Ken Hechtman

Ken Hechtman (born December 16, 1967) is a freelance journalist and an convicted drug dealer from Canada who achieved brief international prominence in late 2001 when Afghanistan's Taliban government charged him with being a United States spy while he researched a story for the Montreal Mirror. Afghanistan tried, acquitted, and released him after a short time in jail.[1]

He married fellow Montrealer and journalist Wendy Hechtman on September 12, 2015. They moved to Nebraska in February 2016. [2]

Criminal charges

According to police investigators, Hechtman and his wife Wendy invented a pastel-colored version of carfentanil, an opioid that can be up to 10,000 times more powerful than morphine and that can kill a human with only a few grains touching human skin. Hechtman and Wendy allegedly "developed a sophisticated marketing system with a sales team of about 40 people."[3]

Kenneth and Wendy were charged with conspiracy to manufacture 10 grams or more of fentanyl analogue, conspiracy to distribute a fentanyl analogue, and possession with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of a fentanyl analogue between on or about March 2017 and October 30, 2017. The maximum sentence if convicted is life imprisonment.[4]

References
  1. Steele, Jonathan (3 December 2001). "From rookie reporter to Taliban prisoner". the Guardian.
  2. "Well-known Montreal couple face life imprisonment in Nebraska drug case".
  3. "Police: Couple invented, cooked, marketed carfentanil, an opioid that 'would pretty much kill you instantly'". Fox 6 Milwaukee. 2019-01-28. Retrieved 2019-11-18.
  4. "November 2017 Grand Jury". US Department of Justice. November 27, 2017. Retrieved June 30, 2018. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Bibliography
  • Lisa Birnbach's New and Improved College Book, by Lisa Birnbach (1992) ISBN 0-671-79289-X
  • Montreal Mirror, message from the editor, December 2001
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