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eBay to Pay $59 Million to Settle Controlled Substances Act Allegations Related to Pill Presses Sold Through Its Website

February 01, 2024
… producing counterfeit pills that appear indistinguishable from legitimate pharmaceutical drugs, including pills that … individuals who intend to use these machines illegally from obtaining them and to ensure that the machines are … buy the tools to make fake pills, like pill presses, online,” said DEA Administrator Anne Milgram. “eBay and …
February 01, 2024
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Southwest Baltimore “NFL” Gang Member Sentenced to 25 Years in Federal Prison for a Racketeering Conspiracy, Including Committing a Murder

January 19, 2023
… Baltimore Police Department. According to his guilty plea, from at least 2016 through March 2020, D’Andre Preston was … case was made possible by investigative leads generated from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and … investigative and intelligence tool that can link firearms from multiple crime scenes, allowing law enforcement to …
January 19, 2023
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Maryland Man Sentenced To 25 Years For Selling Heroin That Led To 6 Overdoses, 3 Deaths

April 07, 2016
… in multiple convictions of heroin dealers both locally and from the Baltimore, Maryland area. Tragically, this … were able to identify and target the larger scale dealers from Baltimore that were supplying our region.” According to … Resident Office. The Task Force includes law enforcement from the counties of Frederick, Clarke, Shenandoah, Warren …
April 07, 2016
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Mitchellville Man Pleads Guilty To Drug Distribution And Money Laundering Conspiracies

December 02, 2014
… - Washington Division. According to court documents, from at least January 2011 through his arrest on August 16, … vehicle, the cocaine, cell phones, and other evidence from the vehicle. Based upon review of the documents in the … 350 grams of cocaine.  Latent fingerprints recovered from the heat sealers were identified as Ford Bey’s and …
December 02, 2014
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Major Drug Dealer Pleads Guilty To Drug Distribution And Money Laundering

December 31, 2014
… - Washington Division. According to his plea agreement, from at least January 2011 through his arrest on September … drug residue; approximately 0.083 grams of heroin recovered from a glass table top; a Glock 30 handgun, a ten round … 350 grams of cocaine.  Latent fingerprints recovered from the heat sealers were identified as Tatum and …
December 31, 2014
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Philadelphia Attorney Indicted In Maryland For Conspiring To Launder Drug Proceeds Involving A Major Drug Distribution Organization

February 12, 2016
… $10,000 or more in cash, thereby further concealing from the government large cash transactions by members of … DEA to seek the return of certain property DEA had seized from the drug dealer.  Farrell allegedly advised that … in Canada in early August 2013, and D’Amico was extradited from Colombia, South America.  U.S. District Judge Roger W. …
February 12, 2016
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Enters 15th Year of Removing Unneeded Medications from Communities

April 26, 2024
… Back Day Enters 15th Year of Removing Unneeded Medications from Communities April 26, 2024 Headquarters Contact Info … Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 27, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This event aims to remove unneeded prescriptions from homes to help prevent medication misuse by offering …
April 26, 2024
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Alleged “Iron Pipeline” Gun Trafficking Network Shut Down

June 30, 2022
… functioning firearms at home with parts that can be bought online and through various retailers. These “ghost guns” are … A. Pena-Camilo (25) of Washington, D.C., allegedly fled from arresting officers but was later located in Washington, … shut down an alleged “Iron Pipeline” of illegal firearms from Washington, D.C., to Yonkers, NY. “The Yonkers PD is …
June 30, 2022
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Large-Scale Counterfeit Pill Manufacturer Charged With Drug Offenses And Pandemic Loan Fraud

July 23, 2024
… which, as evidenced by these charges, includes shipments from China. This case is yet another example of the critical … the Massachusetts State Police to prevent illegal narcotics from reaching our streets.” “The FBI’s North Shore Gang Task … purchased numerous pill presses and parts for pill presses from online vendors were seized. It also alleged multiple …
July 23, 2024
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Harford County Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison for His Participation in a Drug Distribution Conspiracy

