An illegal drug network spanning the United States, the Dominican Republic, and India has been exposed for packaging synthetic opioids into pills disguised as common prescription drugs. Federal prosecutors revealed that millions of these potentially deadly counterfeit pills were distributed through fake online drugstores.
Tragically, at least nine individuals lost their lives between August 2023 and June 2024 due to narcotics poisoning after consuming these counterfeit pills. The indictment unveiled in federal court in Manhattan outlined that the mastermind behind this operation, Francisco Alberto Lopez Reyes, orchestrated the scheme from the Dominican Republic.
