PRESS RELEASE

Treasury sanctions Argentina-based Goldpharma drug trafficking and money laundering organization

May 23, 2019
… Milwaukee - (414) 336-7300 Goldpharma network of illegal online pharmacies traffics opioids to the United States … and money launderers use to capitalize on the Internet and online pharmacy sites to sell highly addictive illicit … Aires, Argentina, operates virtually via a network of online “pharmacy” websites, which sell both legitimate and …
May 23, 2019
STORY

Albuquerque Employers Benefit from DEA Training and Resources Available Through Operation Engage

August 18, 2023
… curriculum, which has an employer component made up of four online modules that employees can complete is about an hour. … Specialist. “We reminded all the participants that the online modules are free and that employees get a certificate …
August 18, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

DEA announces enhanced tool for registered drug manufacturers and distributors to combat opioid crisis

February 26, 2019
…   In February 2018, DEA launched a new tool in its ARCOS Online Reporting System to assist drug manufacturers and … and DEA is releasing a further enhancement to its ARCOS Online Reporting System. The enhancement will allow … between that distributor and the pharmacy.       ARCOS Online Reporting System ###   Prescription Drugs …
February 26, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Drug Trafficker Unlawfully Residing in the United States Sentenced to Federal Prison for His Leading Role in Distributing Fentanyl and Heroin and Laundering Millions in Drug Proceeds

September 05, 2025
… Laundered Money Through A Tualatin Beauty Salon and By Buying Real Estate PORTLAND, Ore.— Luis Antonio Beltran … the Mazatlán Beauty Salon in Tualatin, Oregon, and by buying real estate that they converted into …
September 05, 2025
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Exploitation & Monitoring of Social Media for Law Enforcement Training Course (3-Day)

10:00 PM - 7:00 AM (EST)
Sykesville, MD
Hosted by: the DEA Washington Division and the National Domestic Communication Assistance Center (NDCAC) Course Description: This innovative course provides Criminal Investigators, State & Local Officers, Intel Analysts, Diversion Investigators, and other investigators involved in investigations using open source technology, a fast-paced, hands-on look at social media investigative tools geared...
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January 19, 2025
… Unlawful Internet Prescription Drug Sales or Suspicious Online Pharmacies  To report pharmaceutical drugs (i.e., … Illegal Prescription Drug Sales/Distribution (RX Abuse Online Reporting) PRESS INQUIRIES: Inquiries from news …
January 19, 2025
STORY

Keeping Area Families Safe This Summer

July 16, 2021
Fentanyl
… well. Fentanyl's deadly disguise Counterfeit pills, ordered online or peddled by drug dealers, have experienced a … as small rural communities. Kids and adults, alike, are online and ordering pills using popular social media apps or … a post on social media, said her son had ordered the pills online, using the popular Snap Chat app. His room contained …
July 16, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Emergency Schedules All Illicit Fentanyls In An Effort To Reduce Overdose Deaths

February 07, 2018
… prescription drugs. As a consequence, users who buy these substances on the illicit market are often unaware …
February 07, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

Dark Web Dealer of Meth, Heroin Heads to Prison

February 29, 2024
… that he sold illegal drugs over the dark web via an online marketplace called White House Market from May 15, … safe. Federal agents executed a search warrant of LeCoque’s online vendor account and located information for 279 orders … indicate he was grossing over $10,000 per month through his online drug sales. This case was investigated by the Drug …
February 29, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

California Couple Sentenced to Prison for Mail Order Drug Trafficking

March 19, 2025
… and other controlled drugs purchased by customers from an online pharmacy.       U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon … States purchased narcotics without prescriptions from an online pharmacy. The foreign drug trafficking organization … from customers to the foreign drug traffickers using online money transfer applications and bank accounts.   U.S. …
March 19, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Strike Force Arrests New York Drug Distributor In Undercover Investigation On The Dark Web

October 24, 2017
… dark web that enables criminal activity and drug addiction. Online illicit marketplaces challenge law enforcement, but … and distributed controlled substances over the Internet via online marketplaces.  Rodriguez shipped various counterfeit …
October 24, 2017
STORY

DEA Washington Division Hosts Community Pop Up Events

July 07, 2021
… Charge, Jarod Forget. “With the summer starting, more time online, less parental monitoring, and the ease and ability to order counterfeit pills and drugs online, we want to get the word out.” Fentanyl has been the …
July 07, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Luxury car purveyor extradicted on fraud and money laundering charges

