Taalibudeen Anderson, 23, of Philadelphia, admitted to acting as the principal member of a gun trafficking organization that used the stolen identification of an active-duty U.S. soldier to illegally purchase 14 firearms from a Montgomery County firearms dealer and then sell them to others, The Reporter said.

Anderson pleaded guilty to charges of corrupt organizations, willfully providing false identification during firearm purchases, person not to possess firearms, dealing in proceeds of unlawful activities, forgery and identity theft in connection with incidents that occurred between June and August 2023.

As part of an agreement, prosecutors said they won’t seek more than a sentence of 22 to 44 years in prison against Anderson, The Reporter said.

Anderson’s brother, Tariq, 25, previously pleaded guilty to corrupt organizations and related charges. He was sentenced 10 to 20 years in prison for his role in the gun purchasing scheme. Daijon Taheir Griffin, 33, of Delaware, was previously sentenced five to 10 years in prison after prosecutors alleged Griffin assisted the Anderson brothers.

All 14 of the firearms that were charged as attempted purchases by Taalibudeen Anderson were seized by law enforcement, The Reporter said.

At the time of the arrests in August 2023, District Attorney Kevin R. Steele alleged the Anderson brothers were “arming criminals, plain and simple” and that their actions were “made even worse by their taking advantage of a loss by a soldier serving our country.”

The organization was dismantled by the Montgomery County Detective Bureau’s Violent Crime Unit and the Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General’s Gun Violence Task Force.

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