BlackCoconut Vendor Pleads Guilty in Dark Web Drug Case

Phoenix woman Brejea Wrigley pleaded guilty after taking over the BlackCoconut dark web account and faces up to life in prison.

A Phoenix woman has pleaded guilty to federal drug distribution charges after investigators identified her as the operator of the BlackCoconut dark web vendor account.

Brejea Wrigley, 30, of Phoenix, Arizona, pleaded guilty on September 8, 2026, to two counts of distributing controlled substances involving more than 50 grams of methamphetamine.

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Wrigley took over a dark web methamphetamine distribution operation using the vendor account name “BlackCoconut” in August 2025.

The account was used to arrange drug shipments through the U.S. Postal Service, with packages sent to customers across the country.

Federal prosecutors say the account offered several types of drugs, including methamphetamine, fentanyl marketed as “China White,” pressed oxycodone pills, and mushrooms.

Investigators conducted undercover purchases from the BlackCoconut account in September and October 2025.

In the first transaction, undercover agents purchased nearly 450 grams of methamphetamine for $1,850. The drugs were concealed inside two stuffed animals and shipped from Phoenix to a law-enforcement-monitored post office box in Manchester, New Hampshire.

A second shipment contained more than 800 grams of methamphetamine and was packaged in a similar manner. The two shipments together contained nearly 1.3 kilograms of methamphetamine.

The investigation was led by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service with assistance from the Drug Enforcement Administration.

Further investigation and search warrants eventually identified Wrigley as the person operating the BlackCoconut account and running the associated drug trafficking operation.

Wrigley now faces a potential sentence of up to life in federal prison. The charges also carry at least five years of supervised release and a maximum fine of $10 million. She has not yet been sentenced.

Sentencing is scheduled for December 17, 2026, before U.S. District Judge Joseph N. Laplante.

The case is another example of federal investigators using controlled purchases, postal investigations and other investigative methods to identify the people behind dark web vendor accounts.

Source: Department of Justice (DOJ)