The New York limousine driver confirmed on Monday that he runs a drug “delivery service” from Brooklyn to Montauk.
Michael Khodorkovsky, 44, took charge on one drug deal in Riverhead, New York, as part of a plea deal that is expected to acquire him in the back of the bar in 10 years in the May 29 ruling.
Khodorkovskiy was arrested in August alongside Alexander Daichin. He was arrested for 47 drug-related fees in a one-year drug-related scheme to sell high-end cola at luxury prices around Hampton, Montauk Yacht Club, Rosie’s Ethery, Rosie’s Eatry and most often at spots like Loudon Drive, in New Town Lane, Hampton.
Both men who worked as private rideshares and Uber drivers conducted illegal transactions from Mercedes cars, whose “trap” became retro. Or a hidden compartment for concealing drugs, the prosecutor alleged.
They claimed they sold not only Coke, which sold at Triple the Street prices, but also party drug MDMA and pills.
They were caught after selling a large amount of cocaine to police officers. Police officers include four sales where officers purchased more than two ounces from the pair, prosecutors said. The man has been detained for $2 million since his arrest.
Khodorkovskiy, a Ukrainian-born US citizen, was cuffed alongside 39-year-old Dyatchin on August 2nd.
During the bust, law enforcement said at the time that he discovered more than three pounds of white powdered drugs and pills hidden in a drug trap inside his Mercedes S500. They also found nearly $39,000 in cash and 39 gold coins worth $100,000, prosecutors said.
Dyatchin’s East Hampton Rental Home was filled with 589 grams of coke, 269 grams of MDMA and nearly $20,000 in cash. His Mercedes had 50 more envelopes of cocaine hidden in the trap, officials said.
A coke buggy of less than a gram would go on the street for $50, but the duo were selling the same amount for $150 pop, prosecutors argued.
Outside the court, Khodorkovskiy’s lawyer Matthew Myers said his clients had gone through difficult times during the pandemic, where he worked hard throughout his life and ran his limousine business. He won $100,000 in debt, lost all other vehicles he bought for the company, and eventually turned his eyes to the drug trade, Myers said.
“Khodorkovskiy has been asked multiple times to provide drugs for wealthy Manhattan partyers,” Myers said.
Dyatchin is scheduled for court on Wednesday. He is not a citizen, he has deferred his visa and if convicted he could face deportation.
