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US Fentanyl Vendor Gets Busted On Handwriting

US law enforcement authorities arrested a couple in Norwood, the United States, for selling fentanyl on the dark web.

The 30-year-old James Halpin and the 38-year-old Grace Bosworth were detained in the course of a multi-agency investigation on June 7. According to the court documents, the couple offered fentanyl to darknet customers, with a next-day shipping service, which they have charged $35.

Federal agents reported on June 12 that both of the defendants are waiting for their court appearances. Both Halpin and Bosworth are accused of smuggling, importing and distributing drugs. In late May, with the approval from the U.S. Attorney's Office in Cleveland, multiple law enforcement agencies started making undercover purchases from fentanyl vendors on darknet marketplaces. The current suspects were busted using the same law enforcement technique.

Court records show that the two defendants allegedly ordered narcotics from Canada. In addition, police claim that the duo acquired fentanyl from Chinese distributors. Halpin and Bosworth allegedly conducted the transactions on the internet and had the drugs shipped in the United States via the national postal service.

This investigation involved multiple agencies connected to the Border Enforcement Security Task Force, whose responsibilities involve conducting undercover purchases of drugs on the dark web to help identify fentanyl vendors operating in the United States. When the first package US law enforcement authorities ordered from the vendor duo arrived, the officers sent the drugs to further forensic examination to the Cuyahoga County Forensic Lab. Analysts reported that the substance consisted of a mix of fentanyl, carfentanil and other fentanyl analogs.

Fentanyl was reported as 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine and had caused numerous overdose-related deaths in multiple countries. Death from fentanyl overdose was declared a public health crisis in Canada in September 2015, and it continues to be a significant public health issue. In 2016, deaths from fatal fentanyl overdoses in British Columbia, Canada, averaged two persons per day. In addition, the death of musician Prince was reported to be a cause of accidental fentanyl overdose. The drug was among the many identified in counterfeit pills recovered from his home, especially some that were mislabeled as Watson 385, a combination of hydrocodone and paracetamol.

After the forensic examination, investigators were able to trace the package back to Newport. The postal inspector involved in the case uncovered that the location had been the source for approximately 40 packages, which contained fentanyl. According to the court documents, three Greater Cincinnati post offices were used to ship the drugs to customers located in the United States.

During the interviews with the suspects, agents learned that Halpin was the one who handled the packages. He had allegedly received numerous drug parcels and sent them routinely to customers.

Bosworth, who lives with Halpin in a house she owns, was identified by law enforcement authorities through her handwriting, court records stated. The handwriting on the packages matched that on her divorce papers.

On June 6, when a package from Montreal, Quebec, arrived at a Norwood post office with the address of the defendants, the contents were sent to the Hamilton County Coroner's Office for testing. Forensic experts reported that they found 5 grams of a mixture of fentanyl, carfentanil and other fentanyl analogs.

When Halpin came to the post office the next day to pick up the package and ship out others to the vendor duo's customers, investigators arrested him. At the time of his arrest, Halpin was found with "untested fentanyl" in a tobacco snuff can, according to the court documents.

Halpin admitted to police that he had shipped the packages, however, he claimed that Bosworth was the one who had packaged, bought and sold the drugs. Halpin told the investigators that, since March, they had been receiving weekly packages of drugs from Canada, and that each contained at least 2 grams of fentanyl. Halpin also claimed that Bosworth asked him to buy bitcoins, however, he didn't know it was for drugs.

During the search of two locations, federal agents found mailing receipts, drugs and packaging material, court records stated. At one of the locations, law enforcement authorities were able to arrest Bosworth. In her purse, investigators seized a substance believed to be fentanyl.

"The amount of drugs seized is enough to kill a football stadium full of people," Acting U.S. Attorney David A. Sierleja said in a statement.

According to the investigators, the duo was advertising 98 percent pure fentanyl on the dark web and had conducted 140 sales since last July.

"This case underscores that our state is being inundated with large amounts of deadly drugs. We will continue to aggressively prosecute drug traffickers while working to prevent the next generation of addicts," Sierleja said.

[clearnet] https://www.deepdotweb.com/2017/06/29/us-fentanyl-vendor-gets-busted-handwriting/


Comments


[29 Points] throwahooawayyfoe:

Time to play find the missing vendor - first person to figure out who this was wins!


