Food Wholesaler Pleads Guilty to Smuggling Tainted Chinese Eel

Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeCentral District of California  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMonday, June 5, 2023 LOS ANGELES – A Pomona man and his food wholesale company have pleaded guilty in federal court to attempting to smuggle Chinese frozen roasted eel for human consumption which had been previously refused entry into the United States, federal authorities announced…

Retired New Jersey Doctor Sentenced for Selling Toxic DNP Online and Faking Cancer Diagnosis to Avoid Trial

Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeEastern District of Pennsylvania  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, June 1, 2023 PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that William Merlino, 85, of Mays Landing, NJ, was sentenced to thirty-three months in prison and one year of supervised release by United States District Court Judge Gerald A. McHugh for selling…

Pennsylvania Physician Sentenced to Prison for HOPE Clinic Prescription Practices

Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeSouthern District of West Virginia  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, May 25, 2023 CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Brian Gullett, D.O., 46, of Clarksville, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to six months in prison, to be followed by one year of supervised release, and fined $5,000 for aiding and abetting obtaining a controlled substance by fraud….

Grand Rapids Physician Pays Over $135,000 For Allegedly Using Foreign, Unapproved Botox to Treat Medicare Beneficiaries

Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeWestern District of Michigan  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday, May 23, 2023 GRAND RAPIDS – U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten today announced that Derek Lado, D.O., and his Grand Rapids practice, Elite Medical Spine & Musculoskeletal Center PLLC (Elite), have agreed to pay $135,871.84 to resolve allegations that…

Nurse Who Stole Painkillers, Replacing Them with Saline and Putting Surgical Patients at Risk, Sentenced to Four Years

Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeEastern District of North Carolina  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMonday, May 22, 2023 RALEIGH, N.C. – A former Fuquay-Varina nurse was sentenced today to 48 months in prison and three years of supervised release for tampering with painkillers intended for surgery patients.  On March 9, 2022, Melissa Elizabeth Chacona pled guilty to the…

U.S. Resolves Civil Claims Against Medical Device Manufacturer for Falsely Claiming that Chinese Components Sold to the Federal Government Were American Made

Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeDistrict of Rhode Island  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, May 17, 2023 PROVIDENCE – The United States has resolved civil claims against a Massachusetts medical device manufacturer for selling Chinese-made products to the federal government that were required by law to have been made in America, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha….

Former Licensed Registered Nurse Agrees to Plead Guilty to Product Tampering Charge

Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeWestern District of Wisconsin  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMonday, May 8, 2023 MADISON, WIS. – Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced the filing of an information and plea agreement charging Dawn Drum, 54, Janesville, Wisconsin, with product tampering while employed as a Registered Nurse at SSM…

Former Nurse Sentenced for Stealing Drugs from Two Boston-Area Hospitals

Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeDistrict of Massachusetts  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMonday, May 8, 2023 BOSTON – A former nurse was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for diverting opioids from two Boston-area hospitals. Lisa Tarr, 33, of St. Petersburg, Fla., was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Court Judge Douglas P. Woodlock to five years of…