Worcester Business Owner Indicted for Fentanyl Distribution and Money Laundering

BOSTON – A Worcester business owner was arrested Monday and charged in connection with using more than $1 million in profits from drug sales to purchase and renovate nine properties in Worcester County, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

In U.S. District Court, Kevin A. Perry, 43, of Worcester, was indicted on nine counts of money laundering, three counts of aggravated cash structuring, one count of making a false statement on a loan application and one count of distribution of fentanyl.

Perry was held without bail pending a detention hearing following his arraignment before U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge David H. Hennessy.

According to the indictment, Perry was convicted in January of 2005 in federal court in Massachusetts of conspiracy to manufacture and distribute MDMA, commonly referred to as Ecstasy. Despite filing an affidavit claiming he owned nothing that would satisfy the court’s forfeiture order, Perry allegedly confided to someone he knows that he successfully concealed “millions of dollars” in profits from his illegal drug operation from the government.

Officials allege that after his release from prison in 2008, Perry allegedly returned to manufacturing and/or distributing controlled substances, including anabolic steroids, cocaine and fentanyl.

It is alleged that from April 2012 to October 2016, Perry used more than $1 million in drug-sale proceeds to purchase and renovate nine properties in Worcester County.

Perry also allegedly used the proceeds from his drug sales to purchase more than 230 money orders totaling over $150,000 from the United States Postal Service and Western Union to make structured cash payments on real estate loans and to finance his August 2015 wedding, officials allege.