[24 Points] None:

If your selling fentanyl on the darkweb. Your going to have a bad time.


[17 Points] Throwaway278983949:

You know...I'm all about free Enterprise, but as bad as I hate to say it.... should we care they're locking up fent dealers?

I mean honestly it's increasing the governments budget to fight an opioid epidemic, imo it's bad for business all the way around. It brings a lot of heat not only for fent dealers but for the entire populace of the dn.... weapons and cp is banned on markets, fentanyl is arguably a chemical weapon....so what happens when one of these crazy fucks decides to turn it into a large enough weapon to start killing by the thousands or hundreds of thousands possibly....

Nothing attracts le like death and wmds .


[8 Points] shennagigans:

inb4 its probably Decard Cain.


[7 Points] DooshNozzzle:

how distinctive is this lady's handwriting that they were able to match it to some divorce documents, damn. She didn't even bother disguising her handwriting SMH.

Low hanging fruit! Thank you!


[2 Points] deep_touch:

Yea, that's sounds like a cover for parallel construction.


[2 Points] ProspectiveVend:

You want to sell Fent? I don't agree with it but OK. I'd rather you not. But you want to take that fent and press pills with it, to dupe people into thinking they're oxys or other prescription pills? I hope they give you the electric chair. I've had not 1, not 2 but 3 close friends die because some fuckwits with TOR access bought fent and a pill press. Fortunately, in 2 of the cases, they were from the same dealer and they caught him and charged him with manslaughter, it was some pasty 20-something living in the suburbs. Now he's going to spend a good chunk of time behind bars. I honestly think they should get put on death row -- they know what they're doing and if they don't, ignorance of the law doesn't excuse you from it. They know the risks, and they must know the people they sell too, even if he tells them it's fentanyl will resell them and how can he be sure they'll properly advise their customers?

This fentanyl shit needs to get stopped asap, it's fucking up the business. They need to hang the Chinese suppliers .. In China they don't fuck around when it comes to drugs. You'll get the death penalty if caught with any significant amount. That is unless, of course, it's the state itself shipping all that fentanyl here to exacerbate the U.S drug problem (which wouldn't surprise me, China is a fucked up country. I lived there, it's hell on earth if you leave the touristy zones)


[2 Points] Throwawayyyy63638484:

If one market bans fent though another will just capitalize and allow the sale of fent on their platform. As much as I hate fent and the effects it has on society and people's lives it doesn't matter how many suppliers or dealers get busted. 5 more will be there to take their place. Cuz you can make a lot of money with it. This whole issue isn't about whether fent should be allowed or no the issue is the drug war and how it's changed the landscape of everything. Remember when you could get real oxys or real lean from the pharmacy? Well those days are over. But that doesn't mean people will stop trading in them it just means the price goes up or even worse people make fake drugs and pass them off as the real deal. If you could just go get oxys legally at your local pharmacy np then everything would be fine. But the drug war won't allow that. Government makes too much $$$ from locking people up. Especially the poor and disenfranchised.


[1 Points] None:

a multi-agency investigation!!! how the fuck are you supposed to compete against that? fentanyl is nothing but evil but damn, this kind of articles make me realize you have to be a cold minded, perfectionist vendor to stay safe.


[2 Points] None:

Good. Fuck fent vendors


[1 Points] jaks9000:

the couple offered fentanyl to darknet customers, with a next-day shipping service, which they have charged $35.

This is also a fuckup. It should be mandatory for everyone in this sub to read USPS guidelines on suspicious packages.

. The postal inspector involved in the case uncovered that the location had been the source for approximately 40 packages, which contained fentanyl.

holy shit, these idiots got away with it 40 fucking times before getting caught.

I'm glad they got busted, these assholes were probably selling pressed vent as oxys and killing people with hotspots.


[1 Points] Mouse159:

I almost ran into a serious issue because of a vendor doing this. Mailman wasn't sure if the number was an 8 or a 0. He said he thought it was an 8 but wanted to check with us first. It was a 0. He almost delivered it to a randoms house because of my vendors sloppy handwriting.


[-1 Points] None:

Paging /u/bapedrugsdnm


[0 Points] ice_cream4breakfast:

Idk, a lot of legitimate mail is hand written. I think it's an security issue for hand writing analysis reasons.