Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeDistrict of New Jersey FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, February 23, 2023 NEWARK, N.J. – A New Jersey doctor today admitted using his medical license – and allowing other to use his medical license – to purchase prescription oncology medications under false pretenses for the purpose of selling them for profit, U.S. Attorney…
Pittsfield Nurse Sentenced for Stealing Fentanyl from Critical Care Patient
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeDistrict of Massachusetts FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, February 17, 2023 BOSTON – A registered nurse was sentenced today in federal court in Springfield for stealing fentanyl being administered to a critical care patient. Jessica Lotto, 37, of Pittsfield, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Mark G. Mastroianni to three months in…
Attorney General Raoul Charges Former Lurie Children’s Hospital Employee with Alleged Theft of Nitrous Oxide
Illinois Attorney General For Immediate Release February 16, 2023 Chicago – Attorney General Kwame Raoul today announced his office has charged a former Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital employee who allegedly stole and sold approximately 10 tanks of nitrous oxide, a medical gas used as an anesthetic in medical procedures and surgeries. The…
Kerry Inc. Pleads Guilty and Agrees to Pay $19.228 Million in Connection with Insanitary Plant Conditions Linked to 2018 Salmonella Poisoning Outbreak
U.S. Department of Justice FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, February 3, 2023 Food and ingredient manufacturing company Kerry Inc. pleaded guilty today to a charge that it manufactured breakfast cereal under insanitary conditions at a facility in Gridley, Illinois, that was linked to a 2018 salmonellosis outbreak. Pursuant to a plea agreement filed with a criminal information…
Missouri Doctor Admits Diluting Clinic’s Methadone
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeEastern District of Missouri FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, February 3, 2023 ST. LOUIS – A doctor admitted on Friday that he diluted methadone that was dispensed in a St. Francois County, Missouri methadone clinic in 2021. Dr. Sunil G. Chand, 59, pleaded guilty in front of U.S. District Judge Sarah E. Pitlyk…
Three Individuals and One Company Indicted for Introducing Adulterated and Misbranded Devices into Interstate Commerce and Mail Fraud Conspiracy
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeDistrict of Puerto Rico FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, February 3, 2023 The defendants are facing a forfeiture allegation of $327,047.56 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – A federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment on February 1, 2023 charging Elberto Berdut-Teruel, Wanda L. Carballo-Cabrera, María Santos-Carballo, and Magnetic…
Former Certified Nurse Practitioner Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison for Drug Diversion and Health Care Fraud
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeWestern District of Pennsylvania FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, January 19, 2023 PITTSBURGH, PA. – A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania was sentenced in federal court on charges of drug diversion and health care fraud, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today. Larry J. Goisse, Jr., 38, of the City’s Mt. Washington neighborhood,…
Raleigh Physician Found Guilty of Using Adulterated and Insanitary Medical Equipment on Patients During Nasal Surgeries
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeEastern District of North Carolina FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, January 27, 2023 RALEIGH, N.C. – After a three-week federal jury trial, and 5 hours of jury deliberation, Anita Louise Jackson, 59, was found guilty on charges of adulterating medical devices for use on patients with intent to defraud and mislead, fabricating medical…
Retired New Jersey Doctor Admits to Fabricating Documents and Faking Diagnosis to Avoid Trial
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeEastern District of Pennsylvania FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, February 2, 2023 PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that William Merlino, 85, of Mays Landing, NJ, entered a plea of guilty before United States District Court Judge Gerald A. McHugh on one count of obstruction of justice, arising from his…
Cumberland County Man Charged with Fraud and Identity Theft Offenses for Fraudulently Obtaining Prescription Medications
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeMiddle District of Pennsylvania FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday, January 31, 2023 HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Zedan RaShwan, age 24, of Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, was charged on January 27, 2023, in a criminal information with wire fraud conspiracy and aggravated identity…