United States v. Osseiran

MEMORANDUM

YOUNG, District Judge.

After an extensive undercover investigation, government authorities set up a “reverse sting” operation involving Ali Osseir-an. Acting in accordance with a plan agreed to by Osseiran, government agents met Osseiran’s courier, one Michael Haloui, at Logan Airport, matched separate halves of a torn dollar bill, and then turned over to Haloui containers of what purported to be illicit drugs but what were, in fact, actually flour. Once Haloui had walked a short distance carrying the “drugs,” he was arrested. Meanwhile, in downtown Boston, Osseiran was paying for…