DALLAS - A Dallas man who admitted running a large-scale marijuana distribution network that moved drugs from Oklahoma to Texas and other states has been sentenced to five years in federal prison.
56-year-old Dian Huang Jiang of The Colony, TX, also known as "Danny Jiang," was sentenced to 60 months by U.S. District Judge Sam A. Lindsay after pleading guilty to conspiracy to use interstate facilities in aid of racketeering.
According to federal court records, Jiang led the distribution network from at least January 2020 through August 2023, obtaining marijuana in Oklahoma and supplying customers across Texas and several other states.
Prosecutors said the operation handled multi-ton quantities of marijuana and could distribute as much as 1,000 pounds in a single day. Customers were typically required to purchase between 20 and 300 pounds in each transaction.
Jiang used cellphones to arrange deliveries, negotiate prices and tell customers where to deliver large amounts of cash as payment for marijuana shipments, according to court records.
Investigators said the organization used multiple homes in Texas and Oklahoma to store marijuana, distribute shipments and collect proceeds.
Jiang and his co-conspirators also transported drug proceeds across state lines. Prosecutors said some of the money was sent overseas, including to the People's Republic of China.
Federal agents seized more than $2.8 million from bank accounts and safe deposit boxes connected to the operation on Aug. 8, 2023.
In addition to his prison sentence, Jiang faces forfeiture of several residential properties used in the operation and more than $4 million in drug proceeds traced by investigators.
The Drug Enforcement Administration's Dallas office investigated the case with assistance from the FBI's Oklahoma City office, Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs and Mesquite Police Department.
