The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed sanctions on two Indian nationals, Sadiq Abbas Habib Sayyed and Khizar Mohammad Iqbal Shaikh, for their involvement in supplying significant amounts of counterfeit prescription pills filled with fentanyl and other illicit drugs to victims across America.

Along with these two persons, the body has also identified an India-based online pharmacy for its role in these criminal operations, a release said.

Both Sayyed and Shaikh have used encrypted messaging platforms to run their illegal business and sell their product to the victims. The offenders were previously indicted in September 2024 on narcotics-related charges by a federal grand jury sitting in the Southern District of New York. Also Read | U

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