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Brian Parker
Conspiracy to distribute and distribution of controlled-substance analogues
- Defendant
- Brian Parker
- Reddit role
- user
- Charge
- Conspiracy to distribute and distribution of controlled-substance analogues
- Jurisdiction
- U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
- Date
- 2018-03-28
Summary
Brian Parker ran two internet vendor operations, UnbeatableChems and RC Powders, that sold synthetic opioids and designer drugs for cryptocurrency. He used a Reddit account to conduct customer service and openly discuss his operation, including posts about shipping and inventory that investigators monitored. He admitted distributing the synthetic opioid U-47700 to a customer who fatally overdosed, and pleaded guilty to analogue-distribution counts in the District of New Jersey.