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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0LOS ANGELES\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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A Glendale man was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in federal prison for his involvement in “NoLove,” a darknet-based organization that trafficked methamphetamine and Ecstasy domestically and internationally, officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n

He also laundered the organization’s drug proceeds by converting bitcoin into U.S. dollars.<\/span><\/p>\n

U.S. District Judge Andr\u00e9 Birotte Jr. sentenced Arbi Setaghaian Sangbarani, 41.<\/span><\/p>\n

After a five-day trial in December 2023, a jury found Sangbarani guilty of one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and MDMA, commonly known as Ecstasy. <\/span><\/p>\n

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The jury also found Sangbarani guilty of one count of money laundering conspiracy and two counts of money laundering.<\/span><\/p>\n

From at least April 2019 to May 2020, Sangbarani was a member of a darknet drug trafficking organization that sold, packaged and mailed methamphetamine and MDMA to numerous customers in the United States and internationally. <\/span><\/p>\n

He conspired with several members of the darknet drug trafficking organization known as \u201cNoLove.\u201d NoLove operated for around a year and a half and shipped drugs internationally and across the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n

As part of the conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and MDMA, Sangbarani and his co-conspirators obtained the drugs from suppliers, stored them at a residence in the Sunland-Tujunga area of Los Angeles, and managed their sales on the dark web in exchange for virtual currency. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Photo by Colin Davis<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

They also packaged the drugs for distribution to customers who ordered them on the darknet.<\/span><\/p>\n

Once the packages were complete, Sangbarani and his co-conspirators mailed parcels containing meth and MDMA to customers who ordered the drugs on the dark web.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sangbarani also conspired to launder the illicit proceeds of the drug trafficking operation. One of Sangbarani\u2019s accomplices collected bitcoin as proceeds from the sale of drugs on the dark web. <\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"That co-conspirator then transferred a portion of those virtual currency proceeds to Sangbarani. Sangbarani exchanged the bitcoin into U.S. dollars, transferred the dollars to his bank account, and withdrew the proceeds as cash.<\/span><\/p>\n

This was the first time the government has introduced evidence involving cryptocurrency tracing for dark web markets in a jury trial in this district. In total, federal prosecutors have secured eight convictions in connection with this conspiracy.<\/span><\/p>\n

In February 2020, at the Sunland-Tujunga residence, law enforcement seized about 6,701 suspected MDMA pills and about 48.9 pounds of methamphetamine from a shed on the property.<\/span><\/p>\n

The FBI, Homeland Security Investigations, and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service investigated this matter.<\/span><\/p>\n

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Joseph S. Guzman and Alexandra M. Michael, both of the General Crimes Section, prosecuted this case.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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