Four Sentenced for Conspiring with Annandale-Based Doctor to Illegally Distribute Oxycodone and other Controlled Substances

Those Sentenced Conspired to Distribute Pills, “Lean,” and Tussionex

 

ROANOKE, Va. – Four Maryland residents who conspired with Dr. Rotimi Iluyomade, an Annandale-based doctor convicted of distributing more than 7,000 oxycodone pills, 34,000 milliliters of hydrocodone-chlorpheniramine solution (also known as “Tussionex”), and 107,000 milliliters of promethazine-codeine solution (also known as “lean”) were sentenced today in federal court. 

Yared Michael Tesfaye, a.k.a. “Yar” 29, of Montgomery Village, Maryland, was sentenced today to 60 months in federal prison. 

Elhadj Malick Diallo, 32, of Silver Spring, Maryland, was sentenced to time served (approximately 13 months) in federal prison. Cameron Isaiah Lewis, 24, and Raymono Alfonzo Russell II, 25, both of Bowie, Maryland, were sentenced to 8 months and 10 months respectively. 

All four defendants previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute Schedule II controlled substances and to acquire promethazine-codeine solution by fraud.

“Any physician and anyone who conspires with a physician to facilitate the illegal distribution of drugs will be aggressively prosecuted in the Western District of Virginia,” First Assistant United States Attorney Robert N. Tracci said today. “I applaud the outstanding work of the FBI and the DEA in this case.”

“The defendants paid a doctor to issue fraudulent prescriptions for opioid medications and then trafficked those drugs to buyers across multiple states,” said Darren Cox, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI Washington Field Office. “We are grateful to our federal, state, and local partners for their help in ensuring these defendants are held accountable for profiting from the illegal distribution of controlled substances.”

“Patient care is a privilege.  Patient safety is a responsibility. When responsibility is betrayed through the unlawful prescribing of controlled substances, DEA and other law enforcement partners will act decisively and with one purpose: protecting American lives,” said DEA Special Agent in Charge Cindy Marx of the Washington Division. 

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