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Norwalk Doctors Charged With Operating “Pill Mill,” Health Care Fraud And Money Laundering

… paid for the filled prescriptions by using a state Medicaid card, and then illegally distributed the drugs.  The … defrauded the state’s Medicaid program of more than $4 million by billing for home visits that he never made, … Mansourov is also charged with bilking state and federal governments of over 4 million dollars through a phony billing …
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Illinois Ice Meth Dealer Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison

… he was sentenced, admitted that he conspired with others to buy and resell methamphetamine throughout the Pekin and … At the joint change-of-plea and sentencing hearing, the government stated that the investigation of Koch’s criminal … methamphetamine trafficking dated back to 2018 and involved over seven kilos of ice methamphetamine. The ice …
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Two Money Couriers for Colombian-Based Drug Money Laundering Organization Convicted by Federal Jury

… money laundering organization that laundered more than $6 million in drug trafficking proceeds from Colombian cartels … Caribbean and European banking systems. St. Devon Anthony Cover, 61, was convicted of one count of money laundering …
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Ready Pharmacy agrees to $400,000 settlement relating to Controlled Substances Act claims

… At issues in the civil claim was the failure to account for over 26,000 missing dosage units of controlled substances on … an on-site inspection, controlled substances were discovered unsafeguarded and not properly stored. By the terms … comply with the law.” Ready Pharmacy must pay an initial amount of $50,000 within 30 days of the settlement date and …
Alex Alfaro-Yanez
FUGITIVE

Alex Alfaro-Yanez

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: 21 USC 841
Brenda Hernandez
FUGITIVE

Brenda Hernandez

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: 21 USC 841
Jose Miguel Quinonez-Figueroa
FUGITIVE

Jose Miguel Quinonez-Figueroa

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: 21 USCS 841
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Delano Man Sentenced to 6 Years and 8 Months in Prison for Distributing Fentanyl

Delano Man Sentenced to 6 Years and 8 Months in Prison for Distributing Fentanyl December 01, 2025 San Francisco Contact Info Contact Us (415) 436-7900 (415) 436-7994 Akilah Johnson SanFranSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us …
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Communities Nationwide Join DEA and its Partners to Safely Dispose of 571,000 pounds of Unwanted Medications

Communities Nationwide Join DEA and its Partners to Safely Dispose of 571,000 pounds of Unwanted Medications November 03, 2025 San Francisco Contact Info Contact Us (415) 436-7900 (415) 436-7994 Akilah Johnson SanFranSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to …
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57 People Linked To Drug Trafficking Organizations That Smuggled Narcotics From Mexico In PVC Pipes Charged In Federal Court

… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … heroin, 20 kilograms of brown heroin, and more than $1.2 million in suspected narcotics proceeds, and recovered 18 … trucking and transportation system and funnel enormous amounts of dangerous narcotics into this country.  The …
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16 Defendants Charged In A Commercial Burglary Ring And Drug Conspiracy

… The indictment seeks the forfeiture of at least $2 million, four properties and seven vehicles alleged to be … face a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a $1 million fine.  The following defendants are charged in a … come to the auto shop daily to purchase significant amounts of Oxycodone and other pharmaceuticals and …
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Italian national implicated in international money laundering and narcotics conspiracy extradited to the United States

… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … heroin, among other narcotics, and laundering hundreds of millions of dollars in narcotics proceeds through a variety …
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Cigarette And Alcohol Use At Historic Low Among Teens

… There was, however, a significant decline in the abuse of over-the-counter cough medicine among eighth-graders, down … teen blog, Sara Bellum, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, or email. Overall, 46,773 students from 400 public and private … email requests to 240-645-0227 or drugpubs@nida.nih.gov . Online ordering is available at …
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Owner Of Nine Marijuana Stores In Orange And Los Angeles Counties Pleads Guilty To Drug Trafficking And Tax Evasion Charges

… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … string of nine illegal marijuana storefronts that generated millions of dollars in income.         John Melvin Walker, … guilty to one count of conspiring to distribute well over a ton of marijuana and to maintaining drug-involved …
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Haitian National Sentenced To 108 Months In Federal Prison For Conspiring To Launder Money Derived From Drug Trafficking

… months in prison with an order for a money judgment in the amount of $1.5 million to follow.  Philippe previously pled guilty to a … his account. Philippe further admitted that he arranged for over $70,000 in drug proceeds to be deposited into his …
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Federal Grand Jury Indicts Two Ashland Residents For Distributing Controlled Substance Analogues, Filing False Tax Returns And Money Laundering

… - (414) 336-7300 Indictment also seeks forfeiture of $1.5 million MADISON, Wis. - ―John W. Vaudreuil, United States … to defraud the United States by skimming a significant amount of cash from JC Moon sales and not including this … approximately $575,752 in business receipts from JC Moon over a three-year period; and (6) engaging in a $100,000 …
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DEA and FDA warn website operators illegally offering opioids for sale

… have issued warning letters to four website owners of rogue online pharmacies offering to distribute or dispense … that facilitate the sale of dangerous drugs, putting profit over public safety.” Opioid addiction and abuse have created … Pharmacy, there are currently tens of thousands of illicit online pharmacies. Given the severity of the opioid …
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Domestic Trafficker Imprisoned For Possessing Over 2,000 Counterfeit Pills

… Domestic Trafficker Imprisoned For Possessing Over 2,000 Counterfeit Pills July 23, 2025 Houston Contact … Authorities conducted a search of the hotel room and discovered a silver zipper bag containing several clear plastic …
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Man Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for Selling Fentanyl That Killed One Woman, Hospitalized Another

… to another person who reported that she thought she was buying the painkiller oxycodone. That woman later went to …
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Man Involved in Drug Conspiracy that Killed Three in St. Louis Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison

… used Facebook to pick their targets and then arranged to buy marijuana from their victims. On Feb. 25, 2021, Little …
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New Jersey Man Admits to Conspiring with India-Based Company to Mail Illicit Pharmaceutical Meds to U.S.

… a prescription and mailed from India is not someone to buy anything from. Laundering his illegal proceeds back to …
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Second Man Admits Drug Conspiracy that Killed Three in St. Louis

… with each other, pick their targets and then arrange to buy marijuana from their victims. On Feb. 25, 2021, Little …
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Man Convicted of All Charges Related to One Fatal, Two Nonfatal Fentanyl Overdoses

… them cocaine and R.P. believed that cocaine was what he was buying. About 40 minutes later, R.P. and N.B. were spotted …
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Drug Dealer Who Mailed Meth Sentenced to More Than 7 Years in Prison

… 12, 2019, DEA agents utilized a confidential source to buy $1,200 worth of crystal methamphetamine from Neal and …
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Missouri man sentenced for distributing heroin resulting in death

… Natoli stated that he provided the money up front to buy the heroin and then drove Miller around to sell it. …
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Franklin County man pleads guilty to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute meth

… County, Missouri. Investigators conducted controlled buys of methamphetamine from Campbell and Spencer in and …
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Federal Jury Convicts St. Louis County Man of Dealing Fatal Dose of Heroin and Fentanyl

… on Aug. 15 and 16 of 2018 in which the victim arranged to buy opiates from Kinney. Kinney sold heroin and fentanyl to …
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Mariah Ferry sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for kidnapping and brutal beating of two victims suspected of stealing drugs and money

… contacted M.T. under a ruse that Smothermon wanted to buy marijuana from M.T.  When M.T. arrived at Smothermon’s …
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Chase Smothermon sentenced to 45 years for abducting, torturing and killing one victim, brutally beating a second

… in records as M.T., under a ruse that Smothermon wanted to buy marijuana from him.  When M.T. arrived at Smothermon’s …
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El Paso Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Cocaine Trafficking

… trip to El Paso. By pleading guilty, Leal also admitted to buying approximately 18,000 rounds of ammunition intended …