A federal jury indicted two men on 19 counts relating to their alleged use of a dark web marketplace to sell fentanyl-laced pills, heroin, meth, and cocaine nationwide, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California announced Friday.
Rajiv Srinivasan, 37, of Houston, Texas and Michael Ta, 24, of Westminster have been charged “in a conspiracy to distribute and to possess with the intent to distribute fentanyl and methamphetamine,” and also charged on “various counts alleging the distribution and possession with the intent to distribute both drugs,” according to the USAO-CDCA.
The two men’s alleged scheme relied on the use of a dark web marketplace, Dark0de, to advertise and sell their wares.