Terry Allen, a 57-year-old resident of Rosedale, Maryland, has been sentenced to six years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and money laundering. The sentence was handed down by U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander.
The announcement was made by Kelly O. Hayes, U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland, along with officials from the FBI’s Baltimore Field Office, the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Washington Division, Health and Human Services-Office of the Inspector General Philadelphia Regional Office, and the Baltimore County Police Department.
According to Allen’s guilty plea, she led a drug trafficking organization (DTO) that distributed thousands of diverted oxycodone pills throughout the Baltimore area between 2022 and 2023. The investigation began when the FBI discovered payments totaling more than $270,000 from a target under investigation to Allen. Further inquiries revealed that Allen supplied this individual with prescription drugs obtained through fraudulent means.
Allen’s DTO operated by recruiting pseudo-patients—individuals who visited “pill-mill” clinics using fake pain complaints to obtain prescriptions for Schedule II controlled substances such as oxycodone. These pseudo-patients would then provide their prescriptions to DTO members in exchange for cash or drugs.
In early 2023, law enforcement intercepted phone calls and text messages among DTO members that showed Allen distributing large quantities of oxycodone acquired through her network of pseudo-patients. Intercepted communications also detailed how Allen worked closely with another supplier known as Co-Conspirator 1 to manage these individuals and coordinate activities such as transferring patients between clinics and arranging urine screenings.
A financial review indicated that from 2017 to 2023, Allen received and spent over $2 million connected to drug transactions facilitated via peer-to-peer payment applications like Zelle and Cash App.
In May 2023, authorities executed more than 30 search warrants related to the case. At Allen’s residence in Rosedale, agents found nearly $40,000 in cash; records documenting drug sales; annotated calendars tracking medical appointments for pseudo-patients; significant quantities of oxycodone pills; suboxone strips; Adderall pills; two firearms; and other evidence linked to drug trafficking operations.
Despite being released on home detention after her initial arrest, law enforcement discovered that Allen continued distributing oxycodone while awaiting trial. A subsequent search in September uncovered additional prescription bottles containing hundreds of oxycodone pills at her home.
Records from Maryland’s Prescription Drug Monitoring Program revealed that members of the conspiracy illegally redistributed at least 3,000 kilograms worth of converted drug weight in oxycodone during their operation.
Prosecutors stated that through her activities, Allen sold approximately 4,454 pills containing 30 milligrams of oxycodone at $45 each; about 12,835 pills containing 20 milligrams at $30 each; roughly 6,749 pills containing 15 milligrams at $20 each; and around 770 Adderall pills at $20 apiece—generating an estimated total revenue of $735,860 from pill sales alone. She also used proceeds from these activities toward mortgage payments on her Rosedale property.
At sentencing, the court imposed a forfeiture money judgment equal to her illicit earnings and ordered forfeiture of her house in Rosedale as part of restitution efforts.
This prosecution is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) initiative designed to identify and dismantle major criminal organizations threatening communities across the United States through coordinated multi-agency investigations (https://www.justice.gov/ocdetf).
U.S. Attorney Hayes recognized contributions from federal agencies including the FBI and DEA as well as local partners for their work on this case. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Calvin C. Miner and Ari D. Evans prosecuted the matter.
