https://foxbaltimore.com/news/local/rosedale-woman-sentenced-in-drug-distribution-money-laundering-plot
A Baltimore County woman was sentenced to federal prison for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and money laundering, officials said.
Terry Allen, 57, of Rosedale, was sentenced to six years in federal prison after pleading guilty to the charges against her.
According to Allen's guilty plea, the FBI discovered - in the midst of a separate investigation in 2022 - that Allen received a payment of over $270,000 from the initial investigation's target.
Agents later discovered that Allen was supplying the target with prescription drugs.
Because of this, the FBI (in partnership with the DEA) identified Allen as the leader of a Baltimore-region drug trafficking organization (DTO) that "flooded the Baltimore community with thousands of diverted oxycodone pills" from 2022 to 2023.
The DTO used a "vast network of pseudo-patients" to receive the pills in exchange for cash or other pills in return.
According to records obtained during the investigation, the DTO illegally redistributed at least 3,000 kilograms of converted drug weight worth of oxycodone.
On phone calls intercepted by law enforcement, Allen was heard openly discussing the "large quantity of drugs she possessed for redistribution." Those calls also featured Allen discussing inventory and collaboration efforts with at least one co-conspirator.
In addition, a review of Allen's bank records during the course of the investigation revealed she received and spent over $2 million between 2017 and 2023, with transactions traced through applications like Zelle and CashApp.
Search warrants were obtained in May 2023 for over 30 residences, vehicles, and persons involved in the investigation. Allen's Rosedale residence was searched on May 31. During that search, Allen agreed to speak with law enforcement officials, at which time she admitted to participating in the controlled substance distribution scheme.
Agents found roughly $39,380, drug ledgers, a calendar of medical appointments for pseudo-patients, suboxone strips, multiple different controlled substances, and two firearms during the search of Allen's residence. The money and firearms were connected to Allen's drug trafficking activities.
Allen was arrested, but later released on home detention following her bail hearing.
In August 2023, law enforcement learned that Allen was distributing oxycodone while on home detention. During a search on September 13, authorities found additional prescription bottles for pseudo-patients in Allen's home.
Through the conspiracy, Allen sold roughly 4,454 30 milligram pills of oxycodone for $45 per pill, 12,835 20mg pills for $30 per pill, 6,749 15mg pills for $20 per pill, 770 30mg pills of Adderall for $20 per pill.
Allen not only used her Rosedale residence as a base to distribute drugs, but also used proceeds from the drug trafficking to pay her mortgage on the property.
Allen's sentencing included the forfeiture of that property as well as a $735,860 forfeiture judgement.
