#"its4real" Dark Web Fentanyl Trafficker Pleads Guilty

A 36-year-old man from Indio, California, has pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute fentanyl and methamphetamine on the dark web.

#Case Overview

Devlin Hosner, along with his co-conspirator Holly Adams, 35, of Palm Desert, operated vendor accounts on dark web marketplaces, selling counterfeit oxycodone pills pressed with fentanyl and laundering the proceeds using cryptocurrency. Hosner and Adams used the vendor moniker "igogrraawwr" and "its4real" on various dark web marketplaces.

#Investigation Details

According to court documents, Hosner and Adams generated hundreds of thousands of dollars from their illicit activities between 2020 and 2022. Their operation involved selling fentanyl-laced pills on platforms such as ToRReZ, Dark0de, and World Market.

#Initial Search and Arrest

The case began in September 2021, when law enforcement officers executed a search warrant at Hosner and Adams' residence. During the search, Hosner attempted to impede the officers' entry, while Adams destroyed pills by pouring them into a chemical solution. Despite their initial arrest and release by state authorities, the pair resumed selling fentanyl on the dark web, unaware that they were under investigation by federal law enforcement agents.

#OPSEC Failures

During the investigation, several operational security (OPSEC) failures were discovered, including:

• Adams sent an undercover law enforcement officer the account number, routing number, and real name associated with her bank account.
• Adams sent pictures of counterfeit oxycodone pills in her hand to the undercover law enforcement officer.
• Adams' PGP key on ToRReZ Market included her email address, which was linked to her Gmail account.
• Adams had a user account on the adult website manyvids.com with the username "grraawwr76" and a profile image depicting Adams.
• Hosner had an Instagram account under the username "devlinhosner," which followed Adams' Instagram account "hollygrraawwr."
• Adams posted pictures of a dog on her Instagram account, which matched the dog in pictures uploaded to the igogrraawwr profile on ToRReZ Market.

#Charges and Transactions

In the course of their conspiracy, Hosner and Adams:

• Finalized over 1,100 transactions of narcotics and other contraband.
• Received more than $800,000 in cryptocurrency.
• Shipped these fentanyl pills to buyers throughout the United States, using USPS, UPS, and other means of delivery.

#Second Search and Arrest

In March 2022, federal agents executed a second search warrant at a hotel room in Riverside County, seizing:

• Nearly a kilogram of fentanyl-pressed oxycodone pills.
• 60 grams of methamphetamine.

Hosner and Adams were subsequently arrested on federal charges.

#Task Force and Operation

This case was investigated by the Northern California Illicit Digital Economy (NCIDE) Task Force, a multi-agency task force that targeted illicit dark web and cryptocurrency activity. The task force included agents from various federal agencies, including:

• Internal Revenue Service
• Homeland Security Investigations
• Drug Enforcement Administration

The arrests were part of Operation SpecTor, a coordinated international effort spanning three continents to disrupt fentanyl and opioid trafficking on the darknet. The operation resulted in:

• 288 arrests
• Seizure of over 117 firearms
• 850 kilograms of drugs, including 64 kilograms of fentanyl or fentanyl-laced narcotics
• $53.4 million in cash and virtual currencies

#Sentencing

Adams previously pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute fentanyl and laundering the proceeds. She was sentenced to 12 years in prison in June 2025.

Hosner is scheduled to be sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez on March 24, 2026. He faces:

• A mandatory minimum statutory penalty of 10 years in prison
• A maximum statutory penalty of life in prison
• A $1 million fine

The actual sentence will be determined by the court after consideration of applicable statutory factors and the federal Sentencing Guidelines.