George Pherai-Bogeajis, Methamphetamine & Fentanyl Dealing, Florida 2024

George Pherai-Bogeajis, a 35-year-old Orlando resident, has been sentenced to 19 years and 7 months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl and possessing firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking.

U.S. District Judge Paul G. Byron handed down the sentence, which also includes the forfeiture of four vehicles and four firearms used in the offense, along with $867,265 of drug proceeds.

Pherai-Bogeajis had entered a guilty plea on June 18, 2024, after a lengthy investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration, with assistance from the Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation, Homeland Security Investigations, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, the Ocoee Police Department, the Orlando Police Department, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office, and the Oviedo Police Department.

According to court documents, Pherai-Bogeajis was engaged in kilogram-level methamphetamine transactions for years. In March 2024, a co-conspirator was stopped after conducting a pickup from Pherai-Bogeajis’s residence and found to be carrying $149,785 of drug proceeds.

On April 9, 2024, the DEA executed a search warrant at Pherai-Bogeajis’s home and seized 48.9 kilograms of methamphetamine, more than 5,500 grams of MDMA, more than 2 kilograms of cocaine, 978 grams of fentanyl, hallucinogens, marijuana, oxycodone pills, four firearms, and $717,480 in cash.

Additional drugs and two vehicles containing “traps” to conceal drugs and proceeds for transport were located during a search of an address in Ocoee. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Dana E. Hill.

This case was part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) investigation, a multi-agency approach aimed at disrupting and dismantling high-level criminal organizations that threaten the United States.

Pherai-Bogeajis’s sentence is also part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together law enforcement and communities to reduce violent crime and gun violence, and make neighborhoods safer for everyone.

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