(WASHINGTON DC) Jacob Blair, 26, of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty on Wednesday for his role in a drug conspiracy that sold a wide variety of counterfeit narcotics, including large amounts of fentanyl, on the online site Tor2Door, a Darknet marketplace.
According to the plea agreement, Blair was responsible for distributing more than 1.2 kilograms but less than 4 kilograms of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl, and at least 50 grams but less than 200 grams of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine. He also admitted to mass-marketing the narcotics by means of an interactive computer service.
The plea was announced by U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves of the District of Columbia; U.S. Attorney Eric G. Olshan of the Western District of Pennsylvania; Acting Special Agent in Charge David Geist of the FBI Washington Field Office Criminal and Cyber Division, Special Agent in Charge Kevin P. Rojek of the FBI Pittsburgh Field Office; Special Agent in Charge Jarod Forget of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Washington Division; Inspector in Charge Damon E. Wood of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service Washington Division; and Acting Special Agent in Charge KaiWah Chan of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Washington, D.C.