Overview
- The Pennsylvania attorney general announced Tuesday that 14 people were indicted on charges including racketeering, drug delivery, conspiracy, and evidence-tampering in a case tied to two Penn State fraternities.
- Prosecutors identify Agostino Abbatiello and Thomas Robinson as the alleged ringleaders who sourced kilogram-level cocaine shipments from New York and Philadelphia and distributed them to students on campus.
- Court documents allege the group used Venmo, Cash App and Snapchat to arrange sales and payments, citing traceable transactions including an alleged roughly $30,000 Cash App transfer to an alleged organizer.
- Authorities say pledges and fraternity members were enlisted to cut, package and move cocaine as part of an alleged indoctrination practice, and one defendant was arrested in December 2024 after controlled buys and informant tips.
- Agostino Abbatiello surrendered on Aug. 18 and was ordered held without bail; a prominent Pittsburgh lawyer, Paul Robinson, faces felony counts for allegedly concealing evidence while Penn State has suspended Delta Upsilon and opened student-conduct reviews.