The Treasury under Secretary Scott Bessent sanctioned two Indians on Wednesday for selling counterfeit drugs online to Americans. FIle Photo by Francis Chung/UPI | License Photo
Sept. 25 (UPI) -- The United States has blacklisted two Indian nationals accused of operating online pharmacies selling illegal, counterfeit drugs to unsuspecting Americans.
The Treasury sanctioned Abbas Habib Sayyed, 39, and Khizar Mohammad Iqbal Shaikh, 34, as well as Shaikh's KS International Traders online pharmacy on Wednesday for their alleged role in supplying hundreds of thousands of counterfeit prescription pills filled with fentanyl, fentanyl analogs and methamphetamine in the United States.
"Too many families have been torn apart by fentanyl," John Hurley, under secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence at the Treasury, said in a statement.
"Today, we are acting to hold accountable those who profit from this poison."
