It's a drug conspiracy for the modern age a three-man operation that manufactured cocaine, MDMA, Xanax and other drugs in a rented office in Massachusetts, sold the substances on the dark web using cryptocurrency, and mailed them to customers across the United States. .
Alante Pires, a 25-year-old Brockton man, faces consequences Friday in federal court in Boston for his role in a complex drug-trafficking operation. Judge Rhea W. Zobel ordered him to forfeit his 2013 Mercedes E sedan, serve 28 months in prison and serve three years of supervised release, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.