Jamal D. Holdman, Conspiring to Distribute Pharmaceutical Drugs, Nebraska 2021
OMAHA, NE - A California man has been sentenced to 65 months in prison for conspiring to distribute pharmaceutical controlled substances and possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.
According to court documents, Jamal D. Holdman, 27, of Desert Hot Springs, California, was sentenced on not specified in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, for conspiring to distribute pharmaceutical controlled substances and for possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.
Holdman was arrested on June 21, 2021, after investigators from the United States Postal Inspection Service and the Drug Enforcement Administration discovered his online dark net marketplace activity on Empire Market, where he sold pharmaceutical controlled substances, including Oxycodone and Hydrocodone.
Over the course of the investigation, investigators made a series of controlled buys of pharmaceutical controlled substances from Holdman on the dark net using an undercover identity. The parcels containing the drugs were mailed from California to an undercover address in Omaha, Nebraska.
On June 21, 2021, investigators served a warrant to search Holdman’s residence in Desert Hot Springs, where they seized approximately 21,000 pills, including a significant number of pharmaceutical controlled substances, such as Oxycodone, Hydrocodone, Morphine Sulfate, Hydromorphone, Tapentadol, Methadone, and Tramadol, as well as several amphetamines and benzodiazepines. They also seized 420 pressed “M30” pills, which were later confirmed to contain Fentanyl, a Schedule II controlled substance.
Holdman told investigators that he packaged and shipped the controlled substances and named Nicolas Decosta as the supplier of the drugs and dark net site vendor. Investigators corroborated this information and arrested Decosta, who will be sentenced on June 1, 2023.
Holdman will serve a 5-year term of supervised release upon his release from prison. There is no parole in the federal system.
This case was investigated by the United States Postal Inspection Service and the Drug Enforcement Administration.
Mandatory Facts:
Defendant/Respondent: Jamal D. Holdman
Criminal Charges: Conspiring to distribute pharmaceutical controlled substances and possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking
City and State: Desert Hot Springs, California/Omaha, Nebraska
Exact Date: not specified/June 21, 2021
Sentence or Outcome: 65 months in prison, 5-year term of supervised release
Dollar Amounts: None
Key Facts
- State: Nebraska
- Category: Drug Trafficking
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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