The US Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on two Indian nationals and an India-based online pharmacy for supplying counterfeit prescription pills laced with fentanyl and other illicit drugs to American customers.

As per a release by the US Department of the Treasury, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has named Sadiq Abbas Habib Sayyed and Khizar Mohammad Iqbal Shaikh for their role in distributing hundreds of thousands of fake medicines. OFAC has also sanctioned Shaikh’s company, KS International Traders, which operated as an online pharmacy.

Counterfeit pills sold as legitimate medicines

According to the release, Fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid, has been the biggest driver of the opioid crisis in the US. Overdose remains the leading cause of death among America

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