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June 07, 2022
… Division is addressing head-on, in the wake of record overdose deaths across the Nation , is why it’s so difficult … challenge. Moreover, just two milligrams, a minuscule amount, of this drug can be, and often is, deadly.  That … drugs being marketed aggressively to young adults and kids online. At the end of last year, the DEA found that over 2 …
June 07, 2022
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Brevard County Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Drug Offense

… From March through September 2022, during undercover drug buys and pursuant to a search warrant at Keel’s home. law … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
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Delaware Doctor Charged With Illegally Selling Controlled Substances On The Silk Road Drug Marketplace

… Internet marketplace.  Silk Road was utilized as an online criminal marketplace designed to enable its users to buy and sell drugs and other illegal goods and services … platform for vendors and buyers to conduct transactions online. Between June 13, 2013, and August 20, 2013, DEA …
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Drug Robbery Crew Member Pleads Guilty To Armed Robbery, Conspiracy, And Narcotics Trafficking Crew Netted More Than 250 Kilograms Of Cocaine And $1 Million In Drug Proceeds In Over 100 Robberies

… Crew Netted More Than 250 Kilograms Of Cocaine And $1 Million In Drug Proceeds In Over 100 Robberies November 14, 2011 New York Contact Info …
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Alleged dark web narcotics trafficker indicted for distributing heroin and methamphetamine in exchange for bitcoin

… distribution networks everywhere.” The internet contains online marketplaces for narcotics and other contraband on … to pay her in Bitcoin, and contact her through encrypted email and messaging services. De Alba offered customers free … death in March 2018, De Alba used his identity and credit cards to fund her narcotics business on the Wall Street …
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Money Laundering Scheme Exposed

… alleged effort by the defendants to launder more than $1.45 million in Black Market Peso Exchange money. The indictment … Colombian-based conspirators would withdraw money using ATM cards. For example, Count 3 of the indictment charges … structuring or breaking currency in excess of $10,000 into amounts less than $10,000. Using at least 12 bank accounts …
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DEA Safely Disposes of 620,000 Pounds of Unused Medications on 28th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… Drug Take Back Day. The DEA New Orleans Division collected over 41,348 pounds across Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and … Back Day has helped Americans safely remove nearly 19.8 million pounds of expired, unwanted, or unused medications … community partners.”  “The results speak for themselves: over 20 tons of potentially harmful medications are now out …
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Bowie Drug Trafficker Sentenced To 23 Years In Federal Prison For $108 Million Drug Distribution And Money Laundering Conspiracies

… Trafficker Sentenced To 23 Years In Federal Prison For $108 Million Drug Distribution And Money Laundering Conspiracies … entered an order requiring Tatum and Ford-Bey to pay a $108 million money judgment, and a forfeiture order for personal …
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Homeland Security Task Force Arrests 2 and Seizes Over 550 Kilos of Meth in San Antonio

… Homeland Security Task Force Arrests 2 and Seizes Over 550 Kilos of Meth in San Antonio February 04, 2026 … alleges that the agents searched the lettuce and discovered 998 ball-shaped packages of methamphetamine, with a … face 10 years to life in prison and a fine of up to $10 million. A federal district court judge will determine any …
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Sovah Health to Pay United States $4.36 Million to Settle Claims of Controlled Substance Act Violations

… Sovah Health to Pay United States $4.36 Million to Settle Claims of Controlled Substance Act … – Sovah Health has agreed to pay the United States $4.36 million to settle claims that the hospital system violated …
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Perfume Store Owner Charged With Laundering Millions Of Dollars For Mexican Narcotics Trafficking Organizations

… Perfume Store Owner Charged With Laundering Millions Of Dollars For Mexican Narcotics Trafficking … charges against Datta are the result of an extensive undercover DEA investigation into the Mexican Black Market Peso …
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DEA’s Largest Seizure Of Fentanyl Precursor Chemical In New England - Street Value Of $570 Million

… Precursor Chemical In New England - Street Value Of $570 Million June 09, 2017 New England Contact Info Contact Us … of a fentanyl precursor chemical, with a street value of over $570 million, was seized at a storage facility in …
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Local Residents Indicted In Multi-Million Dollar Ketamine Conspiracy

… Local Residents Indicted In Multi-Million Dollar Ketamine Conspiracy December 08, 2015 Houston … allegedly resulted in $17 million in fraudulent billings over the course of the two-year conspiracy. “U.S. consumers …
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Gainesville Man Sentenced for Carrying Multiple Firearms While Selling Drugs

… Court documents reflect that the defendant was pulled over for multiple traffic violations. During the traffic …
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Gainesville Felon Sentenced to 12 Years in Federal Prison

