United States Drug Enforcement Administration

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Robert M. Faiella, a/k/a “BTCKing,” an underground Bitcoin exchanger, and Charlie Shrem, formerly the Chief Executive Officer and Compliance Officer of a Bitcoin exchange company, both pleades guilty yesterday before U.S. District...

MIAMI - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division; Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; Amos Rojas, Jr., United States Marshal, U.S. Marshals (USMS); Hugo Barrera, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and (ATF); John Burke and Addy Villanueva...

FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment today against Jimmy Gil, 34, of Shafter, Jose Luis Montoya-Salazar, (Montoya), 42, of Mexico City, and Luis Ricardo Eslava-(Eslava), 42, of Sinaloa, Mexico, charging them with conspiring to import, distribute, and possess with intent to distribute cocaine. Montoya was...

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Aris Aristidis Vavasis pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday to Felony Distribution of Unapproved New Drugs and Felony Distribution of Misbranded Drugs, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Jay Fitzpatrick, and U.S. Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal...

PORTAND, Ore - Sergio Quezada-Lopez, 35, of Mexico, appeared on August 25, 2014, in U.S District Court and entered a plea of guilty to conspiracy to distribute heroin in quantities of one kilogram or more that resulted in death. The maximum sentence is life and the charge carries a mandatory...

OTSEGO, N.Y. - Acting Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) James J. Hunt, Otsego County Sheriff Richard J. Devlin, Jr., and Oneonta Police Department Chief Dennis R. Nayor announce the arrest of three time convicted drug felon Wayne Collins, age 48, of Oneonta...

(WASHINGTON)-A Colombian man extradited to the Eastern District of Virginia pleaded guilty today for his involvement in the kidnapping and murder of Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent James Terry Watson in Bogotà, Colombia, on June 20, 2013. “Today’s guilty plea is an important step forward in holding those responsible for...

AUSTIN, Texas - In the Austin area today, September 4, 2014, federal and state authorities arrested 22 individuals, including ringleaders 54 year old Timothy John Bruner of Leander, Texas, and 23 year old Ryan Robert Rowland of Round Rock, Texas, in connection with a steroid distribution operation announced Drug Enforcement...

EL PASO, Texas - Twenty-three individuals have been arrested in El Paso for prescription fraud-related offenses, announced Special Agent in Charge Will R. Glaspy of the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) El Paso Field Division, Regional Commander Carey Matthews of the Texas Department of Public (DPS) and 34th Judicial District (DA) Jaime...

TULSA, Okla - The results of the September 2014 Federal Grand Jury were announced today by Danny C. Williams Sr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma. The following individuals have been charged with violations of United States law in indictments returned by the Grand Jury. The return...