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 tablets nationwide, in response to a information launch from the U.S. Lawyer’s workplace within the District of Columbia.
Rushan Lavar Reed, 47, and Celeste Nicole Reed, 28, had been sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court docket to 51 months and 37 months respectively. The choose 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 can be onerous to hint, the information launch acknowledged.
The U.S. Lawyer’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. Lawyer’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 residence on Oct. 11, 2023, after law enforcement officials discovered a number of tablets in prescription bottles, prescription bottles with the defendants’ names, packaging supplies, black Ziplock luggage, and various digital units.
