After a series of failed entrepreneurial pursuits, a California woman created what a Drug Enforcement Administration special agent called a “Door Dash-style” drug delivery service in the Bay Area.
Natalie Marie Gonzalez sold a variety of substances to students and “young professionals” in Silicon Valley, encouraging customers ordering off her digital menu to buy in bulk, according to court documents. She operated her service, called “The Shop,” over Signal , an encrypted messaging platform, prosecutors said.
Now, Gonzalez is going to prison over her business, which involved others hired as delivery drivers and a puppy used to make drug transactions appear more “casual,” according to prosecutors…