October 14, 2020
… allegedly recruited straw purchasers – people who would buy luxury cars in their names, but had no intention of …
October 14, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Makes Three More “Fake Pot” Drugs Temporarily Illegal Today

May 16, 2013
… themselves of their current stocks and to cease making or buying more. Over the past three years, smokable herbal …
May 16, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Dark Web Narcotics Traffickers Plead Guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute Illegal Drugs in Exchange for Cryptocurrency

September 09, 2021
… defendants have learned, drug dealers who push their poison online cannot evade prosecution by hiding in the dark … goal to shut down as many drug trafficking organizations online and on the streets,” stated DEA Special Agent in Charge Donovan. The internet contains online marketplaces for narcotics and other contraband on …
September 09, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Announces Three New Telemedicine Rules that Continue to Open Access to Telehealth Treatment while Protecting Patients

January 16, 2025
… a significant step forward for patient safety by requiring online telemedicine platforms to register with DEA and … for the rules’ provisions to be enacted. For the first time online platforms that facilitate connections between … as DEA has found some unscrupulous medical providers on online platforms have used flexible telemedicine rules to …
January 16, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Palomar Hospital Pays $250,000 for Diverting Fentanyl

June 03, 2024
… the DEA’s website ( https://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/tips-online.html ) and click on “Rx Abuse Online Reporting.” This case was prosecuted by Assistant …
June 03, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Panama City Physician Pays $225,000 to Settle Allegations that He Overprescribed Controlled Substances

March 21, 2023
… and Human Services.  To access public court documents online, please visit the  U.S. District Court for the … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
March 21, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Physician Agrees to $190,731 Settlement Relating to Controlled Substances Act Claims

February 24, 2023
… of the Attorney General. To access public court documents online, please visit the U.S. District Court for the … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
February 24, 2023
STORY

National Child Abuse Prevention Month

April 06, 2021
… resources. While children are spending additional time online for education and recreation during this pandemic, they are at an increased risk of online exploitation and cyberbullying. What is child abuse? …
April 06, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Prior Felon Sentenced to Federal Prison for Drug Possession and Possession of Firearms and Ammunition

August 01, 2024
… District of Florida. To access public court documents online, please visit the U.S. District Court for the … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at  Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
August 01, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Washington Division Issues Warning: “One Pill Can Kill”

June 29, 2021
… Counterfeit pills being ordered online, laced with fentanyl, causing deadly overdoses … be as little as 2 milligrams. Counterfeit pills purchased online or through social media websites pose a serious …
June 29, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Defendants Sentenced for Trafficking Methamphetamine in Middle Georgia

July 10, 2025
… Informants (CI) to conduct three methamphetamine buys from Mendez and two heroin buys from Willis; the substances were later tested and …
July 10, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Five Defendants, Including Two Doctors, Charged in Connection with Actor Matthew Perry's Fatal Overdose Death Last Year

August 19, 2024
… or consent, and lied to wholesale ketamine distributors to buy additional vials of liquid ketamine that Chavez intended … from Iwamasa to Sangha’s stash house in North Hollywood to buy vials of ketamine. On October 24, 2023, while waiting …
August 19, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Pinellas Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison

February 02, 2024
… County to manufacture and sell narcotics. In videos posted online, Harris and his fellow BTE members featured images of … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
February 02, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Indiana Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Meth Trafficking

January 19, 2022
… a pound of methamphetamine during a series of controlled buys. In August 2020, investigators arrested Fowler and …
January 19, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Fort Wayne man sentenced to 17 years in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine

August 21, 2019
… informant and an undercover agent made several controlled buys of heroin and cocaine from Mr. Jefferson.  Jefferson …
August 21, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

La Crosse Man Sentenced to 48 months in prison

December 18, 2019
… methamphetamine from Conner.  During one of the controlled buys, Conner admitted to selling a half pound of …
December 18, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

South Bend, Indiana man sentenced for conspiracy to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine

June 11, 2020
… a pound of methamphetamine. Kinds admitted that he had been buying and selling methamphetamine by the pound, and that he …
June 11, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Mexican National sentenced to 9 years in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Tehama County

February 13, 2020
… of methamphetamine from Cervantes during three controlled buys. In addition, when law enforcement executed a search …
February 13, 2020