The executive director of a northern California authorities union is implicated of unlawfully importing opioids, according to a federal criminal grievance submitted Monday.
Joanne Segovia, who headed the San Jose Police Officers’ Association, utilized her house and workplace computersystem to order deliveries of thousands of illegal tablets from suppliers in India and China, districtattorneys stated. She got deliveries at her house and in at least one circumstances sentbymail a bundle thought to include tablets to another part of the nation, according to the problem.
Segovia is thought to have imported a number of opioid tablets because 2015 from abroad providers, according to the grievance, consistingof:
- Zolpidem (commonly recognized as Ambien)
- Tramadol (an opioid)
- Tapentadol (an opioid)
- Valeryl fentanyl (an opioid)
- Oxycodone hydrochloride (an opioid)
Investigation unfolded last year
Federal representatives were led to Segovia late last year throughout an examination into a San Francisco Bay Area drug trafficking network that imported opioids from India.
Agents took a suspect trafficker’s phone and discovered secured messages from early September 2022 that determined “J Segovia” and her house address in San Jose as an evident recipient of tablets, court records program.
During the examination, international plans sentout to Segovia were consistently took and examined by Customs and Border Protection authorities. Between July 2019 and January of this year, authorities took 5 deliveries including thousands of zolpidem, tramadol and tapentadol tablets, according to the problem. Records likewise revealed an variety of older global deliveries of various products such as “Wedding Party Favors,” “Shirts Tops,” “Gift Makeup,” which privateinvestigators think included narcotics.
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Segovia hadactually imported drugs giventhat 2015 up till earlier this month, even after federal representatives had finished an preliminary interview with her on Feb.1 as part of the investigation, the problem stated.
Investigators stated Segovia lied to representatives, mentioning she understood absolutelynothing of the secured messages or why her info was discovered in a thought trafficker’s phone. They stated Segovia likewise attempted in a subsequent interview to frame a housemaid who she stated impersonated her on WhatsApp, an secured messaging service, and made the orders
Earlier this month, privateinvestigators got gainaccessto to Segovia’s WhatsApp talks, and discovered a discussion start in January 2020 with an India-based number in which she talkedabout tablet deliveries and payment as late as March 8.
Some messages referral Segovia’s task working with law enforcement, districtattorneys stated.
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