{"id":54623,"date":"2023-11-07T16:29:58","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T00:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=54623"},"modified":"2023-11-07T16:35:51","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T00:35:51","slug":"federal-grand-jury-indicts-two-for-allegedly-selling-fentanyl-and-other-drugs-in-50-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=54623","title":{"rendered":"Federal Grand Jury Indicts Two For Allegedly Selling Fentanyl and Other Drugs in 50 States Using the Darknet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"yiv4938828470MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<strong>LOS ANGELES<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4938828470MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1073 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/criminal_justice_jurisprudence-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"299\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/criminal_justice_jurisprudence-2.jpg 299w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/criminal_justice_jurisprudence-2-120x76.jpg 120w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/criminal_justice_jurisprudence-2-265x168.jpg 265w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/criminal_justice_jurisprudence-2-284x180.jpg 284w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/criminal_justice_jurisprudence-2-274x173.jpg 274w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/>A federal grand jury has indicted two men who allegedly supplied fentanyl-laced pills and methamphetamine to a drug trafficking organization that used the darknet and encrypted messaging applications to sell narcotics, officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4938828470MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\">The drugs were sold to thousands of customers in all 50 states across the country, the Justice Department announced Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4938828470MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\">The two-count indictment returned on October 25 charges Omar Navia, 38, of South Los Angeles, and Adan Ruiz, 27, of Garden Grove, with one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with the intent to distribute fentanyl and methamphetamine. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4938828470MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\">Ruiz is also charged with one count of distribution of fentanyl.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4938828470MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\">Navia and Ruiz were arrested on November 2 and arraigned that same day in federal court in Los Angeles. Both defendants pleaded not guilty, and a December 26 trial date was scheduled for them. Navia and Ruiz were ordered jailed without bond.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4938828470MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1499 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/U.S.-Justice-Dept-e1394578665196-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/U.S.-Justice-Dept-e1394578665196-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/U.S.-Justice-Dept-e1394578665196.jpg 417w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>According to the indictment, Navia and Ruiz conspired with Rajiv Srinivasan, 38, of Houston, and Michael Ta, 25, of Westminster, who were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-cdca\/pr\/federal-grand-jury-indicts-2-charges-selling-fentanyl-other-narcotics-through-darknet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">indicted last year<\/a>\u00a0by a federal grand jury and pleaded guilty this year to similar charges. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4938828470MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\">Srinivasan also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-cdca\/pr\/12-new-federal-cases-filed-law-enforcement-continues-vigorous-response-deadly-fentanyl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">pleaded guilty<\/a> to the distribution of fentanyl, resulting in death. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4938828470MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\">In their plea agreements, co-conspirators Srinivasan and Ta admitted that their drug trafficking activities caused the death of three individuals and that they sold fentanyl-laced pills to two others who died of drug overdoses soon thereafter. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4938828470MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\">Srinivasan and Ta await sentencing next year before United States District Judge David O. Carter in Santa Ana.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4938828470MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1537 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/LADYJUSTICE.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"274\" height=\"240\" \/>As alleged in the indictment, co-conspirator Srinivasan advertised and accepted orders for counterfeit M30 oxycodone pills containing fentanyl and other narcotics through the vendor account \u201credlight labs\u201d on multiple darknet marketplaces. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4938828470MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\">Navia and Ruiz allegedly communicated with co-conspirator Srinivasan regarding drug orders, including through encrypted messaging applications such as \u201cSession\u201d and \u201cSignal,\u201d as well as direct Instagram messages. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4938828470MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\">Navia and Ruiz then delivered controlled substances to Ta for mailing to customers who had ordered those drugs from Srinivasan, according to the indictment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4938828470MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\">Navia and Ruiz allegedly were paid by Srinivasan for their roles as drug suppliers for the organization, officials stated. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4938828470MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\">This included cryptocurrency, a currency that had been routed through cryptocurrency exchanges, and mobile payment applications, including Apple Cash, CashApp, PayPal, Venmo, and Zelle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4938828470MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6328 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/FBI-Logo-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/FBI-Logo-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/FBI-Logo-45x35.jpg 45w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/FBI-Logo.jpg 534w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The indictment alleges that co-conspirators Srinivasan and Ta maintained a shared electronic document that detailed about 3,800 drug transactions to approximately 1,400 unique customers in all 50 states across the country. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4938828470MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\">That database documented sales between May 2022 and November 2022 totaling approximately 123,688 fentanyl pills, approximately 20 pounds of methamphetamine, and smaller amounts of fentanyl powder, black tar heroin, and cocaine, according to the indictment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4938828470MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\"> Defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4938828470MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 If convicted of the criminal charges,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4938828470MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\">The statutory maximum sentence for the conspiracy charge alleged in the indictment is life in federal prison.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4938828470MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\">The statutory maximum sentence for the distribution of fentanyl is 20 years in federal prison.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4938828470MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\">The FBI is investigating this matter.<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" name=\"_Hlk122078169\"><\/a><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4938828470MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Assistant U.S. Attorney Gregg E. Marmaro of the International Narcotics, Money Laundering, and Racketeering Section is prosecuting this case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4938828470MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0LOS ANGELES A federal grand jury has indicted two men who allegedly supplied fentanyl-laced pills and methamphetamine to a drug trafficking organization that used the darknet and encrypted messaging applications to sell&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":54624,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-u-s-department-of-justice"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - 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