PRESS RELEASE

Atlanta Man Who Impersonated A DEA Agent Pleads Guilty To Charges Related To Prescription Fraud Scheme

June 27, 2014
… Jason Elledge, who schemed to obtain controlled substances from local pharmacies, has pleaded guilty to impersonating a … by pretending to be a DEA agent, extracted information from the doctors that he then used to avoid detection by law …
June 27, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Five Indicted In International Narcotics And Kidnapping Conspiracy: Mexican Source Of Supply

April 23, 2015
… arranged for large shipments of narcotics to be transported from Mexico and sold in New York City and elsewhere in the … and his organization obtained sizeable shipments of cocaine from a Mexican supplier, partially on consignment, and sold … unravel when Pagan’s organization failed to collect payment from a customer and therefore did not have enough money to …
April 23, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Charges In Manhattan Federal Court Against Former Physician’s Assistant For Minor League Hockey Team And Former Player For Team Relating To The Distribution Of Oxycodone

September 09, 2014
… Percocet prescriptions for Hart on a monthly basis from June 2009 through July 2011, despite never once … Hart for any injuries or illnesses over that time period.  From at least December 2010 through April 2011, Hart sold at …
September 09, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Lawrence man sentenced to 45 years in prison for operating major fentanyl trafficking organization

August 27, 2020
… employed numerous individuals to sell fentanyl to customers from various New England states, including New Hampshire. … “Brian” and that most of the organization’s customers came from New Hampshire.  Distributors knew to identify customers … to as “the base” and dispatchers staffed “the base” from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. daily. Dispatchers took orders …
August 27, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Acting U.S. Attorney announces settlement of civil forfeiture claims against over $50 million laundered through Black Market Peso Exchange

January 12, 2021
… representing approximately $22.5 million previously seized from Sefira and its subsidiaries, and an approximately $6.5 … on future investors, and not to accept investment funds from any source other than the actual investor.   In a …
January 12, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Owner of Savannah-Area Clinic Charged for Role in Providing Access to Notorious ‘Pill Mill’ Doctor

February 09, 2021
… been indicted for operating a clinic that provided a base from which a notorious “pill mill” doctor dispensed massive … crisis must attack the full illegal supply pipeline, from street-corner dealers, to white-coated prescribers, to … counts of Health Care Fraud. As noted in the indictment, from approximately January 2017 to September 2017, …
February 09, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Sophisticated Sinaloa Cartel Money Laundering Organization Dismantled

April 18, 2023
… February of 2021, he forced two victims to withdraw funds from their own accounts to repay a drug debt, under threat … were targeted, resulting in the seizure of $1 million from those accounts plus about $197,430 in bulk cash.   In … Field Office to conduct an operation using information from the investigation which resulted in the seizure of 368 …
April 18, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Alleged Leader Of Ethnic-Albanian Organized Crime Syndicate Extradited To The U.S. To Face Drug And Money Laundering Charges

November 19, 2012
… known as “the Bear,” “Arty,” and “Nino,” was extradited from Albania to the United States on Friday, November 16, … was arrested in Albania on a provisional warrant issued from the Eastern District of New York. The extradition and … of tens of thousands of kilograms of hydroponic marijuana from Canada and Mexico, substantial quantities of MDMA from …
November 19, 2012
PRESS RELEASE

Former Mexican Secretary of Public Security Genaro Garcia Luna charged with engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise

July 30, 2020
… Garcia Luna also received millions of dollars in bribes from "El Chapo's" Sinaloa Cartel BROOKLYN, N.Y. - A … Luna, the former Secretary of Public Security in Mexico from 2006 to 2012, with engaging in a continuing criminal …
July 30, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

“Operation G-60” Dismantles Mexican Drug Trafficking Organization Operating In Metro Atlanta

June 09, 2011
… our communities safer by removing such drug traffickers from the streets.” United States Attorney Sally Quillian … Charge Reginael McDaniel said, “The laundering of proceeds from drug trafficking is not only a local threat, but a …
June 09, 2011
GENERAL INFORMATION

Intelligence

January 19, 2025
… Program has grown significantly since its inception. From only a handful of Intelligence Analysts (I/A) in the … focuses on the current picture of drug trafficking from cultivation to distribution that can be used for …
January 19, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

DEA News: HSBC Holdings Plc. And HSBC Bank USA N.A. Admit To Anti-Money Laundering And Sanctions Violations, Forfeit $1.256 Billion In Deferred Prosecution Agreement

December 11, 2012
… The AML Investigation - According to court documents, from 2006 to 2010, HSBC Bank USA severely understaffed its … monitoring suspicious transactions and activities from HSBC Group Affilliates, particularly HSBC Mexico, one …
December 11, 2012
STORY

DEA Remembers Those We Lost During the Oklahoma City Bombing

April 11, 2025
… putting their own lives and safety in danger to save others from perishing. In the aftermath of the bombing, DEA employees from throughout the region descended on Oklahoma City to … victims of this act of terrorism. DEA sent personnel from the Tulsa, McAlester, Dallas, Tyler, Lubbock, St. …
April 11, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Leader Of Zapata Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering Organization Convicted

December 08, 2011
… organization operating out of the Zapata, Texas, area from approximately June 2006 through June 2011 has pleaded … marijuana and methamphetamine and laundering proceeds from drug sales. At his plea hearing a short time ago, … for transporting numerous loads of controlled substances from the Zapata area to other parts of Texas and beyond. …
December 08, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Western New York to Puerto Rico drug trafficking network dismantled

