Maryland Man Sentenced For Distributing Heroin On Dark Web

GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A antheral has been sentenced to 7 years successful national situation for advertizing and distributing heroin connected the acheronian web, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office successful Maryland.

In summation to the situation sentence, Russell Ramseur, 44, of Largo was fixed 5 years of supervised merchandise connected Tuesday, for conspiracy to administer and person with intent to administer astatine slightest 1 kilogram of heroin and for possession with intent to administer heroin.

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Ramseur was a registered vendor connected a darknet marketplace wherever helium advertised the merchantability of heroin to the wide public, according to a plea agreement. He accepted orders and received payments from customers successful Bitcoin, according to a quality release.

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Ramseur and his co-conspirators shipped heroin from Capitol Heights, Maryland, to customers passim the country, prosecutors said. During the investigation, instrumentality enforcement intercepted oregon received by message astatine slightest 9 packages containing heroin.

It’s believed Ramseur and his co-conspirators distributed betwixt 1 and 3 kilograms of heroin done the darknet marketplace, the quality merchandise said.

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In December 2015, instrumentality enforcement executing a hunt warrant astatine the location of 1 of Ramseur’s associates successful Greenbelt seized $13,000 successful currency from a safe, which Ramseur admitted was from his heroin distribution.

CBS Baltimore Staff