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Key Atlanta Drug Distributors Sentenced

… ATLANTA - Glenn A. Cook has been sentenced to serve over ten years in federal prison on charges of conspiracy to … Cook and co-defendant Vincent Lamar Hall, known as “the Million Dollar man,” served as the two main sources of … and a gun. On October 25, 2010, law enforcement also recovered four kilograms of cocaine that had been discarded by …
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Eight Arrested On Federal Steroid And Prescription Narcotic Distribution Charges

… Michael D. Mase - , 32, of Sherman As alleged in the government’s complaint affidavit, which was unsealed in court … his steroids from Kenyhercz.  Wiretap interceptions over cellular telephones used by Bertanza and Kenyhercz, … term of imprisonment of 20 years and a fine of up to $1 million. In announcing these charges, U.S. Attorney Daly …
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DEA Phoenix Participates In U.S. Marshals “Operation Justice V”

… - 571-362-1180 Tucson - 571-324-7218 Yuma - 571-324-7324 Over 112 drug related arrests PHOENIX - The U.S. Marshals … Marshals and our law enforcement partners. Every year, 19 million Americans are directly impacted by crime. Many of …
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Long Island Doctor Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Distribute Oxycodone

… Westchester - (914) 682-6256 Dr. William Conway issued over 782,000 oxycodone pills illegally to patients; two patients died of oxycodone overdoses in 2011 JULY 11-William J. Conway, a Baldwin, New … When sentenced, Conway faces up to 20 years in prison, a $1 million fine and loss of his license to practice medicine. …
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Feds Seize Another Tunnel; Multiple Arrests And A Ton Of Marijuana Seized

… room of the residence, agents found a hole in the floor covered with tile leading to a shaft descending underground. … stash location. This is the first operational tunnel discovered in Calexico in a decade. According to federal … with the tunnel has an estimated street value of nearly $6 million. The tunnel dismantled today is the 12th large-scale …
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Pharmaceutical distributor and executives, pharmacists charged with unlawfully distributing painkillers

… Think Twice Domestic Wholesaler allegedly distributed 3.7 million hydrocodone pills to pharmacy in town of 400 people … From 2008 until 2015, the company generated more than $173 million in consolidated sales per year. More than 70 percent … and Miami-Luken sought to enrich themselves by distributing millions of painkillers to doctors and pharmacies in rural …
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Alaska Man Receives 30-Year Sentence for Distribution of Carfentanil that Killed a Teen and Resulted in the Near-Fatal Overdose of an Adult

Alaska Man Receives 30-Year Sentence for Distribution of Carfentanil that Killed a Teen and Resulted in the Near-Fatal Overdose of an Adult January 22, 2026 Seattle Contact Info Contact Us (206) 553-5443 (571) 387-3831 (571)-387-3193 …
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DEA Announces Actions Related To Marijuana And Industrial Hemp

DEA Announces Actions Related To Marijuana And Industrial Hemp August 11, 2016 Headquarters Contact Info Contact Us (202) 307-1000 (571) 776-2508 DEA Public Affairs HRA-SAA@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us Headquarters Quick Links Press …
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Attorney General Mayes Announces Conviction of Tucson Psychiatrist for Sexual Assault, Sexual Abuse, and Fraud

Attorney General Mayes Announces Conviction of Tucson Psychiatrist for Sexual Assault, Sexual Abuse, and Fraud July 14, 2025 Phoenix Contact Info Contact Us 571-362-5600 571-362-0582 Joshua Boyer 571-362-0582 PhoenixSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a …
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Final ‘In-Custody’ Defendant in Whatcom County Drug Trafficking Ring Sentenced to 8 Years in Prison

Final ‘In-Custody’ Defendant in Whatcom County Drug Trafficking Ring Sentenced to 8 Years in Prison May 09, 2025 Seattle Contact Info Contact Us (206) 553-5443 (571) 387-3831 (571)-387-3193 SeattleSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events …
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Violent Armed Drug Trafficker from Boise's North End Sentenced to 262 Months in Federal Prison

Violent Armed Drug Trafficker from Boise's North End Sentenced to 262 Months in Federal Prison April 17, 2025 Seattle Contact Info Contact Us (206) 553-5443 (571) 387-3831 (571)-387-3193 SeattleSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events …
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Atlanta Woman Sentenced to Prison for Supplying Fentanyl and Meth to Armed Drug Trafficking Organization

… When she was arrested, she had methamphetamine and ID cards with a similar appearance but false identifying …
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Thirteen Individuals Indicted In Prescription Drug Distribution Scheme And Health Care Fraud

… to the patients for agreeing to enable their insurance cards to be billed for medications purportedly dispensed at …
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Niagara Falls Doctor Among Fourteen Charged In Major Prescription Drug Investigation

