A Fredericksburg man has been sentenced to a decade in prison for his involvement in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl-laced counterfeit oxycodone pills. Khalil Elijah Williams, 25, received the sentence following his role in obtaining and redistributing these pills within Virginia.
Court documents reveal that Williams sourced the counterfeit oxycodone pills from out-of-state suppliers. These pills were marked with "M30" to mimic legitimate oxycodone but contained fentanyl instead. Williams distributed these pills to co-conspirators, including Alhagi Gassim Conteh, 30, of Alexandria.
The U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) intercepted packages containing thousands of these counterfeit pills shipped from Arizona and other states intended for Williams. In August 2024, USPIS seized a parcel in Phoenix destined for Woodbridge containing about a kilogram of fake pills. Another shipment intercepted that month weighed approximately 1,077.28 grams and contained around 10,000 counterfeit pills.
Between March and August 2024, law enforcement arranged transactions where Williams sold about 910.51 net grams of counterfeit pills to Conteh and others. On July 1, 2024, he sold 2,500 fentanyl-laced pills at a Fredericksburg location.
Conteh was arrested on April 12, 2024, pleaded guilty on July 16 to charges of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and distribution of fentanyl, and was sentenced on October 22 to ten years in prison.
On August 14, law enforcement operations led to the arrest of Williams and the seizure of two handguns and ammunition from his residence.
The announcement came from Erik S. Siebert, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia; Ibrar A. Mian, Special Agent in Charge for the DEA’s Washington Division; after sentencing by U.S. District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Kristin S. Starr and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Christopher M. Carter prosecuted the case with assistance from the Washington/Baltimore High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force.
Further details can be found on the websites of both the U.S Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia and the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia or via PACER by searching Case No. 1:24-cr-236.