ORLANDO, Fla. – A postal worker was sentenced to prison on Wednesday after a “fenta-pills” conspiracy was uncovered in Central Florida, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
In a release, DOJ officials said that two other people — Jayson Perez-Quinones, 48, and Jovan Rivera Rodriguez, 36 — had arranged to receive shipments of thousands of pills that were pressed to look like medicine.
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However, these pills actually contained fentanyl, colloquially referred to as “fenta-pills,” prosecutors announced.
At their home in Orlando, both Perez-Quinones and an Orlando woman packaged the pills into individual bags for street delivery, DOJ officials explained.
The bags were then given to mid-level distributors like postal worker Orlando Rosa Rodriguez, 59, who would give those pills to customers, the release reveals. This included the parking lot of his workplace at the U.S. Postal Service.
Per investigators, Orlando Rosa Rodriguez earned over $300,000 within the span of 20 months as part of the conspiracy, in addition to his USPS salary and VA disability benefits.
Those proceeds were then used to purchase the following sports cars, the release shows:
- Corvette (worth around $80,000)
- Porsche 911 Carrera Coup (worth around $92,000)
- Porsche 718 Cayman Coup (worth around $120,000)
After pleading guilty back in February, Orlando Rosa was sentenced to five years and 10 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and money laundering. He was also ordered to forfeit two vehicles.
Both Perez-Quinones and Rivera Rodriguez were sentenced to 15 years and 5 years in prison, respectively, for their roles in the conspiracy.