Raif Wadie Iskander, 53, is one of three O.C. residents facing charges related to distributing oxycodone for nonmedical purposes, the U.S. attorney’s office said.
Wyatt Pasek, 22, who authorities said joined two co-defendants in obtaining fentanyl online from China and creating phony oxycodone pills at a lab in Newport Beach, has been sentenced to 17½ years in federal prison.
Iskander also allegedly wrote fraudulent oxycodone prescriptions for two co-defendants — Adam Anton Roggero, 36, of Costa Mesa and Johnny Gilbert “M.J.” Alvarez, 39, of Santa Ana — in exchange for cash, the U.S. attorney’s office said. Roggero and Alvarez then sold the opiods on the street, including to an undercover officer, the indictment alleges. the U.S. Attorney’s office said.Advertisement
Iskander also faces two counts of intentionally distributing oxycodone without a medical purpose. Roggero also has been charged with two felony drug distribution counts. And Alvarez faces felony counts of illegally distributing methamphetamine, fentanyl and oxycodone, according to the U.S. attorney’s office.
If convicted as charged, Iskander and Roggero would face statutory maximum sentences of 60 years in prison; and Alvarez would face a statutory maximum sentence of life in prison and a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years, prosecutors said.
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