(Billings) – A New York woman has been sentenced to three years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for selling counterfeit diet pills laced with methamphetamine. Fifty-year-old Carrie Ann Taylor was sentenced on Friday by U.S. District Judge William W. Mercer after pleading guilty to mail fraud in March.
Federal authorities began investigating Taylor after a Billings man reported failing an employer drug test in June 2023. The man had purchased “Skald” brand diet pills from Taylor’s eBay account, which law enforcement later confirmed contained methamphetamine.
Court documents show Taylor distributed the laced supplements across multiple states. Investigators uncovered similar shipments sent to a woman in Montana and another resident in Randolph, Wisconsin.
In April 2024, an undercover agent ordered “PhenQ Ultra” and “PhenGold” supplements from Taylor’s online account, which also tested positive for the illicit drug.
