Man Selling Counterfeit Pills Containing Fentanyl on Social Media Receives 21-Year Sentence

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Jayden Isaiah Stephon Gill, 22, of Hagerstown, Maryland, was sentenced today to 260 months in prison for selling fentanyl-laced pills online, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew L. Harvey.

Officers in Frederick, Maryland, responded to a suspected overdose of two juvenile females and located blue pills imprinted to mimic Oxycodone prescription medication. The pills were analyzed and were found to contain fentanyl. The investigation led to Gill who traveled from Martinsburg, West Virginia to Frederick, Maryland, to sell the pills which the females believed to be Percocet and ordered from Gill's social media accounts. Gill, along with others, operated a sophisticated drug trafficking business in the tristate area. Gill utilized Telegram, Instagram, Snapchat, Signal, and Linktree to mass market fentanyl disguised as Oxycodone, along with other drugs. Orders could be placed online through these platforms, and Gill and his associates would travel to distribute the orders.

Investigators searched Gill's home and seized more than 20 grams of fentanyl, nearly 4 pounds of methamphetamine, 146 grams of cocaine, two firearms, and nearly $50,000 in cash.

"Americans are too often being killed by counterfeit pills that contain fentanyl," said U.S. Attorney Matthew L. Harvey. "We will not allow dealers to prey upon our youth by selling these dangerous drugs on social media. If you try to make a quick dollar this way, you will face severe consequences."

Christion Sayyid Gill, 27, also of Hagerstown, pled guilty to his role in the scheme in January 2026. He will be sentenced in August 2026. A third defendant, Jamil Nicholas Gardner, 33, of Baltimore, Maryland, has also been charged and will stand trial after his release from custody in Maryland. Gardner is presumed innocent until proven guilty.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Kyle Kane prosecuted the case on behalf of the United States.

Investigative agencies include the United States Postal Inspection Service; Homeland Security Investigations; the Brunswick Police Department, Maryland; Frederick City Police, Maryland; Maryland State Police; Hagerstown Police Department, Maryland; the Washington County Sheriff's Office, Maryland; and the Frederick County Sheriff's Office, Maryland.

Fentanyl has been designated by President Donald Trump as a weapon of mass destruction due to its extreme lethality which poses a grave threat to public safety, even in trace amounts. This case is part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime, and repel the invasion of illegal immigration.

U.S. District Judge Gina M. Groh presided.