Cocaine Conspiracy Dispatched Door-To-Door Delivery Drivers: Feds

CHICAGO — Lincolnwood and Skokie residents are among a dozen people accused of participating in a conspiracy to operate a door-to-door cocaine delivery service. During a multi-year investigation into Chicago area cocaine dealers called "Operation Flawed Deal," investigators seized more than a kilogram of the drug, two handguns and multiple bank accounts, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced Friday.

The investigation was conducted by the Chicago offices of the FBI, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and IRS criminal investigative division with assistance from the Chicago Police Department, Evanston Police Department, Skokie Police Department, Lincolnwood Police Department, Palatine Police Department and Des Plaines Police Department, according to prosecutors.

Prosecutors said the conspiracy distributed cocaine to hundreds of customers in the Chicago area through the use of delivery drivers. Two indictments were unsealed this week in federal court in Chicago charging 18 people with federal drug crimes. Many of those named were arrested Thursday and they have begun making their initial appearances in court, according to prosecutors.

Anees "Ace" Usmani, 41, of Chicago, his brother Nafees Usmani, of Lincolnwood; Lisa Usmani, 41, of Lincolnwood, Ahmed Fatah Khan Malik, 24, of Skokie; Odeh Alshobaki, 22, of Worth, Ahmed Hussein Yousef Alsawalkhi, 21, of Chicago; Wesam Abdel Fattah, 32, of Chicago; Muhammad Bilal Khan, 24, of Chicago; Muhammad Sabih, 30, of Chicago; Alfonso "Fonz" Trotter, 48, of Chicago and Ronald Allan, 47, of Chicago, conspired with Juan Bautista Dominguez, 41, of Chicago, to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine between October 2018 and March 2018, according to a three-count indictment.

Anees Usmani, along with 34-year-old Kenneth Slaughter of Park Forest and 47-year-old Neal Bowens of Gary, Indiana, also faces two counts of cocaine distribution for in connection with in incidents in February and March involving more than 500 grams of cocaine. Prosecutors are seeking the forfeiture of nearly a quarter million in cash and an SUV seized from Usmani.

A second indictment charges Dominguez as well as four other Chicago men including a father and son – 64-year-old Tony F. Cayuelo and 39-year-old Tony J. "Tone Kapone" Cayuela. Along with Walberto Olivo, 46 they are charged with conspiring to deliver at least 500 grams of Cocaine in the area during the spring and summer of 2018.

Dominguez, also known as "Diablo" and "Juanito," and 41-year-old Jesus Hernandez of Chicago are also charged with possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute in May. Prosecutors are also seeking the forfeiture of three properties owned by the younger Cayuela, two in the Chicago's Brighton Park neighborhood and one in Chicago Lawn.

The U.S. Attorney's Office said the investigation was conducted under the umbrella of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force, whose mission is to find and dismantle "identify, disrupt and dismantle the most serious drug trafficking organizations."

Each charge carries a maximum penalty of a 20- to 40-year prison sentence, according to prosecutors.