… health care fraud because they utilized Medicaid benefit cards to pay for the fraudulently obtained and forged …
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DEA Announces 34,150 Pounds of Prescription Drugs Collected During October 23 Take Back Event

… Day event on October 23, 2021.  A specific breakdown of amounts collected by regions across Pennsylvania, where a … 1,642 lbs.                                               Amounts collected by the counties across the Philadelphia …
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Miami company sentenced to pay $500,000 fine for structuring financial transactions

… Latam Games’ corporate officers broke cash deposits into amounts of less than $10,000 and deposited these smaller amounts in Florida, California, and New Jersey. For example, …
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Beaumont Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl

… officers discovered a firearm, $5,000.00 cash, and a small amount of suspected heroin and fentanyl along with … of a fentanyl/heroin mix.     “Fentanyl, even in small amounts, is a potent synthetic opioid, approximately 100 …
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Department of Corrections inmate faces max 20-year federal sentence for conducting large meth deals from prison

… 10, 2019, the CS placed a call to Baza and ordered a large amount of methamphetamine. Baza directed the CS to a … search of the motel room resulted in the seizure of a large amount of methamphetamine, more than two ounces of heroin, a …
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Wisconsin Restaurant Owner Sentenced to Federal Prison for Cocaine Trafficking

… commonly traveled to the Chicago area to obtain large amounts of cocaine. He also frequently traveled to Mexico … also ordered a money judgment of forfeiture in the amount of $150,000 in addition to the approximately $145,000 …
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Felon arrested at Puyallup motel pleads guilty to drug and gun crimes

… pounds of methamphetamine, 3,000 fentanyl pills and smaller amounts of heroin and steroids.  The bags also contained … furtherance of his drug trafficking activity. Due to the amount of drugs in the case, Lobben faces a mandatory …
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Two California men sentenced for Ketchikan drug trafficking conspiracy

… and acting as a guard during drug transactions. The total amount of drugs seized during the course of the conspiracy … trafficking activities. According to court documents, the amount of drugs seized is enough dosage units to supply …
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Drug Investigation Targets Prison Gang; 45 Defendants Indicted In Racketeering Case

… gang members who are involved in the distribution of large amounts of methamphetamine and cocaine in the north metro … has resulted in 77 arrests.  In addition, significant amounts of methamphetamine,cocaine, firearms, and vehicles …
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Honduran Nationals Charged With Drug Trafficking Arrived In South Florida After Being Extradited

… Honduras.  These individuals allegedly knew that the large amounts of cocaine they were trafficking would end up in the … Asusena Valle-Valle, 48, with conspiring to traffic large amounts of cocaine from Colombia, through Honduras, with the …
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Husband And Wife “Pill Mill” Operators Sentenced To Prison

… charges. The Court also ordered a money judgment in the amount of $713,570 and forfeiture of $61,232 in a bank … a similar drug "cocktail," consisting mostly of large amounts of oxycodone and other Schedule II narcotics. The …
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St. Jude's Pharmacy Owner & Wife Indicted On Federal Charges

… the United States is seeking a money judgment in the amount of $430,000.00, as additional proceeds of the crimes … illegal proceeds, into domestic financial institutions in amounts of $10,000 or less in order to avoid triggering bank …
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Federal Grand Jury Indicts Boston Attorney On Money Laundering Charges

… the cooperating (CW) represented that he had large amounts of cash from drug trafficking to both GEORGE - and … of that cash, at two different branches of his bank, in amounts under $10,000, in order to avoid a reporting …
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Federal Jury Convicts Three Clarksville Men Of Drug And Gun Charges After Three Week Trial

… distribution conspiracy and had distributed substantial amounts of cocaine and crack cocaine in the Clarksville … Duncan, they found him attempting to flush a large amount of cocaine down the toilet.  Firearms were also found …
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Florida-Based Oxycodone Suppliers Sentenced To Federal Prison

… and Rodney Strachan, two Florida men who supplied large amounts of the prescription narcotic Oxycodone to pill … Young and Strachan. Young and Strachan stockpiled copious amounts of Oxycodone pills, which they would then provide to …
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Another Huge Turnout At DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take-Back Event

… and Secure Drug Disposal Act of 2010 on October 12. “The amount of prescription drugs turned in by the American … of National Drug Control Policy. “The unprecedented amount of prescription drugs turned in by citizens last week …
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Four Individuals Involved In Oxycodone Trafficking Ring Are Sentenced

… to Florida where they obtained prescriptions for large amounts of oxycodone at unscrupulous pain clinics, commonly … expense, and fraudulently obtained prescriptions for large amounts of oxycodone from the pill mills. Marchitto Jr. …