Devlin Hosner, a 36-year-old resident of Indio, has pleaded guilty to charges related to the distribution of fentanyl and methamphetamine. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Eric Grant.
Court documents indicate that between 2020 and 2022, Hosner and his co-conspirator Holly Adams, 35, from Palm Desert, managed vendor accounts on dark web marketplaces ToRReZ and Dark0de. They sold counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl and laundered their profits through cryptocurrency mixers and wallets.
In September 2021, law enforcement executed a search warrant at the residence shared by Hosner and Adams. During the operation, Hosner tried to block officers’ entry while Adams attempted to destroy pills using chemicals. Both were arrested but later released by state authorities. Despite this, they continued selling fentanyl online while under federal investigation.
A second search in March 2022 at a Riverside County hotel room where the pair was staying led to the seizure of nearly one kilogram of fentanyl-pressed oxycodone pills and 60 grams of methamphetamine. Federal agents arrested both individuals on federal charges at that time.
The case resulted from an investigation conducted by the Northern California Illicit Digital Economy (NCIDE) Task Force—a collaborative effort among agencies such as Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation, Homeland Security Investigations, FBI, United States Postal Inspection Service, United States Postal Service Office of Inspector General, and Drug Enforcement Administration. The NCIDE Task Force targeted illegal activity involving dark web markets and cryptocurrencies in California’s Eastern District.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Sam Stefanki is prosecuting the case.
Adams previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and money laundering charges; she was sentenced in June 2025 to twelve years in prison.
Hosner is set for sentencing before Senior U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez on March 24, 2026. He faces a mandatory minimum sentence of ten years in prison with a maximum possible penalty of life imprisonment plus a $1 million fine; however, final sentencing will be determined by the court based on statutory factors and federal Sentencing Guidelines.
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