Kansas City man sentenced for selling fentanyl linked to 3 deaths

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A federal judge sentenced a Kansas City man to serve a decade in prison for distributing fentanyl linked to three deaths.

Jose Amparan, 22, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and conspiracy to commit money laundering in November.

A federal indictment shows Amparan supplied fentanyl pills for Tiger Draggoo, who is also charged in the case.

Court documents show text messages from seized cell phones and Cash App records between Draggoo and Amparan.

The information shows Draggoo bought more than 22,000 pills from five people, including Amparan. Draggoo then used Cash App to pay them $34,363.

Federal prosecutors accused Amparan and Tiger Draggoo conspired to conceal and disguise the nature of the transfer of funds through Cash App by referring to the payments being for items such as “groceries,” “reimbursement,” and “car work.”

On Jan. 10, 2023, a confidential informant purchased 500 counterfeit M30 pills containing fentanyl for $1,750 from Amparan and another person, according to court documents.

Court documents show investigators linked the pills to the deaths of two Belton teenagers and a Belton adult.

Amparan and his co-defendants have all pleaded guilty in this case. Draggoo is the only one who is awaiting sentencing.