A pair of Bay State males have supplied responsible pleas in reference to what federal prosecutors describe as a conspiracy to fabricate and distribute counterfeit tablets containing fentanyl and different illicit substances.
In keeping with an announcement by U.S. Legal professional Leah Foley and Jarod Overlook, the Particular Agent in Cost of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New England Discipline Division, Elmidio Crisostomo, 30, of Lynnfield and David Depena, 32, of Lynn, have each pleaded responsible on a cost of “conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances.”
The pair have been initially indicted by a federal grand jury in November of 2023.
The U.S. Legal professional’s workplace stated in a Wednesday announcement that “Crisostomo and Depena used an apartment in Lynn to manufacture counterfeit pills containing fentanyl and other controlled substances.”
“The defendants then distributed thousands of these pills to customers in towns including Malden and Revere,” they stated.
The pair’s condo was searched in July of 2023 and investigators apparently discovered a “large hand-crank-style” capsule press and several other kilograms of already pressed tablets. Investigators additionally discovered massive portions of unpressed powder that contained fentanyl.
A cost of “conspiracy to distribute controlled substances” carries a most sentence of 20 years in jail with a minimum of three years of supervised launch, in addition to as much as $1 million in fines. Precise sentencing relies on a defendant’s previous felony historical past and the underlying statutes governing the case.
Crisostomo and Depena are scheduled to be sentenced on Dec. 10.
