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July 15, 2021
… January 16, 2007 Tip Leads to Arrests in Illegal On-Line Pharmacy Scheme …
July 15, 2021
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Two Defendants Admit Roles In $65 Million Stolen Identity Income Tax Refund Fraud Scheme

… Tax Refund Treasury Checks to Rodriguez and others. After buying the Tax Refund Treasury Checks, Rodriguez and others …
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Bank Insider Charged with Accepting Brides to Facilitate Millions of Dollars of Money Laundering

… the money laundering efforts by giving those who bribed him online access to the accounts, along with dozens of debit …
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Former Mexican Governor Extradited To The Southern District Of Texas

… of 2004. Portions of those funds were allegedly used to buy a Sabreliner 60 airplane in January 2005. As part of …
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Grand Jury Indicts New Defendants And Brings Additional Charges Against L.A.-Based OxyContin Ring That Allegedly Bilked Medicare

… at casinos, to purchase automobiles and jewelry, and to buy more OxyContin. The scheme allegedly was orchestrated by …
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SoCal Toy Company Pleads Guilty In Money Laundering Conspiracy

… and Mexican pesos would contact currency brokers to buy discounted U.S. dollars, which they used to purchase …
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National Jewish Health Study Documents Health Dangers Of Indoor Marijuana Grows

… these operations may go undetected, an unsuspecting family buying the residence at a later date may be put at risk of …
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Mexican Toy Dealer Pleads Guilty In Drug Money Laundering Case

… in Colombia and Mexico would contact currency brokers to buy discounted U.S. dollars, which they would use to …
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Wiretap Investigation Yields More Than 77lbs Of Fentanyl, Heroin And Cocaine In “Operation High Hopes”

… it could have caused is truly staggering. Individuals who buy and sell at this level aren’t users.  They’re not small …
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Leader of Prolific Fentanyl Trafficking Ring Sentenced

… at trial revealed that in 2015 and 2016, Woolard began buying fentanyl and furanyl fentanyl powder from China after …
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DEA Announces Significant Fentanyl Seizure in New York

… its appearance, or whether it is purchased on the street or online, it is deadly.  I commend the Drug Enforcement …
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Eighty-Four Defendants Charged With Drug Trafficking Offenses As A Result Of DEA "MET" Operation In Roswell, New Mexico

… investigation, agents made approximately 60 undercover drug buys and executed four federal search warrants in addition …
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DEA Phoenix & the AZ Attorney General “Huddles Up” with NFL Alumni and Rise Up Glendale to Spread Awareness about Fentanyl

… drug education and awareness, prevention curriculum, online resources, school programs, and many other special …
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Puerto Rican Drug Kingpin Among Ten Charged Over $1 Million Cocaine Delivery At Times Square Hotel

… Bronx drug supplier Francisco Rivera, who had intended to buy some of the 36 kilos of cocaine seized from Ricardo …
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Lawrence Man Sentenced For Selling Crack

… working with the DEA arranged with a third person to buy an ounce of crack cocaine. The third person said he …
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DEA-Led Operation Pill Nation Targets Rogue Pain Clinics In South Florida

… in Operation Pill Nation resulting from 340 undercover buys of prescription drugs from over 60 doctors in more than …
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Massive Fentanyl Seizure In Bronx

… putting their lives in drug dealers’ hands every time they buy a bag. A fatal dose of fentanyl is only two to three …
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DEA Washington Division Calls on the Community to Have Important Conversations on Dangers of Drugs and Fake Pills in Back-To-School Routines

DEA Washington Division Calls on the Community to Have Important Conversations on Dangers of Drugs and Fake Pills in Back-To-School Routines August 22, 2024 Washington, DC Contact Info Contact Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public …
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Prolific Snohomish County fentanyl dealer sentenced to 15 years in prison

… cut of the profits.  Many distributors used that profit to buy from Irons to support their own addiction. During this …
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Heroin Ring In The Bronx Used Car Carriers To Transport Drugs Cross Country

… to shut them down.  In this case, a street-level drug buy led to the identification of transnational heroin …
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Birmingham Man Pleads Guilty To Selling Fentanyl That Caused 20-Year-Old’s Death

… agents received fentanyl despite having attempted to buy heroin. A third charge of possession with the intent to …
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DEA Announces Culture-based Drug Prevention Tools Now Available to Educators

… Director of the National Indian Education Association. The online curriculum includes classroom activities, an …
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Physician Admits To Illegally Distributing 39,000 Pills

… bring names and dates of birth to Johns with the intent of buying a prescription for oxycodone.  Johns would issue the …
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Heroin And Fentanyl Drug Ring Dismantled In The Bronx--Supplied The Northeast

… determined that people were coming from out-of-state to buy heroin there, and that the defendants were running a …
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July 06, 2026
… Public Access Link (PAL) .  You must register to create an online profile or log into your existing profile to submit a …
July 06, 2026
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Day Removes Almost 600,000 Pounds of Unneeded Prescription Medications Across the Country

… fall National Prescription Drug Take Back Day are available online at  www.takebackday.com .                             …
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Western U.P. Crystal Meth Conspiracy Shut Down

… purchases of methamphetamine from Hill.  These undercover buys gave the officers the evidence they needed to get a …
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Violent South Coast Drug Dealer Sentenced To Over 20 Years In Prison

… purchase, Monteiro robbed the cooperating witness of the “buy money.”  Monteiro was arrested three days later, at …
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Sunnyside Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Drug Trafficking And Being An Illegal Alien In Possession Of Ammunition

… Spokane Regional Drug Task (SRDTF) conducted a controlled buy of four ounces of methamphetamine from Henry Patrick …
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Milton woman arrested for running multimillion-dollar black market marijuana enterprise

… more than $300,000 towards the mortgage on her house and to buy a 2017 Porsche Boxster, among other things.  It is …