Ross Landfried, aged 42, has been sentenced to 216 months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute a controlled substance and engaging in money laundering in 2017 and 2018 while serving a federal prison sentence for a previous drug trafficking conviction.
Landfried, formerly of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, was sentenced by United States District Judge J. Nicholas Ranjan. Judge Ranjan also ordered Landfried to serve six years of supervised release following his prison sentence, with the 216-month prison sentence to be served consecutively to his prior sentence.
Despite being incarcerated for a previous drug trafficking conviction, Landfried continued to engage in drug trafficking and money laundering. He led a scheme, involving several co-conspirators, to introduce large quantities of K2 paper saturated with powerful Schedule I synthetic cannabinoid controlled substances into prisons. This activity posed a danger to other inmates and corrections officers, leading to frequent lockdowns, overdoses, assaults, and volatile behavior. While awaiting trial following his indictment, Landfried was involved in multiple incidents of violence and weapon possession at local detention facilities.
Assistant United States Attorneys Rebecca L. Silinski and Craig W. Haller prosecuted the case on behalf of the United States.
The investigation was led by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Internal Revenue Service, the federal Bureau of Prisons, and the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, with participation from several other law enforcement agencies.
This prosecution is a result of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) investigation, which focuses on identifying, disrupting, and dismantling high-level drug traffickers, money launderers, gangs, and transnational criminal organizations that threaten communities throughout the United States. OCDETF uses a prosecutor-led, intelligence-driven, multi-agency approach that leverages the strengths of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies against criminal networks.
By FCCT Editorial Team
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