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Yahoo
23-04-2025
- Yahoo
Brooklyn man admits to running East Hampton ‘cocaine delivery service': DA
A Brooklyn man has admitted to running a 'cocaine delivery service' in East Hampton, officials announced Tuesday. Michael Khodorkovskiy, 44, pleaded guilty to criminal sale of a controlled substance for selling cocaine with attempt to distribute in Suffolk County, according to District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney. 'Our East End is not a dumping ground for dangerous narcotics from New York City,' Tierney said in a news release, adding that Khodorkovskiy's admission demonstrates his office's commitment to 'disrupting the flow of dangerous narcotics anywhere into Suffolk County.' According to prosecutors, undercover police officers managed to infiltrate the defendant's network by posing as customers. Between July 2023 and August 2024, Khodorkovskiy sold 'high quantities' of cocaine to an undercover investigator near his home in Brooklyn, believing the drug was going to be sold in Suffolk County. During the investigation, Khodorkovskiy also sold cocaine to a different undercover police officer in East Hampton, thinking the drug was going to be redistributed both in the upscale summer resort and the neighboring hamlet of Montauk. Overall, Khodorkovskiy and a co-conspirator, 39-year-old Alexander Dyatchin, of East Hampton, sold 'significant quantities of cocaine' to investigators multiple times, including four instances in which two ounces of cocaine were sold. Both men were arrested on Aug. 2, 2024. At the time, Khodorkovskiy was found with a kilo and a quarter (approximately 2.2 pounds) of cocaine and an undisclosed amount of MDMA, which police found in a hidden compartment in his Mercedes-Benz known as a 'trap.' During the execution of a search warrant at the defendant's home in Brooklyn, investigators also recovered $38,550 in cash and 39 gold coins with an estimated value of $100,000. Additionally, nearly $400,000 was seized from bank accounts linked to him, officials said. On Monday, Khodorkovskiy pleaded guilty in Suffolk County Criminal Court to one count of criminal sale of a controlled substance. a felony that carries a prison sentence of up to 10 years. He is due back in court on May 29. Dyatchin's case remains pending.
New York Post
22-04-2025
- New York Post
Hamptons limo driver used Mercedes in drug ‘delivery service' for posh clients at yacht club, ‘Rodeo Drive of Long Island': prosecutors
A New York limo driver admitted Monday he ran a Brooklyn-to-Montauk drug 'delivery service' — selling high-priced cocaine out of a sleek Mercedes to posh clients at spots including a yacht club. Michael Khodorkovskiy, 44, copped to one drug dealing charge in a Riverhead, New York courtroom as part of a plea deal with prosecutors that is expected to net him 10 years behind bars at his May 29 sentencing. Khodorkovskiy was busted in August, alongside Alexandr Dyatchin, on 47 drug-related charges for a year-long scheme to sell high-end coke at inflated prices around the Hamptons, at spots like the Montauk Yacht Club, Rosie's eatery, and most frequently on Newtown Lane in East Hampton — regarded as the Rodeo Drive of the vacation-home set. 4 Michael Khodorkovskiy pleaded guilty to a drug charge Monday for running a high-end cocaine delivery service out of his Mercedes Benz. Newsday Both men — who worked as private rideshare and Uber drivers — conducted the illicit transactions out of their Mercedes cars which were retro-fitted with 'traps.' or hidden compartments to hide the drugs, prosecutors claimed. They not only dealt coke — which they sold for triple the street price — but also party drug MDMA and pills, prosecutors alleged. They were caught after selling large quantities of cocaine to undercover cops — including four sales where the officers bought two ounces or more from the pair, prosecutors said. The men have been held on $2 million since their arrests. Khodorkovskiy — a Ukraine-born US citizen — was cuffed on Aug. 2, alongside Dyatchin, 39, who allegedly came up with the ritzy cocaine delivery service scheme. During the bust, law enforcement discovered over three pounds of the white powdery narcotic and pills stashed in drug traps inside his Benz S500, officials said at the time. They also found nearly $39,000 in cash, and 39 gold coins worth $100,000, prosecutors said. 4 Khodorkovskiy made deals with well-healed clients inside his Mercedes Benz S500 on various spots in the Hamptons. Suffolk County District Attorney's Office Dyatchin's East Hampton rental home was filled with 589 grams of coke divided into packages, 269 grams of MDMA, and close to $20,000 in cash. His Mercedes had another 50 envelopes of cocaine stashed in traps, officials said. 4 Khodorkovskiy hid drugs inside his luxury car in 'traps.' Suffolk County District Attorney's Office 4 Khodorkovskiy is slated to receive 10 years behind bars at his sentencing next month. Suffolk County District Attorney's Office While a baggie of less than a gram of coke would go for $50 on the street, the duo was selling the same amount for $150 a pop, prosecutors claimed. Outside court, Khodorkovskiy's lawyer, Matthew Myers, said his client worked hard his whole life and fell on hard times during the pandemic running his limo business. He racked up $100,000 in debt and lost all the other vehicles that he'd purchased for the company, finally turning to drug dealing, Myers said. 'Khodorkovskiy was asked many times to provide wealthy Manhattan partiers narcotics,' Myers said, noting his client rejected the request until turning to dealing out of desperation. Dyatchin is due in court Wednesday. He's not a citizen and has outstayed his visa and could face deportation if convicted.