… and found the defendant’s backpack with a loaded pistol, over 50 grams of methamphetamine in a variety of forms, and …
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Springfield, Massachusetts Man Sentenced to 60 Months for Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine Base in Central Vermont

… base in Central Vermont.  According to court records, over the course of multiple years, Joseph Llano operated a …
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Marianna Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Meth Distribution and Prison Contraband Convictions

… to court records, on March 7, 2024, the defendant sold over 80 grams of methamphetamine during an undercover law enforcement operation. The defendant was taken into … staff searched the defendant’s left boot, where they discovered two, cylinder shaped plastic tubes that were found to …
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Two Men Sentenced to Federal Prison for Trafficking Narcotics in Southwestern Connecticut

… investigators intercepted calls and text messages over court-authorized wiretaps between Pichardo and his …
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Indictments Charge Eighteen With Oxycodone Trafficking

… The arrested individual subsequently revealed that, over the course of approximately one year, he had regularly … the success of the operation, he provided cash and gift cards to Christopher Allenand JOHN BEST, Transportation … term of imprisonment of 20 years and a fine of up to $1 million: Christopher Allen - , 45, of Palm Beach Gardens, …
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DEA Target Sentenced To Over 19 Years For Heroin Trafficking

… DEA Target Sentenced To Over 19 Years For Heroin Trafficking July 22, 2015 Phoenix … pounds of white heroin with an estimated value of over $7.5 million was seized during the course of the investigation, …
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Owner Of Columbus Southern Medical Center Pleads Guilty To Drug, Tax, Fraud Charges: $29 Million Forfeited

… Center Pleads Guilty To Drug, Tax, Fraud Charges: $29 Million Forfeited January 30, 2017 Detroit Contact Info … preyed on those battling addiction in an effort to make millions from their suffering,” said Ohio Attorney General …
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RX Trafficking Ring Controlled Brooklyn Medical Practices: Nearly $3.4 Million In Pills Diverted

… Ring Controlled Brooklyn Medical Practices: Nearly $3.4 Million In Pills Diverted July 17, 2013 New York Contact … trafficking ring that illegally collected and distributed over $3.4 million in oxycodone and other prescription drugs …
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Ohio Man Sentenced to 65 Months in Prison for Swapping Fentanyl, Cash for Counterfeit Pills

… Fleissig on Thursday sentenced an Ohio man who arranged to buy 200,000 counterfeit pills to five years and five months … encrypted messaging app with an account that had been taken over by the FBI. Prunty’s courier and co-defendant, De Vonte …
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Florida Man Sentenced To 5 Years Imprisonment For Structuring More Than $2.5 Million In Proceeds Of Drug Trafficking

… To 5 Years Imprisonment For Structuring More Than $2.5 Million In Proceeds Of Drug Trafficking February 09, 2015 … Riffle made more than $2.5 million in cash deposits in amounts designed to avoid triggering financial institution …
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Greene County Man Indicted for Possessing Over 10,000 Fentanyl Pills and a Kilogram of Fentanyl Powder

… Greene County Man Indicted for Possessing Over 10,000 Fentanyl Pills and a Kilogram of Fentanyl Powder … at Woodson’s residence. During the search, officers recovered 10,181 Fentanyl pills, 1.1 kilograms of Fentanyl …
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Montgomery “pill mill” doctor receives over 12 year sentence for drug distribution, health care fraud, and money laundering offenses

… Montgomery “pill mill” doctor receives over 12 year sentence for drug distribution, health care … due to drug addictions.  The judge also stressed the amount of money Dr. Sanchez obtained from his scheme, which was at least $3.5 million dollars.   Also, a licensed professional counselor, …
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McKesson Pays Record $150 Million Settlement For Failure To Report Suspicious Pharmaceutical Drug Orders Including Opioids

… McKesson Pays Record $150 Million Settlement For Failure To Report Suspicious … McKesson supplied various U.S. pharmacies an increasing amount of oxycodone and hydrocodone pills, frequently …
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Hagerstown Pharmacist Pleads Guilty To Health Care Fraud For Improperly Billing Medicare And Medicaid

… grows, so too does the resolve of DEA to investigate and uncover the illicit activities which fuel this problem,” stated … purpose is that he "split" prescriptions, accepting an amount of cash at the time of a transaction and then accepting the remaining amount at a later time. Russo also filled two prescriptions …
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Hagerstown Pharmacist Pleads Guilty To Health Care Fraud For Improperly Billing Medicare And Medicaid

… grows, so too does the resolve of DEA to investigate and uncover the illicit activities which fuel this problem,” stated … purpose is that he "split" prescriptions, accepting an amount of cash at the time of a transaction and then accepting the remaining amount at a later time. Russo also filled two prescriptions …