Drug dealer Billy Ortega sentenced in overdose deaths of 3 New York professionals on same day
Billy Ortega provided the drugs that caused the March 2021 fentanyl overdose deaths of Amanda Scher, Ross Mtangi and Julia Ghahramani.
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Billy Ortega provided the drugs that caused the March 2021 fentanyl overdose deaths of Amanda Scher, Ross Mtangi and Julia Ghahramani.
Southern District of New YorkBilly Ortega, the man responsible for the fentanyl-overdose deaths of three young professionals in New York City, was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Wednesday. The sentencing came two-and-a-half years after the March 2021 incident where a trio of New Yorkers texted a service for cocaine but was instead hand-delivered a fatal dose of fentanyl. The trio didn’t know each other personally, The Wall Street Journal reported in 2022, but they all had Ortega as their sup
Billy Ortega, 37, ran a drug delivery service from his mother’s Manhattan apartment, coordinating deliveries by texting couriers and customers.
Billy Ortega intentionally mixed fentanyl with cocaine and sold it to five people. Three died.
May justice be served in her name.