BALTIMORE, MD—A Rosedale woman has pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and money laundering, admitting to trafficking thousands of oxycodone pills, and laundering millions of dollars, federal authorities announced Wednesday.
Terry Allen, 57, entered her plea in U.S. District Court in Baltimore. According to her plea agreement, Allen led a drug trafficking organization (DTO) that distributed thousands of diverted oxycodone pills in the Baltimore area from 2022 to 2023.
The organization allegedly used a network of “pseudo-patients” to obtain prescriptions for oxycodone from “pill-mill” clinics. These individuals would receive cash or pills in exchange for their prescriptions, which Allen then redistributed. Law enforcement, through intercepted phone calls and text messages, uncovered Allen’s extensive involvement in distributing large quantities of the drug.
The investigation also revealed Allen’s money laundering activities. Bank records showed she received and spent more than $2 million between 2017 and 2023, with drug transactions traced through peer-to-peer applications like Zelle and Cash App.
In May 2023, agents executed search warrants, including at Allen’s Rosedale residence. There, they found approximately $39,380 in cash, drug ledgers, oxycodone, suboxone, Adderall pills, and two firearms. Allen admitted to using pseudo-patients to acquire oxycodone for redistribution.
Authorities said that even after being released on home detention following her arrest, Allen continued to distribute oxycodone. A subsequent search of her home in September 2023 yielded more oxycodone pills.
Investigators determined that the conspiracy illegally redistributed at least 3,000 kilograms of converted drug weight worth of oxycodone. Allen personally sold approximately 4,454 30-milligram oxycodone pills for $45 each, 12,835 20-milligram oxycodone pills for $30 each, 6,749 15-milligram oxycodone pills for $20 each, and 770 30-milligram Adderall pills for $20 each, generating an estimated $735,860. She also used drug proceeds to pay her mortgage.
Allen faces a maximum sentence of 40 years in prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for the conspiracy and money laundering charges. Sentencing is scheduled for Aug. 26.
The case is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) investigation, involving the FBI, DEA, Health and Human Services-Office of the Inspector General (HHS-OIG), and the Baltimore County Police Department.
