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Doctor, Pharmacist And Call-Center Manager Found Guilty In Massive Prescription Drug Distribution Conspiracy

… usmedsovernight.com, verybestmeds.com and mydoctorconsultonline.com, to solicit customers to buy hydrocodone and other pills without valid prescriptions, … drug trafficking organization charged its customers a price that was multiple times higher than the retail cost of …
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Naugatuck Man Sentenced To 33 Months In Federal Prison For Distributing Heroin

… Naugatuck Man Sentenced To 33 Months In Federal Prison For Distributing Heroin May 12, … New Haven - (203) 497-5200 Maine Portland - (207) 780-3331 Rhode Island Providence - (401) 732-2550 Connecticut … and seized approximately 40,000 bags of suspected heroin, 350 grams of cocaine and 50 grams of crack cocaine, and nine …
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Former Miami-Dade County resident sentenced to more than 8 years in prison for bank fraud and money laundering schemes

… a straw buyer to purchase property (at an inflated price) that Sanchez already owned. Sanchez arranged for the … an FDIC-insured financial institution for the purpose of buying an apartment in Aventura, Florida. He submitted a … belonging to co-conspirators and accomplices, and by buying property through shell corporations, in order to …
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Shawnee Auto Dealer Sentenced To 30 Months For Illegal Deals With Drug Traffickers

… to 30 months in federal prison for helping drug dealers buy vehicles used for drug trafficking without attracting … Lenie had the paperwork drawn up to reflect a purchase price of less than $9,000. By doing so, he kept the … another instance, undercover officers talked to Lenie about buying a 2006 Acura TSX for $15,950 in cash. They told him …
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Members Of Camden Drug Trafficking Ring Charged With Racketeering

… Division Contacts New Jersey Atlantic City - (609) 383-3322 Camden - (856) 321-2420 Paterson - (973) 357-4037 … go together to gun stores in Ohio, where Hammond would buy multiple guns for Scott.  It is alleged that Scott would … Camden, who would find individuals to purchase the guns for prices set by Scott.  Hammond allegedly purchased more than …
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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 … The pharmacy charged as much as ten times the usual price for the medications. The conspirators are alleged to …
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Heroin And Fentanyl Drug Ring Dismantled In The Bronx--Supplied The Northeast

… February 02, 2017 New York Contact Info Contact Us (212) 337-3900 862-373-3557 Kenneth.M.Heino@dea.gov Kenneth M. … enough to kill an elephant,” Hunt said.  “They keep the price low, the purity high and monopolize on the users’ … determined that people were coming from out-of-state to buy heroin there, and that the defendants were running a …
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Defendants Sentenced for Trafficking Methamphetamine in Middle Georgia

… - (706) 724-9021 Columbus - (706) 649-7850 Macon - (478) 330-7750 Rome - (706) 232-5104 Savannah - (912) 447-1035 … - (864) 234-0237 North Carolina Asheville - (828) 350-3440 Charlotte - (704) 770-2050 Greensboro - (336) … Informants (CI) to conduct three methamphetamine buys from Mendez and two heroin buys from Willis; the …
Sergio Valenzuela-Valenzuela
FUGITIVE

Sergio Valenzuela-Valenzuela

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: ALLEGED FEDERAL DRUG VIOLATION: CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE COCAINE INTENDED FOR IMPORTATION, CONSPIRACY TO IMPORT COCAINE, AND CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES.
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10 Defendants Charged In $3.6 Million Drug Trafficking Ring

… of Baltimore;           Howard McCray, a/k/a “Pooh,” age 33, of Baltimore; Antoine Bolden, a/k/a “Demo,” age 36, of … 32, of Brooklyn, Maryland; Travis Gaines, a/k/a “Jim,” age 33, of Baltimore;       Melvina Banks, a/k/a “Bebe,” age 52, … as (the initials of Shawn Joseph Malone) LLC in order to buy rental properties under the guise of appearing to have …
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Eight Arrested On Federal Steroid And Prescription Narcotic Distribution Charges

… New Haven - (203) 497-5200 Maine Portland - (207) 780-3331 Rhode Island Providence - (401) 732-2550 Connecticut … steroids.  Santucci frequently used an application called WhatsApp to communicate with his customers.  Chickos, Mase … 600 grams of raw testosterone powder, approximately 350 grams of powder cocaine, and four long guns.  “The …
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Leader Of "Pump And Dump" Stock Fraud Scheme Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To Nine Years In Prison

… networking sites, among other tools, to manipulate the price of penny stocks as well as participating in an … "With today's sentence David Levy will now pay a heavy price for the massive 'pump and dump' schemes that he and … to secretly fund and distribute misleading third-party "buy" recommendations concerning the targeted companies. …
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DEA Recognizes National Fentanyl Awareness Day

… TikTok, and Snapchat—and encrypted platforms—including WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, Wire, and Wickr—to sell pills and powders …
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Jury Convicts Winchester Man of Distribution of Heroin Resulting in an Overdose

… and evidence presented at trial, Robert Bradley Lockhart, 33, was a heroin dealer connected to a drug pipeline between … heroin pipeline and conducted dozens of controlled heroin buys, traffic stops, search warrants, and interviews with …
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Former El Paso Physician Agrees to Pay $350,000 to Resolve Allegations

… Former El Paso Physician Agrees to Pay $350,000 to Resolve Allegations April 25, 2022 El Paso … Nassour, a former physician in El Paso, has agreed to pay $350,000 under a civil settlement to resolve allegations he …
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Two Men Sentenced On Meth Charges