May 17, 2019
… area. The conspiracy received bulk quantities of cocaine from suppliers in Puerto Rico via the United States Postal … a suspicious postal parcel being mailed by Lavon Parks from a post office in San Juan to an address in Niagara … who was driving, was questioned outside the vehicle away from the passengers. He stated that he was heading back to …
May 17, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera Faces Charges In New York For Leading A Continuing Criminal Enterprise And Other Drug-Related Charges

January 20, 2017
… New York, following his extradition to the United States from Mexico, alleging that he was operating a continuing … and money laundering relating to the bulk smuggling from the United States to Mexico of more than $14 billion in …
January 20, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

“Operation SLO Ride” Dismantles Major Drug Trafficking Organization in Tulare County

March 14, 2024
… “Dedicated law enforcement officers built this case from the ground up, using old fashion police work, following … Attorney Talbert. "The targets of this operation ranged from dealers to the Mexican source of supply. We will work … in Tulare County and elsewhere. He is currently a fugitive from justice. Alfonso Ortiz, 37, of Tulare, is alleged to be …
March 14, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Nassau Doctor Charged with Five Counts of Murder for Depraved Prescription Abuse

March 04, 2021
… sends a strong message to any doctor seeking to profit from vulnerable patients’ addiction: we will hold you … directly held accountable for their actions as they profit from individuals that are suffering from addiction.  I congratulate the investigators of the …
March 04, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

2 Mobile Doctors Get Long Sentences For Running “Pill Mills”

May 26, 2017
… illegal workers comp kickbacks, receiving illegal kickbacks from Insys Therapeutics, more no052617_fig1.jpg … they caused. These sentences will protect the community from these convicted felons and hopefully deter other …
May 26, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Four Defendants Arrested on Charges They Conspired to Illegally Obtain and Distribute Oxycodone Out of a Pharmacy in Warren County

February 24, 2021
… pills – known as “blues” – were illegally diverted from the pharmacy through the criminal scheme.  The … 9 and yesterday, February 23.   The charges resulted from an investigation by the Division of Criminal Justice … in analyzing prescription records, including data from the New Jersey Prescription Monitoring Program …
February 24, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Colombian Paramilitary Leader Sentenced To 33 Years In Prison For Drug Trafficking And Narco-Terrorism

November 09, 2011
… of State-designated foreign terrorist organization. From the mid-1990s through 2007, Jimenez-Naranjo led the … responsible for exporting thousands of kilograms of cocaine from Colombia to Central America, Mexico and the United …
November 09, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

DEA announces arrest of former Honduran congressman and brother of current President of Honduras for drug trafficking and weapons charges

November 26, 2018
… to protect drug shipments, and solicited large bribes from major drug traffickers. Thanks to the ongoing work of … courts.” As stated in the unsealed indictment resulting from DEA’s investigation, from at least in or about 2004, up …
November 26, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

Seven Men Sentenced To Prison For Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering

October 31, 2011
… 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov McALLEN, TX - Six men from Texas and one from Ohio have all been sentenced to prison on drug … Avila, 52, Seferino Avila, 44, Alejandro Avila, 38, all from Mission, Texas; Carlos Javier Gomez, 38, Cristelo …
October 31, 2011
STORY

U.S. and Bulgaria Join Forces to Stop Deadly Fentanyl Flow

September 18, 2025
… DEA Senior Forensic Chemist Jonathan Duffy trained chemists from the Ministry of the Interior and the National Customs … Bulgarian partners’ ability to prevent dangerous narcotics from entering the country – or being shipped to other …
September 18, 2025
GENERAL INFORMATION

DEA Washington Division participates in National Night Out

January 22, 2025
… Night Out WASHINGTON, D.C., – DEA Washington Division staff from offices all around D.C., Maryland, and Virginia joined … National Night Out events in neighborhoods across the DMV. From Norfolk to D.C. to Baltimore and beyond, DEA’s local …
January 22, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Heroin And Fentanyl Drug Ring Dismantled In The Bronx--Supplied The Northeast

February 02, 2017
… for major drug trafficking and other charges resulting from a joint investigation, state and federal law … the DEA.            The scheme brought heroin and fentanyl from Honduras through Mexico to Los Angeles, where long-haul … “Every day in New York City, two people fatally overdose from heroin and/or fentanyl.  Today’s drug traffickers …
February 02, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Physician Pleads Guilty To $1 Million Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

February 17, 2011
… City, Mo., and others to distribute OxyContin and oxycodone from July 2006 to January 2010. Cummings and Womboldt have … training, but bought into the Mobile Physicians business. From July 2006 through January 2010, Baker issued …
February 17, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Angleton Man Hammered With 35-Year Sentence For Trafficking Meth

October 27, 2014
… methamphetamine in and through the Houston, Texas area from 2010 to 2012, announced Drug Enforcement Administration … five-year-term of supervised release following his release from prison. At the time of his guilty plea, Gallegos admitted to conspiring with several other persons from 2010-2012 to possess with intent to distribute certain …
October 27, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Five More Sentenced To Federal Prison In Operation Sooner Or Later

December 14, 2012
… operation targeted international cocaine trafficking from Mexico to the Middle District of Florida and Oxycodone trafficking from the Middle District of Florida to Kentucky.  Out of the …
December 14, 2012
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

July 28, 2015
… Oregon 1-888-219-4261 Nationwide events will take place from 10 am-2 pm on Saturday, September 26th SEATTLE - DEA … Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time. As with the previous nine … show that many abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
July 28, 2015