Overview
- Prosecutors announced Monday that 13 current or former Penn State students have been charged in an alleged cocaine-trafficking operation said to have run from two fraternity houses during 2023–2024.
- Authorities named Agostino Abbatiello and Thomas Robinson as alleged leaders and charged them and two others with felony racketeering and controlled-substance offenses.
- Investigators say leaders made repeated trips to Philadelphia and New York to buy kilos of cocaine, which were cut and packaged at fraternity houses and sold mainly to campus peers.
- Court documents show law enforcement used confidential informants, a 2024 affidavit and a December 2024 search of the Delta Upsilon house that led to Robinson’s arrest, and prosecutors also charged Robinson’s father with concealing evidence and obstruction.
- Penn State placed Delta Upsilon on interim suspension, opened its own conduct review, and recent filings added two Philadelphia-area defendants with misdemeanor drug counts as the probe remains active.