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Five Defendants Charged in San Jose Drug Distribution Schemes

February 11, 2021
… price of the methamphetamine if the source were willing to buy larger quantities.  Like De La Cruz, Torres Cruz is …
February 11, 2021
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Prolific Snohomish County fentanyl dealer sentenced to 15 years in prison

March 06, 2020
… cut of the profits.  Many distributors used that profit to buy from Irons to support their own addiction. During this …
March 06, 2020
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Darknet drug vendor sentenced to 10 years prison

April 12, 2019
… the payment in San Francisco and used the money to buy drugs and supplies to fulfill JetSetLife customer …
April 12, 2019
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Western U.P. Crystal Meth Conspiracy Shut Down

December 17, 2015
… purchases of methamphetamine from Hill.  These undercover buys gave the officers the evidence they needed to get a …
December 17, 2015
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Former Governor Of State Of Tamaulipas, Mexico, Indicted In The Southern District Of Texas

December 02, 2013
… of 2004. Portions of those funds were allegedly used to buy a Sabreliner 60 airplane in January 2005. As part of …
December 02, 2013
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Operation Shaw-Crank Redemption Results In 11 Defendants Being Sentenced To A Combined Total Of Over 93 Years For Drug-Trafficking

May 29, 2014
… and Arkansas River Valley area. Numerous controlled buys, surveillance, search warrants, and monitoring have …
May 29, 2014
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Mexican Toy Dealer Pleads Guilty In Drug Money Laundering Case

August 01, 2012
… in Colombia and Mexico would contact currency brokers to buy discounted U.S. dollars, which they would use to …
August 01, 2012
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SoCal Toy Company Pleads Guilty In Money Laundering Conspiracy

September 28, 2012
… and Mexican pesos would contact currency brokers to buy discounted U.S. dollars, which they used to purchase …
September 28, 2012
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Grand Jury Indicts New Defendants And Brings Additional Charges Against L.A.-Based OxyContin Ring That Allegedly Bilked Medicare

October 16, 2012
… at casinos, to purchase automobiles and jewelry, and to buy more OxyContin. The scheme allegedly was orchestrated by …
October 16, 2012
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Big Island Marijuana “Ministry” Operator Pleads Guilty To Drug And Tax Offenses

September 27, 2013
… stating “it’s retail”, and “normal retail, you know, we buy it, you know, at forty-five hundred, five grand a pound, …
September 27, 2013
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Physician Admits To Illegally Distributing 39,000 Pills

March 02, 2017
… bring names and dates of birth to Johns with the intent of buying a prescription for oxycodone.  Johns would issue the …
March 02, 2017
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Australian Man Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court To Helping Run The “Silk Road” Website

March 13, 2015
… Road,” a hidden website designed to enable its users to buy and sell illegal drugs and other unlawful goods and … illicit goods and services to well over a hundred thousand buyers, and to launder hundreds of millions of dollars … customer service inquiries, and resolving disputes between buyers and vendors.  The forum moderators were responsible …
March 13, 2015
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Leader Of International Money Laundering Organization Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To Nine Years In Prison

July 11, 2011
… multi-level marketing scheme, through which customers could buy pre-paid debit cards. DMG sold these pre-paid debit …
July 11, 2011
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Two Extradited, Charged With Weapons Support To Hizballah One Defendant Allegedly Agreed To Acquire $9.5 Million Worth Of Surface-to-Air Missiles And Other Weapons For Hizballah

November 18, 2011
… organization. Aksu is also charged with agreeing to buy a deadly laundry list of weapons on behalf of an …
November 18, 2011
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Last Of The Arellano-Felix Brothers Sentenced

August 19, 2013
… some of the income to pay AFO members to commit crimes; to buy firearms, ammunition and vehicles; to travel on …
August 19, 2013
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Charges 13 Members And Associates Of Lower East Side Narcotics Organization With Narcotics And Firearms Offenses

December 21, 2012
… two undercover NYPD officers made approximately 25 buys of cocaine and crack cocaine from various members of …
December 21, 2012
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Sweeping DEA Operation Targets Pharmacy Burglaries and the Illegal Sale of Addictive Prescription Medications

August 29, 2024
…   were arrested on charges of allegedly operating an online telehealth website that distributed Adderall and … accepted responsibility for operating an unregistered online pharmacy.    Since 2021, DEA has hosted Virtual …
August 29, 2024
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Year in Review: DEA Innovates to Fight Fentanyl

January 25, 2024
… community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about … can be reported to the DEA through this link: RX Abuse Online Reporting (usdoj.gov) . The DEA encourages parents, …
January 25, 2024
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Doctor Convicted at Trial for Unlawfully Dispensing Controlled Substances

January 19, 2024
… community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about … can be reported to the DEA through this link: RX Abuse Online Reporting (usdoj.gov) . The DEA encourages parents, …
January 19, 2024
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South Florida Man Pleads Guilty to Participating in a Conspiracy to Distribute Protonitazene from China

January 12, 2024
… community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about … can be reported to the DEA through this link: RX Abuse Online Reporting (usdoj.gov) . The DEA encourages parents, …
January 12, 2024
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Alert - Extortion Scam - Alert

October 25, 2012
… is illegal to purchase controlled substance pharmaceuticals online or by telephone unless very stringent requirements … with DEA.  By ordering any pharmaceutical medications online or by telephone from unknown entities, members of the …
October 25, 2012
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Philadelphia Man Sentenced to 95 Months for Conspiring to Distribute Crack Cocaine and Fentanyl

September 04, 2025
… and October 2023, law enforcement conducted controlled buys of fentanyl from Hill and others working with Hill in …
September 04, 2025
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Six Arrested for Multi-State Drug Conspiracy Spanning Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Texas

July 14, 2023
… distributing oxycodone pills. A series of controlled buys were conducted and Campbell’s telephone calls and text …
July 14, 2023
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Business Owner Pleads Guilty to Wiring Drug-Trafficking Profits to Mexico

July 01, 2024
… Gonzalez-Celestine participated in four controlled drug buys that were monitored by law enforcement. She sold more …
July 01, 2024
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Four Arrested in Alleged Montauk Drug Ring

October 07, 2022
… Force. During the investigation, a series of undercover buys were allegedly secured from Garces-Diaz and the three …
October 07, 2022
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Prison Sentence for Final Defendant Wraps up Prosecution of Middle Georgia Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

March 01, 2022
… Edmonds was a mid-level drug dealer in the organization, buying “crack” cocaine and “ice”-grade methamphetamine from …
March 01, 2022
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Repeat Offender and Prolific Fentanyl Trafficker is Sentenced to Over 15 Years in Prison

July 20, 2023
… to court records, Davis laundered his drug proceeds by buying luxury vehicles and renting several stash houses in …
July 20, 2023
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Fentanyl Pill Press Operator Sentenced to 30 Years in Federal Prison

February 10, 2023
… pills containing other medications, meaning many users are buying and ingesting these counterfeit pills off the street …
February 10, 2023
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Han Gil Hotel demolished, was a "safe haven" for drug distributors

June 03, 2020
… Attorney’s Office included a condition that the developer buy the property “as is,” and demolish the building within …
June 03, 2020
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Leader of Prolific Fentanyl Trafficking Ring Sentenced

November 30, 2021
… at trial revealed that in 2015 and 2016, Woolard began buying fentanyl and furanyl fentanyl powder from China after …
November 30, 2021