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Records: Wisconsin dealer gave key tips on synthetic drug operation
    #21731485 - 05/28/15 07:32 AM (8 years, 8 months ago)

http://www.jsonline.com/news/crime/records-wisconsin-dealer-gave-key-tips-on-synthetic-drug-operation-b99508520z1-305249861.html


Records: Wisconsin dealer gave key tips on synthetic drug operation




Brandon Erickson


Haijun Tian



An Appleton man convicted of selling synthetic marijuana provided federal authorities with key information that led to the arrest of a Chinese man believed to own one of the world's largest makers of illegal synthetic drugs, court records show.

Brandon Erickson never dealt with Haijun Tian — the Chinese man facing three felony counts in Milwaukee federal court for making and importing the illegal drugs. And it's likely that Erickson, a 30-year old married father of one, didn't even know Tian existed when he was interrogated by federal law enforcement in 2013. Nonetheless, court records show, information Erickson provided helped lead to the March arrest of the Chinese man authorities describes as a "multi-ton synthetic drug manufacturer."

Erickson "provided vital cooperation... that substantially assisted the government in its broader investigation into the distribution of synthetic drugs by (a) Texas based (company) and, ultimately into the manufacturing of synthetic drugs by (the Texas company's) supplier in China," prosecutors wrote in a sentencing memorandum earlier this year. The Texas company has not been charged and is identified only as "Company A."

One of Company A's principals led authorities to the Chinese manufacturer and helped lure Tian from China to Los Angeles, where he was arrested in March.

"The United States believes Mr. Tian, who owns a synthetic drug-manufacturing facility in China, to be one of the largest-scale manufacturers of synthetic drugs in the world," assistant U.S. attorneys Scott Campbell and Michael Chmelar wrote in their memorandum recommending that Erickson receive probation for selling the synthetic drug via the Internet.

Tian is being held without bail. He was arrested following an investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the IRS criminal investigation division and Homeland Security.

When he was brought to Milwaukee to face charges, U.S. District Judge J.P. Stadtmueller revoked his $50,000 bond and ordered Tian held without bail. Stadtmueller noted Tian is a Chinese national and the U.S. does not have an extradition agreement with China.

Authorities have struggled in recent years to keep up with the surge in synthetic marijuana that goes by the names K2 and Spice, among others. The drugs can be cheaply imported from China or India, often over the Internet, and then easily packaged under local brands.

Over the past five years, the DEA says it has identified between 200 and 300 new designer drugs from eight different structural classes, the vast majority of which are manufactured in China. The substances inside are powerful drugs that have been linked to violent behavior.

A small cog in the overall drug operation, Erickson was out of the illegal business when confronted by law enforcement and he quickly agreed to cooperate, his attorney Jeffrey Steinback said Wednesday.

"His debriefings were highly productive, free-flowing and collaborative, standing in sharp contrast with the hide-and-seek, tooth-pulling ventures into which such debriefings frequently devolve," Steinback wrote in his sentencing memo.

Erickson — who estimated he brought in up to $130,000 a month selling the synthetic marijuana over about a year — was sentenced in April to two years' probation by U.S. District Judge William C. Griesbach. He also paid $80,000, a sum that Steinback said represented his profit from the illicit business.

Tian is awaiting trial, although court documents filed this month note that Tian's lawyer and prosecutors expect to strike a plea deal. Tian's attorneys did not return calls for comment Wednesday.

This is not the first time, Wisconsin played a significant role in the federal investigations of synthetic drug sales. Three years ago, federal agents acting in part on tips out of Milwaukee conducted the first nationwide crackdown of the synthetic drug industry, arrested 90 people and seized more than 5 million packets of the drugs. There have been several more busts since then.


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Re: Records: Wisconsin dealer gave key tips on synthetic drug operation [Re: motaman]
    #21733072 - 05/28/15 03:57 PM (8 years, 8 months ago)

Though producing these drugs is a product of the drug war, these people can chomp on one for distributing these horrible chemicals.


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Re: Records: Wisconsin dealer gave key tips on synthetic drug operation [Re: motaman]
    #21741205 - 05/30/15 02:02 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

Fuck Brandon Erickson!

I bought some JWH-018 back in 2010 from his website www.JWH018USA.com. He accidentally sent me 10 grams and immediately demanded I return the product.

He harassed me and was able to find my personal contact information, blowing up my phone. I ended up reversing the process and threatening to contact his wife.

This shithead is nothing but a rat and a snake in the grass.


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