Jessica D. Aber, U.S. Attorney | U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia
A Fredericksburg man has been sentenced to a decade in prison for his involvement in distributing fentanyl-laced counterfeit oxycodone pills. Khalil Elijah Williams, 25, was found guilty of obtaining and redistributing thousands of these pills across Virginia.
Court documents reveal that Williams acquired the counterfeit pills from suppliers outside the state. The pills were marked "M30" to mimic legitimate oxycodone but contained fentanyl instead. Among his associates was Alhagi Gassim Conteh, 30, from Alexandria.
The operation involved receiving shipments of fake pills from Arizona and other states. In August 2024, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) intercepted a package intended for Williams in Woodbridge, containing about a kilogram of counterfeit pills. Another shipment seized that month included roughly 10,000 counterfeit pills with a gross weight of 1,077.28 grams.
Between March and August 2024, Williams sold approximately 910.51 net grams of these pills to Conteh and others in law enforcement-monitored transactions. One such transaction on July 1, 2024, saw Williams selling 2,500 fentanyl pills in Fredericksburg.
Conteh was apprehended on April 12, 2024, pleaded guilty by July 16 to conspiracy and distribution charges involving fentanyl, and received a similar ten-year sentence on October 22.
On August 14, law enforcement arrested Williams during an operation that also led to the seizure of two handguns and ammunition from his home.
U.S. Attorney Erik S. Siebert and DEA Special Agent Ibrar A. Mian announced the sentencing following proceedings by U.S. District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Kristin S. Starr and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Christopher M. Carter with support from the Washington/Baltimore High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force.
Further details can be accessed through the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia or via PACER under Case No. 1:24-cr-236.
