A South Bay man is expected to be sentenced Monday for selling fentanyl-laced counterfeit oxycodone pills to a drug dealer whose customer later died from an overdose.

Marcus Poydras, 36, of Redondo Beach pleaded guilty in May in federal court in downtown Los Angeles to one count of distribution of fentanyl resulting in death, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Poydras admitted having distributed pills that he claimed contained oxycodone, but which contained fentanyl. On Jan. 22, 2020, Poydras sold nearly 90 of the pills to a dealer, who then sold 20 of the pills to the victim for $340 in the parking lot of a mall in Marina del Rey, according to the plea agreement.

The victim later consumed some of the pills, which resulted in the fatal overdose.

Poydras further admitted in his pl

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