The federal repression against the Asian gang Boyz continues while the alleged high -ranking member is aimed at prison

Boston-a man from Lowell, accused of being a high-ranking member of the Asian Boyz, has been sentenced to just over 11 years in prison after a federal investigation discovered his participation in the alleged drug network of the street gang that He sold fentanil and falsified Adderall.

Federal prosecutors said that once their sentence is fulfilled, Sary Rath, 39, who moved to the United States from Cambodia at 2 years, faces possible deportation.

In a sentence memorandum, in which Rath’s defense requested a sentence under 10 years for Rath, lawyer Anthony Fuller said Rath is not a high -ranking member, “aged” of the life of the gangs, and only His wife and little daughter were eager to financially support.

In the memorandum detailing Rath’s tumultuous life, Fuller described his client as a “Cambodian refugee who fights in the activity of gangs in the city of Lowell.”

Rath’s name was between Nine Asian boys (ABZ) gang gangs that appear in an affidavit of 45 pages presented in a federal court in July 2023 by a special FBI agent. The paperwork documents an investigation of approximately two and a half years carried out by the Federal and Local Police, including the Lowell Police, which addressed Abz for alleged drug and firearms trafficking, as well as gang violence.

The prosecutors said that the members of ABZ benefited mainly from the sale of thousands of homemade addell pills containing methamphetamine. It is alleged that the ABZ team worked together to manufacture, supply and distribute the pills.

According to the United States Prosecutor’s Office, Leah Foley, on November 11, 2021, Rath was registered by selling more than 2,000 falsified pills for $ 4,000 to a witness cooperating with the researchers. The researchers said in the affidavit that the seized pills were pressed with methamphetamine and caffeine, and are almost identical to the genuine addell in shape, size, color and marks.

Less than a month later, Foley’s office said Rath negotiated a 500 grams fentanyl agreement with Abz Gang Associate and Coacusado Anel Reyes, of Lawrence. As part of the agreement, Rath was introduced to undercover agents who passed through experts from the music industry. Prosecutors said Rath used the “Money Affilied” brand, associated with ABZ, to publish music and sell clothes “that promoted his loyalty to the Asian Boyz.”

Undercover agents expressed interest in helping Rath to produce rap music and obtain wholesale amounts of cocaine and fentanyl. The prosecutors said on December 20, 2021, Rath coordinated a meeting in their music studio in Chelmsford between the undercover agent, Reyes and himself for the sale of 500 grams for $ 10,000. Reyes could only obtain approximately 400 grams of fentanyl, so the undercover agent paid $ 8,000. To organize the agreement, prosecutors said Rath received $ 800 from the revenue of the illegal sale.

A few weeks later, on January 14, 2022, prosecutors said Reyes made a second transaction with the same undercover agent, selling half a kilogram of fentanyl for $ 10,000.

In the sentence memorandum, Fuller said that Rath “assumes all the responsibility of his actions, which he laments deeply for numerous reasons,” including the impact on his family and the community.

Fuller continued to state that Rath faced challenges from birth, having been born in a United Nations refugee camp in Thailand after his parents fled the Khmer Rouge Cambodian genocide. He moved to North Carolina at the age of 2 and then Lowell about three years later.

When he was a child, Fuller said that Rath faced prejudices and bullying due to his ethnic group, he lacked a father figure and witnessed and endured domestic violence at home. Seeking to escape abuse and racism, Fuller said Rath looked for other Asian children, many of whom were also Cambodian refugees. This support system led to early exposure to drugs, alcohol, gangs and armed violence. Although Fuller does not specify when Rath joined Abz, the memorandum details his progression of mandating such as robbing bicycles to participate in more violent activities, such as hitting the rivals.

Rath, who found other legal problems in his life, began to distance himself from the life of gangs as he aged, a process that Fuller scored is common as people “age” of gang activities. In 2017, Rath married and now has a 2 -year -old daughter who suffers from chronic anemia and requires regular medical care.

At the time of crimes, Fuller declared that Rath’s main approach was in his musical career as a means to support his family. He pointed out that at the end of 2021, “without education, marketable skills or trade,” Rath was found in difficult financial circumstances. Presented with an apparent opportunity to boost his musical profile through alleged investors looking For the drugs they were looking for.

Rath declared himself guilty of a distribution and possession charge with the intention of distributing 500 grams and more of methamphetamine, and a position of distribution and possession with the intention of distributing 400 grams and more of fentanyl. In addition to the 135 -month prison period broadcast on Friday, Rath was sentenced to five years of supervised release.

Meanwhile, Reyes declared himself guilty of his role and is scheduled to be sentenced in a federal court on February 27.

Rath’s judgment follows the recent announcement of Foley’s office that another 32 -year -old ABZ member Erickson DaoDe Lowell declared himself guilty of his participation in the distribution network of counterfeit pills. Almost at the same time, federal prosecutors published the names of six additional local members recently involved in pills traffic.

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