A Hollywood woman charged with running an Instacart-style drug delivery service utilizing a fleet of drivers pleaded not guilty Monday to federal charges, including providing fentanyl-laced pills to a Beverly Hills man who died of an overdose.
Mirela “Mimi” Todorova, 33, entered her plea to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances resulting in death, and distribution of fentanyl resulting in death, plus other charges contained in an indictment.
Trial was set for May 3 in Los Angeles federal court.
An arraignment for co-defendant Mucktarr Kather Sei, 36, a little-known actor from Koreatown who allegedly worked as one of Todorova’s drivers, was delayed until Friday. He is also charged with the two counts involving the fatal overdose.
According to the indictment, Todorova gave narcotics — including counterfeit oxycodone pills that contained fentanyl — to Sei and other drivers to bring to customers across Los Angeles County and elsewhere.
Todorova also delivered drugs herself and gave Sei keys to her Hollywood apartment so he could access the stash when Todorova traveled to Mexico, federal prosecutors allege.
The indictment quotes Todorova referring to a jaguar named Princess that the woman said she kept as a pet in Mexico.
On Nov. 15 and 16, 2020, after a 37-year-old man placed orders for oxycodone pills to Todorova’s phone number, Sei allegedly delivered pills laced with fentanyl that caused the man’s fatal overdose in his Beverly Hills home, according to federal prosecutors.
The man who died was identified as Ray Mascolo by the Los Angeles Times, the father of a four-month-old daughter.
Before and after the fatal overdose, other drug customers raised concerns about the authenticity and safety of the oxycodone pills.
Several weeks before the death, another customer texted Todorova, telling her he had just gotten out of the hospital because “the oxys are dirty,” according to the indictment.
The charges of conspiracy to distribute drugs and drug distribution resulting in death carry a mandatory minimum of 20 years in federal prison and a maximum sentence of life imprisonment, prosecutors noted.
The four-count updated indictment filed last week also charges Todorova with two previously alleged drug counts stemming from the seizure of cocaine and MDMA at her home in March last year.
Sei, who uses Kather Sei as his stage name, once appeared in an episode of the CBS police drama “S.W.A.T,” according to IMDB.com.