DOJ reaches $59M settlement with eBay over sales of thousands of pill presses

Does this point to a lack of commitment to our war on drugs? Normally in our legal system, anyone involved in a crime where someone is killed, even if they were just driving the get-a-way car.  The person driving the car is equally guilty of the murder created during the crime. Here is a corporation that is selling paraphilia to create tablets from illegal fentanyl and nearly 300/day of our citizens are killed from such illegal fentanyl tablets.  eBay doesn’t directly sell these products, they are just a conduit for some entity that is selling these paraphilia.  Most/all of these sales are being done using some sort of currency to finalize the transaction. I mentioned THREE LEVELS in causing these deaths, and all the DOJ goes after is the deepest pockets. Will those people who are selling and buying all these paraphilias, will just find new sources and continue killing our citizens?

DOJ reaches $59M settlement with eBay over sales of thousands of pill presses

https://abcnews.go.com/US/doj-reaches-59m-settlement-ebay-sales-thousands-pill/story?id=106834145

The Justice Department announced a $59 million settlement with eBay on Wednesday to resolve allegations that the e-commerce company made it easy for thousands of pill presses to be sold on its website that could be used by criminals to make illegal drugs.

The company has agreed to pay the steep financial penalty — the fourth largest settlement ever through the Controlled Substances Act – and implement a series of changes that will make it harder for the pill presses and other related items to be sold in the future.

The DOJ said it found that through a review of the company’s policies that it failed to require identity verification of purchasers of the pill processers, some of which had the capability of pressing thousands of pills per hour. Such machines are commonly used by drug dealers who manufacture counterfeit pills that can be laced with fentanyl, the DOJ said.

Seal of the Department of Justice before a news conference in Washington, D.C., Jan. 24, 2023.
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“Counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl are a significant contributor to the deadly overdose epidemic,” said Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta, chair of the Department of Justice’s Opioid Epidemic Civil Litigation Task Force. “The Department is committed to using all available enforcement measures to ensure that companies involved in selling the equipment that makes it possible to create these dangerous pills comply with the Controlled Substances Act.”

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In addition to the monetary settlement, eBay agreed to maintain and enhance its compliance program with respect to its prohibited and restricted items policy on the sales of pill presses, counterfeit molds, stamps and dies, and encapsulating machines, the department said.

In a statement, the company said it “expressly denies the DOJ’s allegations and the settlement does not include any admission of wrongdoing.”

The statement added, “eBay’s actions to remove products that could be used for counterfeit pills – including dies, molds and pill presses – prior to any request from the DOJ or other authorities, and years before the government turned its attention to these products, prevented tens of thousands of potentially problematic listings from appearing on our marketplace. Government officials have repeatedly commended eBay for our partnership with law enforcement and efforts to support investigations into illegal pill press usage.”