December 21, 2022
… investigation revealed that co-defendant Jack Anderson from Tucson, Arizona was the sender of the package. On January 22, 2020, law enforcement learned from U.S. Postal Inspectors that Durbin sent a parcel from Havre de Grace, Maryland, addressed to Anderson in …
December 21, 2022
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22 Charged In The Southern District Of Texas As Part Of Largest National Medicare Fraud Takedown In History

June 22, 2016
… to Medicare using the fraudulent home health referrals from the physician, according to the indictment. Also … and three counts of health care fraud. The charges stem from their alleged roles in an $20 million Medicare fraud … Units. The court documents for each case will be posted online, as they become available. An indictment or …
June 22, 2016
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Mexican Citizen Pleads Guilty To Role In Organization Responsible For Flying Hundreds Of Kilograms Of Cocaine To The U.S. And Laundering Money From Its Sales

December 08, 2014
… Of Kilograms Of Cocaine To The U.S. And Laundering Money From Its Sales December 08, 2014 Houston Contact Info … and money laundering organization operating out of Mexico from 2002-2008 has been convicted, announced Drug …
December 08, 2014
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Judge sentences cartel-connected drug dealer to 25 years for trying to establish cocaine pipeline from Mexico to St. Louis

September 17, 2020
… dealer to 25 years for trying to establish cocaine pipeline from Mexico to St. Louis September 17, 2020 St. Louis … and elsewhere, obtained bulk quantities of cocaine from suppliers with ties to the Sinaloa Cartel. Burris then … Office for the Eastern District of Missouri with assistance from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of …
September 17, 2020
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Armed Leader of a Drug Trafficking Organization Shipping Kilogram Quantities of Cocaine from Puerto Rico Sentenced to Ten Years in Prison

February 06, 2025
… Organization Shipping Kilogram Quantities of Cocaine from Puerto Rico Sentenced to Ten Years in Prison February … bringing kilogram quantities of cocaine into Raleigh from Puerto Rico.   On March 4, 2024, Arias, age 32, pled … Service to send shipments of kilogram-quantities of cocaine from Puerto Rico to various addresses in Raleigh.  The …
February 06, 2025
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Major Cocaine Supplier For The East Coast Extradited From Puerto Rico To New York City: Six Charged In Long-term Investigation

November 29, 2017
… Major Cocaine Supplier For The East Coast Extradited From Puerto Rico To New York City: Six Charged In Long-term … conspired to smuggle millions of dollars in cocaine from Puerto Rico to New York City and Rhode Island through …
November 29, 2017
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Former Member of Baltimore’s Safe Streets Program Sentenced to Over 11 Years in Federal Prison for Drug Distribution Conspiracy

September 22, 2021
… Seized Fentanyl, a Firearm, and Tools of Drug Trade from Alexander and his Residence Baltimore, Md., – U.S. … on one occasion to avoid arrest when police seized from him a large quantity of fentanyl.  The sentence was … judicial authorization to intercept communications to and from cellular telephones used by Alexander from May through …
September 22, 2021
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Nine Alleged Members Of The Jenifer Drug Trafficking Organization Charged By Indictment And Implicated In A 2012 Murder

October 16, 2014
… million; several hundred thousand dollars in cash recovered from the residences of some of the defendants; over $2 … partners undertake every day to stop the flow of drugs from entering the Baltimore metropolitan area,” stated Gary …
October 16, 2014
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Statement of DEA Special Agent in Charge and U.S. Attorney Thomas T. Cullen

October 09, 2019
Statement of DEA Special Agent in Charge and U.S. Attorney Thomas T. Cullen October 09, 2019 Washington, DC Contact Info Contact Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 Washington.Special.Agent@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter …
October 09, 2019
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“Godfather” of Methamphetamine Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison

July 19, 2005
“Godfather” of Methamphetamine Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison July 19, 2005 Washington, DC Contact Info Contact Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 Washington.Special.Agent@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us …
July 19, 2005
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Elks Extend "Hands Across the Border" to Kick Off Red Ribbon Week

