LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A Las Vegas couple will spend time in federal jail for his or her position in a “long-term sophisticated drug trafficking conspiracy” that distributed “pharmacy-grade” narcotic capsules nationwide, in response to a information launch from the U.S. Legal professional’s workplace within the District of Columbia.
Rushan Lavar Reed, 47, and Celeste Nicole Reed, 28, had been sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Courtroom to 51 months and 37 months respectively. The decide additionally ordered the couple to serve three years of supervised launch, following their jail sentence.
The 2, who glided by the alias “Double R” and “Calileone,” bought oxycodone, hydrocodone, and amphetamines in addition to different medicine throughout seven on-line darkish internet markets and used cryptocurrency to launder their cash so the drug trafficking could be arduous to hint, the information launch acknowledged.
The U.S. Legal professional’s workplace within the DIstrict of Columbia launched a picture of one of many darkish websites utilized by Rushan and Celeste Reed to promote medicine. (Credit score: U.S. Legal professional’s Workplace -District of Columbia)
“Operating on darknet made it possible for the Reeds to hide their identities, hide the location of their computers, and hide their illegal sales,” which had been performed throughout the U.S. and in Washington, D.C. the place they had been sentenced.
The Reeds had been arrested at their Las Vegas house on Oct. 11, 2023, after law enforcement officials discovered a number of capsules in prescription bottles, prescription bottles with the defendants’ names, packaging supplies, black Ziplock luggage, and various digital gadgets.
