Posted on 11/09/2022 1:40:08 PM PST by nickcarraway
Leader of drug organization pleads guilty to trafficking, money laundering conspiracy
FBI agents broke down how they used a PlayStation box to track down a drug stash in Novi that led to the seizure of enough fentanyl “to kill the entire population of Michigan.”
Officials said this case dates back to July 2017, when agents with the Drug Enforcement Agency turned to “creative investigative work” and traced a UPC code off of a Sony PlayStation box.
The box had been used by a drug organization to deliver heroin to a customer, according to authorities.
Officials tracked the code to a condominium in Novi, where the PlayStation system was active. During a raid of the condominium, officials said they discovered 30 kilograms of fentanyl and more than $500,000 in cash.
“More than 15 million deadly dosages of fentanyl were seized from this organization,” U.S. Attorney Dawn Ison said. “That is more than enough to kill the entire population of Michigan.”
Agents identified members of the organization who were traveling across the United States to deliver kilograms of drugs, transport bulk currency, or launder money, they said.
Multiple members of the organization were arrested, and the bust led to additional seizures at distribution hubs in Indianapolis and Baltimore.
“Fentanyl is now the leading cause of overdose deaths,” Ison said. “It is inherently dangerous and 50 times more potent than heroin. The number of lives saved by this seizure is infinite. Individuals who traffic deadly drugs in our community will be held accountable for the harm they inflict on our citizens.”
To date, 18 people have been charged in connection with the case, and 16 of them have pleaded guilty, according to authorities. The other two are scheduled to begin trial Nov. 16.
Leader pleads guilty Maurice Montain McCoy, Jr., 41, of Moreno Valley, California, was identified as the leader of the drug and money laundering operation.
Officials said McCoy “lived lavishly” off the money from the conspiracy, buying a Porsche Panamera, expensive jewelry, diamond and gold pendants, and a half-million-dollar home in the greater Los Angeles area.
McCoy previously served 10 years in federal prison for a drug conviction in California.
He pleaded guilty Thursday (Nov. 3) to drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracy charges. He faces a mandatory 15 years in prison and up to a life sentence, at maximum.
Sentencing is scheduled for March 16.
I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if it was smuggled across the southern border.
The blues band Canned Heat had new management who generously gave them new huge speakers and other equipment every few months. Turned out they were using the group unwittingly as drug mules for tens of thousands of dollars worth of narcotics hidden in traps in the new equipment.
Perhaps a s/n or MAC address?
You can reuse boxes of you are selling hand knitted hats on Etsy, but if you are selling millions of dollars of fentanyl then get a case of new boxes from Staples. Otherwise you look cheap.
“Perhaps a s/n or MAC address?”
Far more likely. The upc should be the same on all US PlayStations of the same config.
I am not sure how I feel about the gov’t recording the unique guids of all electronic equipment that is shipped.
P.S. the gov’t claims it has seized enough scary fentanyl to kill everyone in the USA multiple times, but it seems more people have died from covid shot complications... so strange
” that led to the seizure of enough fentanyl “to kill the entire population of Michigan.”
Ok, I’m listening.....
‘to Kill Entire Population of Michigan’
Is that for comparison or what they intend to do with it?
If you have something that could kill the entire population of a state that only weighs 30 kilos ( 66 lbs) then you should be prosecuted as a terrorist in possession of a WMD and upon conviction have your ass shipped to Guantanamo Bay for the rest of your life with the job of weeding the minefield.
They should be executed just for being drug dealers, no wiggle room.
Wow! I live in Novi!
Death penalty...first offense.
See Post #12
Correct. Either it’s that dangerous or it BS. Antidotal story. Went to college with a guy who was on a correctional facility rehabilitation scholarship of some sort (private or public idk). He was a convicted drug dealer and apparently at the wholesale side. Whenever there was a report of drug seizures with the typical “with a street value of …” he would always say “if they would tell me the street, I will go back into business”. Lol. The insanity / fear used to justify the police state used for the war on drugs.
Can anyone help me understand that if there’s so much Fentanyl floating around to “kill the world many times over”, and it’s so widespread it’s killing tens of thousands per year from OD, why isn’t everyone dead? There are allegedly dozens of otherwise innocent children that dies every day and hundreds more addicts accidentally OD. Wouldn’t we be seeing a bigger impact to our population?!? The math isn’t adding up for me. Please advise.
Population of US = 320,000,000
Fentanyl Deaths = 100,000
Total us current deaths per year from all causes 3,384,000
Total Us Births per year 3,369,000
Annual legal immigration 1,000,000 per year ( 10 times fentanyl death rate)
current annual Illegal immigration 2,000,000 per yr ( 20x fentanyl death rate)
So current deaths from all causes exceeds births by 15,000 so
it’s over 23,000 years before we would hit a zero population.
That’s without immigration, legal or illegal.
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