Goodbye Louis Vuitton bags, jet-setting
Accused fentanyl, heroin, cocaine dealer agrees to jail
A man accused of running an organization trafficking various opioids in Boston is looking at 11 years in jail and the surrender of, among other things, assorted Louis Vuitton items, two motorcycles and a large amount of cash, per the plea deal both sides have agreed to.
Mujab Mubarak — also known by his former name Anthony Taylor, as well as “Big Homie,” and, in a move that may please West Coast rap fans, “Easy” and “E” — plans on pleading guilty to two federal crimes: one count of conspiring to distribute and possess to distribute heroin and fentanyl, and one count of use and possession of a firearm in connection with a drug trafficking crime.
In plainer English, the feds summed it up in a previous filing as that he and others were “in the business of purchasing and distributing large quantities of fentanyl, heroin and cocaine.”
The feds say Mubarak, who they believe was living in Everett and Lowell, allegedly shot one of his two main drug-dealing associates over theft allegations.
Authorities allege cooperating witnesses made more than 20 drug buys from the organization, and court documents say much of it was in Boston.
The feds wrote that it appears Mubarak “launders his illegal proceeds from his drug trafficking activity through his extensive travel,” and “transports bulk cash derived from drug trafficking between locations.”
In his rental application, the feds say, he claimed he worked for a “Rapid Response Construction Support Service,” making $88,800, but when the feds staked both him and the Woburn officers of the company out, they never saw him go there or do anything related.
The 50-year-old Mubarak has what the feds characterize as an “extensive” criminal history going back to age 14, according to court documents, including drug offenses and assaulting a police officer.
“Despite extensive interactions with law enforcement, the defendant has been unable to conform his behavior to the requirements of the law,” Judge Gail Dein wrote earlier in the proceedings as she denied Mubarak release.
Per the plea deal, Mubarak’s lawyers and the federal prosecutors have settled on 132 months behind bars; that’s 11 years. It’s still up to a federal judge to set a sentence.
As part of the plea agreement, Mubarak agreed to forfeit $360,000 in cash, two Harley-Davidson motorcycles, a pickup truck and multiple luxury watches including two Rolexes and an Audemars Piguet. He also would agree to forfeit at least four Louis Vuitton bags and one pair of Louis Vuitton sunglasses.
Photos that the feds say show Mubarak in the middle of a recorded conversation about his drug-dealing organization show him donning what the G-men characterize as a “Louis Vuitton satchel.”
All that plus an assortment of guns and ammo and $365,000 cash given up get to a total forfeiture of $523,000, according to the documents.
Mubarak’s lawyer J. W. Carney — who’s had more than his fair share of highinterest defendants, including Whitey Bulger — told the Herald that his client was highly intelligent and unusually “knowledgeable about federal sentencing law.”
“The prosecutor, Philip Mallard, was masterful in using a carrot and a stick in reaching a plea agreement in this case,” Carney said about the assistant U.S. attorney on the matter. “My client was always focused on receiving a sentence that would allow him to return to his family.”