… March 27, 2018 New York Contact Info Contact Us (212) 337-3900 862-373-3557 Kenneth.M.Heino@dea.gov Kenneth M. … 2014, the defendant engaged in the practice of “smurfing,” buying small quantities of pseudoephedrine, at local … process, Fagan engaged in the practice of “smurfing” (buying small quantities) at local pharmacies. The …
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Big Island Marijuana “Ministry” Operator Pleads Guilty To Drug And Tax Offenses

… as the customer could pay the full amount of the “donation” price and had someone’s membership card or state medical … could acquire “sacrament.” There were “suggested donation” prices such as $50 for one-eighth ounce, $100 for … stating “it’s retail”, and “normal retail, you know, we buy it, you know, at forty-five hundred, five grand a pound, …
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Six Defendants Plead Guilty to Scheme to Transport Stolen Catalytic Converters Across State Lines

… Wichita - (316) 838-2500 Missouri Cape Girardeau - (573) 334-1534 Jefferson City - (573) 635-1331 Springfield - (417) … converters. By December 2019, Marshall had mostly ceased buying junk vehicles and scrapping them out for parts, and … Ryder an agreed-upon percentage amount over their purchase price for the catalytic converters, less the amount of cash …
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Two Defendants Sentenced In Opioid Pill Mill Case

… Tulsa - (918) 459-9600 DALLAS, Texas - Lee Robertson, 33, and Tasmin Stewart, a/k/a “Taz,” 30, both of Baton … seeking 30mg oxycodone pills.  Robertson offered to buy all the pills Robinson had for $16.00 per pill.  … 700 pills.  On March 3, 2014, Robertson agreed to buy 500 30mg oxycodone pills from Robinson.   This Organized …
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Third Dealer Sentenced In Colorado River Indian Tribes Community Undercover Takedown

… David G. Campbell on Monday sentenced Rosie Cruz Leivas, 33, of Parker to 57 months in federal prison after she pled … at the tribe’s Farms Office in Poston, Ariz. Over three buys, Leivas sold the informant 43.9 grams of “actual” … grams of actual methamphetamine for $1,180 over three drug buys to the same buyer on the Colorado River Indian Tribes …
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Five Defendants, Including Two Doctors, Charged in Connection with Actor Matthew Perry's Fatal Overdose Death Last Year

… that Plasencia conspired with Chavez about inventory, price, and availability of ketamine to sell to Perry and … or consent, and lied to wholesale ketamine distributors to buy additional vials of liquid ketamine that Chavez intended … for Perry from Fleming and Sangha. After discussing prices with Iwamasa, Fleming coordinated the drug sales with …
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Cocaine Dealer In St. Mary’s County Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison

… Holt gave his girlfriend around $20,000, more or less, to buy a 2012 Jeep. In December 2012, Holt also delivered … located at 4338 Glenmore Avenue in Baltimore, in order to buy the property.  The monies Holt provided in these …
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Owner Of Silver Spring Nightclub Pleads Guilty To Drug Trafficking

… at his Laurel restaurant, and used drug proceeds to buy an upscale restaurant/nightclub in Silver Spring … 2010 to 2012, Miskiri gave money to the Mullings DTO to buy marijuana in California and Arizona, which was shipped …
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DEA Operation Last Mile Tracks Down Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartel Associates Operating within American Communities

… TikTok, and Snapchat—and encrypted platforms—like WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, Wire, and Wickr—to coordinate logistics …
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Chinese Citizen Charged with Massive Anabolic Steroid and Fentanyl Precursor Chemical Distribution Scheme

… please contact the DEA at +1-972-591-1326 via text/WhatsApp/Telegram/ Signal, or by email at …
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International law enforcement operation targeting opioid traffickers on the Darknet results in over 170 arrests worldwide and the seizure of weapons, drugs and over $6.5 million

… coordinated law enforcement , one of the largest illegal online markets on the dark web.. Following the Wall Street … announcement sends a strong message to criminals selling or buying illicit goods on the dark web: the hidden internet is … sophisticated money laundering. William Anderson Burgamy, 33, of Hanover, Maryland, and Hyrum T. Wilson, 41, of …
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Drug Enforcement Administration Encourages Open Conversations on Dangers of Drugs and Social Media as Students Return to School

… are encouraged to emphasize the dangers associated with buying pills online. In Nebraska, DEA has seized fentanyl pills made to … on the tough topics including the use of social media for buying and selling drugs. One pill can kill. Let’s raise …
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Pharmacist Pleads Guilty To Illegally Selling Millions Of Prescription Pills On The Internet

… customers ordered Butalbital pills by filling out online medical questionnaires that typically posed a series … of the investigation, undercover agents made numerous online purchases of Butalbital that were fulfilled by the … bottles that were received as a result of the undercover buys did not bear the name of any doctor who had prescribed …
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San Antonio businessman pleads guilty to money laundering conspiracy

… dealership, MGM Auto, to agents, proposing that he would buy it back from the agents at a reduced price, i.e., less his money-laundering fee. Mgerian has six …
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Former Stockton College Police Officer Admits Distributing Oxycodone

… through a series of text messages. Taylor discussed the price of the pills and his hope of fostering a long-term … a doctor, and “if you gonna be a good customer for me and buy these every 28 days for 15 bucks, I won’t give these to …