He used the internet to commit crime.
A man from Boca Raton has been sentenced to 16 years in prison after he distributed narcotics from dark web markets, according to court records.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of Florida say Anton Peck, 29, went by the online name “Syntropy" between May 2021 and May 2022.
After the transactions were carried out on the dark web using cryptocurrency, Peck and co-conspirators Kevin Fusco and Vincent Banner mailed packages containing fentanyl, heroin, and methamphetamine to cities around the country using the United States Postal Service.
Law enforcement agents found quantities of fentanyl, cocaine, methamphetamine, and heroin from business and storage locations in West Palm Beach, Boca Raton, and New York City.
According to court records, the operation went like this: Peck, the leader of the operation, obtained bulk amounts of narcotics, advertised them using the online Syntropy vendor profile, orchestrated distribution, and collected customer payments. He had a list of more than 6,000 customers living in every part of the U.S.
Peck previously pled guilty to one count of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl, methamphetamine, and heroin and was charged with conspiring to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances.
But he's not the only one facing time.
Fusco, 34, was sentenced to 11 years in prison for conspiring to distribute fentanyl, heroin and methamphetamine.
Banner, 31, is scheduled to be sentenced on Feb. 10 after pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl, methamphetamine and heroin.