More details are emerging in the Penn State fraternities cocaine ring bust.Court complaints allege cocaine and drug transactions were being made using apps like Cash App and Snapchat.Nearly all complaints for the men charged, including the suspected kingpin, Agostino Abbatiello, 24, who has been dubbed online as "Pablo Pledgescobar," detail alleged transactions involving the purchase, packaging, transportation, sale or distribution of cocaine.Abbatiello is among 13 other people who have been charged in connection with the cocaine trafficking operation.THREE COLLEGE FRATS IN CROSSHAIRS AS HAZING CLAIMS OF BOOZE, BURNS AND HOSPITAL TRIPS SPARK CRACKDOWN: SCHOOLAttorney General Dave Sunday announced that Agostino Abbatiello, 24, turned himself in on Tuesday morning.
He was arraigned and denied bail.He is the accused Penn State cocaine kingpin.
(Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General Dave Sunday)In one of the sales, one of Abbatiello's alleged associates sent an estimated $30,000 to the alleged ringleader via Cash App in exchange for drugs.The suspect also used SnapChat "to facilitate the delivery of cocaine to known persons" court documents said.
Send me a story idea: [email protected] Instagram: kelsiecairns_tv Facebook: Kelsie CairnsFOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON XCourt documents allege suspects in a Penn State fraternity cocaine ring used Cash App and Snapchat to arrange drug deals.(Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday)SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST TRUE CRIME NEWSHis codefendants Thomas Michael Robinson, 23, and Mohammed Huraibi, 22, also used Snapchat for cocaine transactions, according to authorities.LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MOREExterior of the Sigma Chi fraternity house in State College, Penn., April, 2025.
The Penn State University frat house is one of two at the center of an alleged cocaine trafficking ring.(Google Maps)SEND US A TIPA criminal complaint said, "Huraibi testified before the Grand Jury that in the Fall of 2023, he...