Penn State frat bro busted in alleged cocaine trafficking ring thanks to obvious slip up

A Penn State frat bro charged in a cocaine trafficking ring was busted after authorities were tipped off that he was allegedly accepting Venmo payments for drugs under his own name. Authorities were told by a confidential informant that “a male, using the nickname ‘T-Rob’ is selling large amounts of cocaine from the De

Agostino Abbatiello, 24, is also being called ‘Austin Powders,’ ‘Nostrildamus’ and ‘Kirk Cocaine’ on social media. He’s among 14 people charged over an alleged drugs ring at the prestigious college

Provincial police say they’ve disrupted a major drug trafficking operation with connections to Walpole Island and Chatham-Kent.

Court complaints reveal Agostino Abbatiello's alleged drug ring used Cash App and Snapchat to facilitate cocaine sales across Penn State fraternities.

Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday said the leader of a cocaine-trafficking ring involving fourteen Penn State University students and two student fraternities surrendered to authorities on Tuesday, Aug. 18.

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The police said questioning the four led investigators to Saleem. He allegedly brought the drugs from Bengaluru to Coimbatore in a car. He then planned to transport them to Keralam in another car using carriers. The police have seized both vehicles

Agostino Abbatiello is charged with multiple counts of cocaine possession with intent to deliver and conspiracy.

Nigerian authorities have arrested a social media personality they say was a senior figure in an international cocaine trafficking operation following the seizure of 184.5kg of the drug in Lagos.

[This Day] The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has broken up an international cocaine trafficking ring that used Nigeria as a transit point for shipments bound for the United Kingdom, other parts of Europe, and Asia, arresting the syndicate's Nigerian ringleader as he tried to leave the country.

Agostino Abbatiello, 24, surrendered along with two others on Tuesday after an alleged drug ring running through fraternities at Penn State University was uncovered.

Agostino Abbatiello has been accused of leading a cocaine trafficking operation tied to Penn State fraternities.

Agostino Abbatiello, 24, allegedly made regular trips to New York and Philadelphia with another defendant to buy large quantities of cocaine.

The drug ring reportedly operated in 2023 and 2024, using fraternity pledges to cut and package cocaine. The drugs were distributed through Penn State students.

The alleged ringleader of a drug-trafficking ring operating via two Penn State University fraternities surrendered to authorities Tuesday.

Delta Upsilon and Sigma Chi were off campus, with Delta Upsilon placed on interim probation More than a dozen Penn State University students ran a cocaine-trafficking ring that cut and packaged the potent drug mainly at two fraternity houses, authorities said on Monday. The Pennsylvania attorney general, Dave Sunday, a

More than a dozen fraternity brothers have been arrested for their roles in a drug-trafficking ring that involved members of two Penn State University fraternities. Thirteen fraternity brothers from Sigma Chi and Delta Upsilon — four of whom are still students at the university — and one father are facing a slew of cha

Over a dozen former and current Penn State University students face charges of felony corrupt organizations, conspiracy and other offenses.

More than a dozen current and former Penn State University students, along with one of their parents, have been charged in a major cocaine trafficking ring. Prosecutors allege two off-campus fraternities appeared to be the hubs for the operation. Meg Oliver reports.

Thirteen current and former students at Penn State University are charged in connection with an off-campus cocaine ring. Authorities allege senior members of Delta Upsilon and Sigma Chi ran the operation inside their fraternities between 2023 and 2024. Officials say the suspects used new pledges to cut and package the

13 students and a dad have been slapped with charges as police say they have uncovered a cocaine trafficking operation run out of two university fraternity houses

August 17, 2026 7:25 PM ET Fourteen people ran a cocaine operation out of two Penn State fraternity houses, supplying the drug to fellow students for roughly two years, Pennsylvania prosecutors alleged Monday.Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday announced the charges alongside the State College Police Department,