CHICAGO — Federal agents say a Buffalo, NY, man mailed thousands of counterfeit prescription pills to people across the United States, including an undercover Drug Enforcement Administration agent in Chicago. Some of the pills contained the extremely deadly chemical fentanyl, while others contained ketamine, and still others contained no controlled substances at all, according to a federal complaint.
Investigators obtained U.S. Postal Service security footage that showed Edwin Batista mailing dozens of Priority Mail packages at a time from post offices around Buffalo, the complaint said. Agents who raided Batista’s storage unit allegedly recovered an estimated 100,000 pills.
The complaint said DEA agents began focusing on Batista during an investigation of three online pharmacies that were suspected of selling controlled substances without prescriptions: HealthcareShopy, Acetaminophenbutalbital, and BuyFioricetNow…