PROVIDENCE — This is an official press release from the U.S. Department of Justice (Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)), published as received.
PROVIDENCE – A Providence man has been sentenced to nearly six years in federal prison for selling fentanyl-laced counterfeit pills, announced Acting United States Attorney Sara Miron Bloom.
Michael Sellers, 40, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Mary S. McElroy to 70 months of incarceration to be followed by five years of supervised release. Sellers pleaded guilty in March to two counts of distribution of fentanyl.
At the time of his guilty plea, Sellers admitted that on at least two occasions he sold more than 1,000 counterfeit fentanyl-laced pills to an individual. Sellers admitted that on November 16, 2023, he provided the individual with 1,027 fentanyl-laced counterfeit pills in exchange for $2,500 in cash. On November 24, 2023, he provided the same person with 1,024 fentanyl-laced counterfeit pills in exchange for $2,500. Unbeknownst to Sellers, both transactions were monitored by the FBI and the pills were quickly seized.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Peter I. Roklan and Stacey A. Erickson.
The matter was investigated by the FBI.
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