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Task Force Charges Four Tied To Opana Epidemic In Southern Indiana

… Task Force Charges Four Tied To Opana Epidemic In Southern Indiana June 23, 2015 Chicago … 336-7300 Law enforcement coalition responds to growing Opana problem in Scott and Clark County INDIANAPOLIS - ―The … County Sheriff's Department executed enforcement actions from June 16 through June 20, 2015, which resulted in the …
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DEA Attacks Indiana Opana Painkiller Epidemic

… DEA Attacks Indiana Opana Painkiller Epidemic February 05, 2016 Chicago Contact … 10 arrests for drug trafficking charges related to Opana and methamphetamine in southern Indiana. Launched last … last 13 months has reported 188 cases. In June 2015, agents from DEA Indianapolis launched a joint investigation with …
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Illegal Online Pharmacies

August 19, 2025
… Illegal Online Pharmacies Illegal Online Pharmacies Illegal Online … drugs such as Oxycodone, Adderall, Xanax, and other drugs from legitimate pharmacies. Read Full PSA Breaking News: … Milgram Press Release Press Your Luck Slide Deck How to Buy Medicines Safely Online Resources How to Buy Medicines …
August 19, 2025
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DEA Issues Warning About Illegal Online Pharmacies

… DEA Issues Warning About Illegal Online Pharmacies October 04, 2024 October 4, 2024 – The … drugs such as Oxycodone, Adderall, Xanax, and other drugs from legitimate pharmacies.  As Americans increasingly turn …
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DEA Operation Meltdown Shuts Down Hundreds of Illegal Online Pharmacies

… DEA Operation Meltdown Shuts Down Hundreds of Illegal Online Pharmacies February 04, 2026 Headquarters Contact … against DEA registrants in order to protect the public from dangers to public health or safety. These actions were …
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Five Defendants Sentenced For On-Line Trafficking Of Prescription Drugs

… Five Defendants Sentenced For On-Line Trafficking Of Prescription Drugs January 27, 2014 … DEA’s commitment, along with our Federal partners from IRS, Homeland Security Investigations, the United …
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Suspected online drug dealer indicted in fentanyl overdose death

… Suspected online drug dealer indicted in fentanyl overdose death … home on the morning of June 30, 2018.  Evidence obtained from C.A.S.’s cellular phone and a parking lot surveillance … website to illegally sell prescription pills. “Unless you buy your prescription pills from a legitimate pharmacy, it’s …
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UPS Agrees To Forfeit $40 Million In Payments From Illicit Online Pharmacies For Shipping Services

… UPS Agrees To Forfeit $40 Million In Payments From Illicit Online Pharmacies For Shipping Services March …
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AlphaBay, The Largest Online ‘dark Market,’ Shut Down

… AlphaBay, The Largest Online ‘dark Market,’ Shut Down July 20, 2017 Headquarters … Deaths, and Used By Hundreds of Thousands of People to Buy and Sell Illegal Goods and Services Anonymously over the … mistake, the forces of law and justice face a new challenge from the criminals and transnational criminal organizations …
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AlphaBay, The Largest Online “Dark Market,” Shut Down

… AlphaBay, The Largest Online “Dark Market,” Shut Down July 20, 2017 San Francisco … Deaths, and Used by Hundreds of Thousands of People to Buy and Sell Illegal Goods and Services Anonymously over the … mistake, the forces of law and justice face a new challenge from the criminals and transnational criminal organizations …
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Bakersfield Drug-Buy Defendant Sentenced

… Bakersfield Drug-Buy Defendant Sentenced March 15, 2011 San Francisco Contact … cocaine with intent to distribute. This case stemmed from an Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task (OCDETF) … agent posing as a seller. Another $106,806 was seized from Bhopal’s bank account. All of the seized monies were …
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Leader Of Interstate Online Pill Mill Ring Sentenced To More Than Eight Years In Prison

… Leader Of Interstate Online Pill Mill Ring Sentenced To More Than Eight Years In … He set up and maintained websites to solicit customers to buy hydrocodone and other pills without valid prescriptions, …
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Seattle Man Admits Buying 630,000 Counterfeit Pills on the Dark Web

… Seattle Man Admits Buying 630,000 Counterfeit Pills on the Dark Web June 15, … 387-5067 StLouisDiversionOutreach@dea.gov ST. LOUIS – A man from Seattle, Wash., on Thursday admitted buying 630,000 …
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Flagler Beach man sentenced to nearly 11 years in federal prison for selling benzoyl fentanyl and other drugs online

… federal prison for selling benzoyl fentanyl and other drugs online May 14, 2019 Miami Contact Info Contact Us (571) … victims around the country had purchased their drugs from Jodoin via his website. The investigation revealed that … Jodoin. Also in May 2018, during the time the undercover buy was being conducted, Jodoin posted an advertisement on …
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Seattle Man Sentenced for Buying 630,000 Counterfeit Pills on the Dark Web

… Seattle Man Sentenced for Buying 630,000 Counterfeit Pills on the Dark Web April 12, … be on supervised release for three years after his release from prison. From October 2019 to August 30, 2021, Verbowski …
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Third Man Convicted By A Federal Jury For Conspiring To Buy Five Or More Kilograms Of Cocaine

