FCI-Berlin Inmate Sentenced to Five Months in Prison for Attempting to Obtain Controlled Drug

            CONCORD, N.H. -  Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today that Dieuny Pasius, 26, an inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution, Berlin, New Hampshire, was sentenced to five months in prison for attempting to obtain a controlled substance.

            Statements made during the court proceedings established that Pasius wrote a letter to an individual that contained a coded message concerning a scheme to sneak “Flakka” into the prison.  Flakka is a slang term for Alpha-PVP, an illegal synthetic cathinone drug.  Pasius’ letter instructed the intended recipient to obtain a quantity of Flakka, dilute the drug in a liquid, spread the liquid on sheets of paper, and let them dry.  The recipient was then supposed to write a letter to Pasius using the treated sheets of paper.  Pasius indicated that he could sell the drug soaked papers for $600 each in the prison.  A staff member at FCI-Berlin intercepted the letter before it could be sent out and decoded it.

            Pasius previously pleaded guilty on June 6, 2017.  His sentence for this offense will be added on to the sentence that he is already serving.

            The case was investigated by the staff of the Bureau of Prisons.  It was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Donald Feith.

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