2 Men Get Lengthy Prison Terms for Drug Trafficking, Fentanyl Deaths
Published on April 30, 2024
SANTA ANA, Calif.—A Westminster man and a Texas man were sentenced to lengthy federal prison terms April 29 for their part in a drug trafficking organization that peddled narcotics through the darknet and encrypted messaging apps. Michael Ta, 25, of Westminster was sentenced to 21 years and eight months in prison by U.S. District Judge David O. Carter, who handed down a punishment of 19 years and seven months to 37-year-old Rajiv Srinivasan of Houston. Mr. Ta pleaded guilty in August to a count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances. Mr. Srinivasan pleaded guilty in June to the same crime and to a count of distributing fentanyl resulting in death....