By Tiffany Williams –
Nestiano Kristo, 22, of Worcester, Massachusetts was sentenced Thursday to 12 years in prison and five years of supervised release. Kristo was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Margaret R. Guzman in Worcester, Massachusetts.
On March 17, 2023, Kristo pleaded guilty to three counts of distribution of 50 grams or more of methamphetamine; one count of possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and 500 grams or more of cocaine; and one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
On May 10, 2021, Kristo provided approximately 1,000 counterfeit Adderall pills containing methamphetamine to the undercover law enforcement officer, as well as providing cocaine to advertise what else he could supply.
On May 18, 2021, Kristo arranged to sell 2,000 pills containing methamphetamine to the same undercover law enforcement officer. He sent an associate to deliver the pills while he waited in a nearby car.
On June 2, he again provided over 1100 pills containing methamphetamine to the undercover officer.
During a search of Kristo’s home in June 2021, over 50,000 counterfeit Adderall pills, over $140,000 in cash, cocaine, counterfeit Xanax, fentanyl, as well as three firearms – one of which was modified into a fully automatic weapon was seized.