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“The 18 defendants in this case operated a sophisticated network of fake online pharmacies and pill mills in India, the Dominican Republic and the United States that preyed on Americans who believed they were purchasing legitimate medications from legitimate pharmacies. The defendants exploited the online pharmacy market to sell counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl and methamphetamine to unsuspecting victims. These individuals sold millions of dangerous fake pills to victims in every U.S. state and the District of Colombia. The defendants did this to make money by driving addiction with deadly, highly addictive fentanyl. The DEA is relentlessly focused on saving lives by finding these criminal networks and shutting them down.”