… Third Man Convicted By A Federal Jury For Conspiring To Buy Five Or More Kilograms Of Cocaine June 06, 2011 Phoenix … place on April 14, 2009, in Tucson. Martinez drove down from his home in Las Vegas, while co-defendant Hiraldo Neyra …
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Multiple Defendants Charged In Allegheny County-Beaver County Prescription Drug Ring

… at all levels of a western Pennsylvania oxycodone and Opana distribution ring - from the leader, to the prescription thief, to the pharmacy … substances oxycodone and oxymorphone, in the form known as Opana. Counts 2 through 4 charge Best with distributing …
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Brownsville man heads to federal prison for buying crack cocaine

… Brownsville man heads to federal prison for buying crack cocaine April 10, 2019 Houston Contact Info … organization, witnessed Arambula order crack cocaine from his supplier. Law enforcement seized the drugs as they … able to determine Arambula regularly bought crack cocaine from Jesus Hector Garza, Jr. 　   Garza, 31, of Brownsville, …
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Colombian National Convicted After Attempting to Buy 20 Kilos of Cocaine

… Colombian National Convicted After Attempting to Buy 20 Kilos of Cocaine November 16, 2021 New England … with attempting to purchase 20 kilograms of cocaine from undercover agents. Jesus Arley Munera-Gomez, 35, was … Munera-Gomez arranged to purchase 20 kilograms of cocaine from undercover agents in exchange for $200,000. At the …
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Former Police Officer & Tech Worker Sentenced In Illegal Online Pharmacy Scheme

… Former Police Officer & Tech Worker Sentenced In Illegal Online Pharmacy Scheme May 17, 2016 Seattle Contact Info … pharmacy, and attempted to hide the conspiracy’s databases from investigators.  Kogan not only handled the technology …
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Bitcoin Exchanger Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To Four Years In Prison For Selling Nearly $1 Million In Bitcoins For Drug Buys On Silk Road

… Prison For Selling Nearly $1 Million In Bitcoins For Drug Buys On Silk Road January 20, 2015 New York Contact Info … in Manhattan federal court and related court proceedings: From about December 2011 to October 2013, Faiella ran an …
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Online drug dealer pleads guilty in fentanyl overdose death

… Online drug dealer pleads guilty in fentanyl overdose death … California, admitted in his plea agreement that he posted online advertisements for the illegal sale of prescription … in 2017 and began purchasing various prescription pills from him.   According to his plea agreement, on the evening …
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Former CEO Of Bitcoin Exchange Company Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To Two Years In Prison For Helping To Sell Nearly $1 Million In Bitcoins For Drug Buys On Silk Road

… For Helping To Sell Nearly $1 Million In Bitcoins For Drug Buys On Silk Road December 19, 2014 New York Contact Info … in Manhattan federal court and related court proceedings: From about December 2011 to October 2013, Shrem’s …
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Couple Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Distribute Prescription Drugs Online

… Guilty To Conspiracy To Distribute Prescription Drugs Online January 19, 2011 St. Louis Contact Info Contact Us … forfeit to the government nearly $407,000 that was seized from their bank accounts by law enforcement officers as well …
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Largest Online Male Escort Service Raided

… Largest Online Male Escort Service Raided August 25, 2015 New York … services. Once the fee is paid, subscribers can select from a number of categories created by Rentboy.com the … when in fact this internet brothel made millions of dollars from the promotion of illegal prostitution,” stated Acting …
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Five Argentine men charged with illegally operating online pharmacies and importing and distributing oxycodone

… Five Argentine men charged with illegally operating online pharmacies and importing and distributing oxycodone … and Lucas Daniel Paura, aka “Carl Carlson” (age: 31), all from Buenos Aires, Argentina, were charged with conspiracy … determined to keep the American public safe from illegal on-line ‘pharmacies,’” said Inspector in Charge Craig …
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Seven Involved With Online Pharmacy Based In Florida Indicted For Internet Pharmacy And Money Laundering Conspiracy

… Seven Involved With Online Pharmacy Based In Florida Indicted For Internet … alleged to have brought in more than $9 million in revenue from the sale of pills during the three year scheme.  The …
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Ross Ulbricht, The Creator And Owner Of The “Silk Road” Website, Found Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court On All Counts

… Silk Road was used by more than 100,000 users to buy and sell hundreds of kilograms of illegal drugs and … a clear message to anyone else attempting to operate an online criminal enterprise.  The supposed anonymity of the dark web is not a protective shield from arrest and prosecution.” According to the Complaint, …
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DEA One Pill Can Kill Social Media Campaign

February 12, 2026
… dangers of counterfeit pills by retweeting/sharing posts from  @DEAHQ  and our  DEA Field Division Twitter   … Learn more at  www.dea.gov/onepill #DYK that you cannot buy a legitimate pharmaceutical drug on social media?  Not … Parental Resources Counterfeit Pills: What You Need to Know Buying Drugs Online: What You Should Know Wyatt’s Story Drug …
February 12, 2026
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Ross Ulbricht, A/k/a “Dread Pirate Roberts,” Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To Life In Prison

… the “silk road" website, used by more than 100,000 users to buy and sell more than $200 million worth of illegal drugs … to the deaths of at least six young people.  Ulbricht went from hiding his cybercrime identity to becoming the face of …     Ulbricht deliberately operated Silk Road as an online criminal marketplace intended to enable its users to …