Overview
- OFAC named Sadiq Abbas Habib Sayyed and Khizar Mohammad Iqbal Shaikh and designated Shaikh’s KS International Traders, also known as KS Pharmacy.
- The action blocks all U.S.-controlled property, bars U.S. persons from transactions with the targets, and carries potential civil or criminal penalties for violations.
- Officials say the pair worked with traffickers in the Dominican Republic and the United States, using encrypted messaging to sell pills marketed as legitimate medicines but filled with fentanyl, a fentanyl analogue, and methamphetamine.
- Both men were indicted by a federal grand jury in the Southern District of New York in September 2024, and OFAC says Shaikh continued operating KS International Traders after that indictment.
- The move was coordinated with DOJ, DEA, HSI, IRS–Criminal Investigations, and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, and highlights the growing role of India-based online suppliers in feeding U.S. demand and precursor supply chains.