Jacob Blair, a 26-year-old from Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, has pleaded guilty to his involvement in a drug conspiracy that involved selling counterfeit narcotics on the Darknet marketplace Tor2Door. The announcement was made by several law enforcement officials including U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves of the District of Columbia and U.S. Attorney Eric G. Olshan of the Western District of Pennsylvania.
Blair admitted guilt in the U.S. District Court in Washington D.C., before Judge Amy Berman Jackson, to charges including conspiracy to distribute more than 400 grams of fentanyl and 50 grams of methamphetamine, as well as possessing a firearm related to drug trafficking offenses. He also pleaded guilty to distributing significant quantities of these drugs in a charge initially filed in Pennsylvania. Blair faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in prison.
The plea agreement detailed Blair's responsibility for distributing between 1.2 kilograms and less than 4 kilograms of fentanyl and at least 50 grams but less than 200 grams of methamphetamine. He used an interactive computer service for marketing these narcotics.
Court documents revealed that from August 2022 through February 2023, Blair and a co-defendant operated vendor accounts on multiple darknet marketplaces under aliases such as “YVS” and “YVendor Supplier.” They advertised their products as high-quality with emphasis on "quality, consistency, stealth, and speed," completing at least 459 sales.
Blair manufactured counterfeit Oxycodone, Adderall, and Xanax pills for sale using cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin or Monero for transactions. During this period, they shipped counterfeit pills containing fentanyl and metonitazene to the District of Columbia on several occasions.
A search conducted by law enforcement at Blair’s residence in February uncovered ten firearms, over 20,000 counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl, an industrial pill press machine, and mixing equipment.
The case was investigated by multiple agencies including the FBI’s Washington D.C. and Pittsburgh Field Offices, DEA, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Homeland Security Investigations with support from local police departments.
Prosecution is being handled by Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas Strong from the District of Columbia’s Violence Reduction and Trafficking Offenses section alongside Assistant U.S. Attorney DeMarr Moulton from Pennsylvania.