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  1. Jesus christ isn;t anythuing legal anymore,,I remember when ATF visited our home,,,Reall arrogant siob’s,,,Hubby was a fire arms dealers,,,boy did we have beautiful handgun/rifles,,antique watcxhes etc,,Anywho,,in order to have a fire arms dealer liscence,,u must have the proper size safe in the houes,,,At that time we were down by wilmot,where gander mtn wqas right around the corner,,,UI went out early for a ride on my horse,”Goldie,”’ just bought her,,,500.00$$$,,,dirt cheap for a pure tenesse walker,golden palomino,,,,,,I come in around 9 am,,,notice the f4ront d0oor p[roped open,and chips of wood from the bottum of the archway and the threshold of the door,,,I was like,,,what happen’d??He said ,,he got a new frig,,thee old one died,and sure enough there was a knew 200.00 &&& frig in the kitch,,,1989 now guys,,Soo i sit dwn in the l/r,,,but my feet up,,,on the ,”pitt’,” sofa,,and i noticed,right in front of me,,,this 6 fooit talklll brown,,,,browning safe ,,im looking rite at,,AND SAID WTF CRAIG,,,WHY???HE SAID ATF WAS VISITING TODAY SOO HE COIULD RENEW HIS FIRE ARMS DEALER LISCENCE AND THE REQUEST WE HAD TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF SAFE IN THE HOME TO PUT ALLLLL GUNS IN,,,WELL THAT 3,000$$$ BROWNING SAFE W/44 SLOTS/RACKS,,AND 2 SHELFS,,,DID ABSOLUTELY NOTHING,,TO SAVE 44 RIFLES,,MULTPLE ANTIQUE HAND GUNS FROM CRAIGS DAD,,pictures and old school writings
    when craig was in kinder-garden,,,,diamond necjkless from my ma,,she had made for her girls from her wedding ring after my dad died,,,big rock in the dose days,,,OUR WEDDING RINGS,,CASH,,PRECIOUS COINS,,AND THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENTATION ON OUR HOME UP here
    in ADAMS,,,WHEN IT BURNT TO THE GROUND,,,THE DIALS ARE PLASTIC,,,MELTED RITE OFF,,AND THE FREAKEN CARPET INSIDE THE SAFE,,,,CAUGHT FIRE,,,,AND BURNED EVERYTHING INSIDE,,,,CALLED BROWNING,,BY THIS TIME,,,BROWNING FOR SAFE MAKING ,,MOVED TO CHINA!!!!,,WELL OVER 100,000GRAND IN THAT SAFE,,,,GOT NOTHING FROM BROWNING!!!!!NOTTA,,,,,SOOO JUST A FYI
    FOLKS ALLL GUN SAFES ARE OBVIOUSLY RATED,,,NOT FOR COMPLETE FIRE PROOF,,,BUT THEE AMOUNG OF TIME THEY CAN WITHDTSAND IN 1500 DEGREES,,30 MINUTE,,60 MINUTES ETC,,,,,,,,OURS WAS RATED FOR 1500 DEGREES AT 50 MINUTES,,OURS DID NOT LAST,,,,IT TOOK THE IFIRE DEPT IN RURAL AMERICA A FREAKEN 1/2 HOUR TO GET OUT HERE,,THEN BECAUSE IT 7 DEGREES,,ON JANUARY 26TH,,2007,,,THE MF SAT IN THE TRUCKS WHEN THEY GOT COLD,,WE MUST OF HAD 4 FEET OF WATER IN OUR BASEMENT,,,,ANYWAYS REALLY DON’T WANT TO MUCH FURTHER INTO THIS,,,BUT ANY GUN OTHERS OR DEALERS,,,,ATF IN SA PAIN IN THE ASS,,,AND NOT FRIENDLY WHEN THE COME IN YOUR HOME,,HAD ANOTHER MEET W/ATF,,,,,,OVER A 275 CIGERATE MAKING MACHINE..ARUND 2006 ISH,,U USE TO BE ABLE TO BUY CARTON ON LINE FROM A PLACE CALLED SMOKE/SPIRITS,,,THEN OBAMA STOPPED THAT,,TOOO CHEAP,,U COULD BY A CARTON FOR 10 BYCKS,,,,,OLD TIME PRICES .HERE COME ATF,,,SERACHING THE WEBTO EST UP SOMEONE,,,,,ATF WENT INTO THE SOMKE SHOPS SEIZED THE BIGGER 5L,000$$$ CIGERATERE MAKING,,TOOK EM RITE OUTTA OF THE STORES,,,NEVER REFUND THEE OWNER FOR MONEY THEY JUST LOST DUE TO ATF STEALIN THE MACHINES;MK,,,OUR KNOCK ON THE DOOR WAS EARLY,,SAY 8 AM,,,THEY SAY A RECEIPT FROM EBAY/PAYPAL,,,IM SORRY WHO GAVE U THE UN-REASONABLE RITE TO STEAL MY MACHINE???CIGERATE MAKING MACHINES ARE NOW ILLEGAL,,,,AND THEY TOOK OUR 300.00$$$$$ MACHINE!!!ASS-HOLES,,,NEVER PAID US BACK,,,OUR GOVERNMENT IS TRULY ABUSING THEIR POWER,LAW CFR 42-1395,,AND SOOO FAR GEWTTING AWAY W/.IT

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