October 13, 2003
Elks Extend "Hands Across the Border" to Kick Off Red Ribbon Week October 13, 2003 Washington, DC Contact Info Contact Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 Washington.Special.Agent@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events …
October 13, 2003
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DEA’s response to COVID-19

March 20, 2020
… Control and Prevention website and the U.S. government's online guide to information and services .  # # # On …
March 20, 2020
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Former Physician Sentenced To Nearly Six Years In Prison On Drug Charge For Trading Prescription Drugs For Sex And Cash

August 05, 2014
… Ativan, Ritalin, Darvocet, OxyContin, and Klonopin, on an online website, and all of the ads were placed through one …
August 05, 2014
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Major Rewards Offered for Capture and Conviction of Leaders of Honduran Drug Trafficking Operation

May 02, 2022
… in the Eastern District of Virginia on charges stemming from their roles as leading figures in a drug-trafficking … to court documents and allegations in the indictment, from 2006 until the date of the indictment, Juan Carlos … +504-9452 4032 or +504-9430 7106, which can accept messages from the social messaging applications WhatsApp and Signal, …
May 02, 2022
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Pharmacist Sentenced to More Than 14 Years in Federal Prison for a Drug Distribution Conspiracy and for Murder for Hire

March 04, 2021
… confidential source made a number of controlled purchases from Robinson at the pharmacy, using blank prescriptions … Robinson was arrested on June 27, 2017 and was released from custody on June 29, 2017, under the supervision of U.S. … clonidine.  CS-2 had obtained the prescription medications from David Robinson.  CS-2 had known Robinson for …
March 04, 2021
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Baltimore Attorney Stanley Needleman Sentenced To Prison For Federal Tax Crimes Including Failing To Report Over $1.5 Million In Income

December 16, 2011
… Federal Agents Seized $1,153,660 Cash from Safes in Basement of Defendant’s Home GREENBELT , MD - … cash receipts and deposits. Needleman has been disbarred from practicing law. Judge Titus also ordered Needleman: to …
December 16, 2011
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DEA Hosts the 27th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday to Remove Unneeded Medications from Homes

October 25, 2024
… Take Back Day on Saturday to Remove Unneeded Medications from Homes October 25, 2024 Headquarters Contact Info … Prescription Drug Take Back Day this Saturday, October 26, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. National Prescription Drug Take Back …
October 25, 2024
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Upper Marlboro Man Pleads Guilty to Heroin and Cocaine Distribution Conspiracy

November 30, 2021
… County Police Department. According to his guilty plea from at least June 2016 through July 2017, Stewart conspired … and Prince George’s County.  Stewart obtained heroin from Broxton and then sold smaller quantities of heroin to …
November 30, 2021
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Sovah Health to Pay United States $4.36 Million to Settle Claims of Controlled Substance Act Violations

June 08, 2022
… settlement is the third-largest civil penalty ever obtained from a hospital system under the Controlled Substances Act … Martinsville & Henry County) united to form Sovah Health. From 2017 to 2019, a  Sovah Health employee  diverted more …
June 08, 2022
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Two MS-13 Leaders Convicted of Racketeering Conspiracy and Conspiring to Commit Multiple Murders

November 24, 2021
… gang composed primarily of immigrants or descendants from El Salvador.  Branches or “cliques” of MS-13, one of … March 2017, a member of the Sailors Clique who was hiding from law enforcement in the Lynchburg, Virginia area had a … the high schooler. The gang members kidnapped the student from his front lawn and cut his hand off before killing him. …
November 24, 2021
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Roanoke Drug Kingpin Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison

March 10, 2021
… ways for their willingness to transport narcotics by car from places such as New York, North Carolina, Tennessee, and … by Jordan himself as the “Batmobile.” The car was in route from New York to Roanoke and stopped by law enforcement … to coordinate the delivery and distribution of narcotics from jail, while his case was pending trial. A known …
March 10, 2021