Man Who Manufactured and Trafficked Kilos of Fentanyl Pills Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison

BOSTON – A man from the Dominican Republic, who resides in the Boston area, was sentenced yesterday for running a wide-ranging fentanyl trafficking conspiracy that trafficked multiple kilograms of counterfeit pills, including pills that contained fentanyl, through the mail.

Quenty Ogando, 45, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Angel Kelley to 144 months in prison and five years of supervised release. In October 2023, Ogando pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl. 

Between September 2022 and November 2022, Ogando ran a large-scale pill press operation that manufactured, sold and mailed counterfeit pills, including pills containing fentanyl, among other drugs. Many of the packages were seized and found to contain counterfeit fentanyl pills. In total, nearly two kilograms of counterfeit fentanyl pills were seized from packages over the course of the investigation. 

In November 2022, a search of Ogando’s apartment revealed over 20 kilograms of pills in various colors, over 20 kilograms of loose powder, numerous packages and mailing labels and three industrial grade pill presses. In total, over 11 kilograms of fentanyl was recovered from the apartment as well as amounts of heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine. 

Acting United States Attorney Joshua S. Levy; Michael J. Krol, Special Agent in Charge for Homeland Security Investigations in New England; and Ketty Larco-Ward, Inspector in Charge of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service’s Boston Division made the announcement today. The Boston Police Department; Massachusetts State Police; United States Customs and Border Protection; Drug Enforcement Administration; and U.S. Food and Drug Administration provided valuable assistance. Assistant U.S. Attorneys J. Mackenzie Duane and Jennifer Zacks of the Narcotics & Money Laundering Unit prosecuted the case.