KC Reporter

A Kansas City man has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for his involvement in a fentanyl distribution conspiracy. Jose Amparan, 22, received the sentence from U.S. District Judge Roseann Ketchmark without the possibility of parole.

Amparan pleaded guilty on November 20, 2024, to charges of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and conspiracy to commit money laundering. He was identified as a supplier of fentanyl pills to co-defendant Tiger Draggoo. Evidence from text messages and Cash App records showed that Draggoo purchased at least 22,364 pills from various co-defendants, including Amparan.

Draggoo paid $34,363 through Cash App and an unspecified amount in cash for these transactions. Of this total, Amparan sold at least 3,000 pills over 15 separate transactions between December 10, 2022, and January 14, 2023. Amparan received approximately $4,835 via Cash App and additional cash payments for these sales. The duo attempted to disguise their financial transactions by labeling them as payments for "groceries," "reimbursement," and "car work."

On January 10, 2023, a confidential informant bought 500 counterfeit M30 pills containing fentanyl from Amparan and another individual for $1,750.

All defendants involved have pleaded guilty in this case except Tiger Draggoo, who is awaiting sentencing.

The case is being handled by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Brad K. Kavanaugh and Robert Smith. Investigations were conducted by several law enforcement agencies including the Jackson County Drug Task Force; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; Belton Police Department; Raymore Police Department; Cass County Sheriff's Department; and the FBI.