approximately $630,000 In Fines And Forfeiture

NEWARK, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration's New Jersey Division, and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced an internal medicine specialist who wrote illegal prescriptions for oxycodone was sentenced today to 136 months in prison for...
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Two Sentenced For Conspiring To Transport Marijuana

LAREDO, Texas - Javier F. Peña, Special Agent in Charge of the United States Drug Enforcement (DEA), Houston Division and Kenneth Magidson, United States Attorney, Southern District of Texas announced today Roberto Garcia, 29, and Juan Javier Reyna, 33, both of Houston, have been sentenced to federal prison for conspiring...
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Brownsville Drug Dealer Gets Four Life Sentences

BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Javier F. Peña, Special Agent in Charge of the United States Drug Enforcement (DEA), Houston Division and Kenneth Magidson, United States Attorney, Southern District of Texas announced today Julio Cesar Cardenas, 40, has been given four life sentences in federal prison for his involvement in leading a...