A Brooklyn man has pleaded guilty to distributing cocaine in Suffolk County.
Between July 2023 and August 2024, Michael Khodorkovskiy sold high quantities of cocaine to an undercover police officer near his residence in Brooklyn. He sold those drugs, believing the drugs were going to be sold in Suffolk County. He also travelled to East Hampton and sold cocaine to another undercover police officer, believing it was going to be redistributed in East Hampton and Montauk, during the busy summer months when the Hamptons experience a high influx of visitors and tourists.
At the commencement of the police investigation, officers working in an undercover capacity were able to infiltrate Khodorkovskiy’s network and pose as customers. The undercover officers would then contact Khodorkovskiy or his co-defendant, Alexander Dyatchin, 39, of East Hampton, to arrange for the purchase of cocaine. During the course of these narcotics sales, Khodorkovskiy spoke of those drugs being earmarked for Suffolk County for resale. Specifically, Khodorkovskiy noted the drugs were earmarked for the Hamptons in the summer months.
Khodorkovskiy sold significant quantities of cocaine to the undercover officers on multiple occasions, including four instances in which two ounces of cocaine were sold. Dyatchin was allegedly involved in those sales as well. On August 2, 2024, members of the East End Drug Task Force arrested Khodorkovskiy and Dyatchin.
At the time of his arrest, Khodorkovskiy was in possession of a kilo and a quarter of cocaine destined for Suffolk County. Khodorkovskiy owned a Mercedes-Benz vehicle, which police discovered held a hidden compartment, also known as a “trap,” that was filled with additional cocaine and the narcotic MDMA. Additionally, $38,550 in cash and 39 gold coins with an estimated value of $100,000 were recovered from Khodorkovskiy’s Brooklyn apartment during the execution of a search warrant. Additionally, $395,055 was seized from various bank accounts linked to Khodorkoyskiy.
Dyatchin’s case remains pending.
On April 21, 2025, Khodorkovskiy pleaded guilty before Supreme Court Justice John B. Collins to Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance in the Second Degree, a Class A-II Felony.
Khodorkovskiy faces 10 years in prison followed by five years of post-release supervision. As part of his plea, Khodorkovskiy has forfeited $572,353 seized from him. He is due back in court on May 29, 2025.
“Our East End is not a dumping ground for dangerous narcotics from New York City,” said Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney. “This guilty plea demonstrates our commitment to disrupting the flow of dangerous narcotics anywhere into Suffolk County. I would particularly like to thank all of our partners in the East End Drug Task Force for their hard work on this investigation.”