Hollywood Woman Who Operated Instacart-Style Drug Ring Faces 20-Years-To-Life In Prison

LOS ANGELES, CA — Sentencing was delayed Friday and no new date was immediately set for a Hollywood woman who was convicted of running an Instacart- style drug delivery service utilizing a fleet of drivers that provided fentanyl- laced pills resulting in three near-fatal overdoses.

Mirela "Mimi" Todorova, 37, was found guilty in March of all federal counts she faced, including conspiracy to distribute controlled substances resulting in serious bodily injury, distribution of fentanyl, and three counts of distribution of fentanyl resulting in serious bodily injury, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

She faces a sentence of between 20 years and life imprisonment.

According to evidence presented at the nine-day trial in downtown Los Angeles, Todorova orchestrated a tech-savvy drug trafficking ring in which she provided phones and narcotics -- including counterfeit oxycodone pills that contained fentanyl -- to drivers who made deliveries to customers throughout the area.

Todorova, who is a citizen of the United States, Canada and Bulgaria, also delivered drugs herself, evidence showed. Several times throughout the operation, Todorova visited Mexico, where she continued to manage her drug operation while tending to her pet jaguar, Princess, federal prosecutors said.

To carry out the scheme, Todorova hired Mucktarr Kather Sei, 40, of Koreatown, as a driver and, later, gave him the keys to her Hollywood drug stash house, allowing him to run the drug ring's operations while continuing to direct him from abroad.

Despite warnings from customers that the oxycodone pills she was selling were laced with fentanyl and potentially fatal, Todorova continued to sell them. From November 2020 to January 2021, three customers of Todorova's suffered near-fatal overdoses of fentanyl-laced oxycodone pills. Although knowing their danger, Todorova continued to sell the potentially deadly pills until February 2021, evidence showed.

Sei and two others charged in the case each pleaded guilty last year in Los Angeles federal court to felony narcotics distribution charges.

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