JCODE Nabs Darknet Pill Sellers
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A federal grand jury in California indicted two men for their alleged roles in a darknet-based drug trafficking scheme that sold over 120,000 fentanyl pills and 20 pounds of methamphetamine to approximately 1400 customers in all 50 states. Two additional men, Rajiv Srinivasan and Michael Ta, pleaded guilty for their roles in the ring earlier this year, admitting that five deaths had been linked to their activities. The FBI’s Joint Criminal Opioid Darknet Enforcement Team (JCODE), which has arrested more than 300 darknet drug traffickers since 2018, led this investigation.
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