Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeEastern District of Kentucky FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, December 18, 2024 FRANKFORT, Ky. – A Lexington, Ky., woman, Abigail Hall, 51, pleaded guilty on Monday, before U.S. District Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove, to tampering with a consumer product. According to her plea agreement, between January 2023 and August 2023, Hall worked…
Justice Department Announces Resolution of Criminal and Civil Investigations into McKinsey & Company’s Work with Purdue Pharma L.P.; Former McKinsey Senior Partner Charged with Obstruction of Justice
Department of JusticeOffice of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, December 13, 2024 McKinsey Will Pay $650 Million, Cease Work Relating to Controlled Substances and Implement Significant New Compliance Measures McKinsey & Company Inc. (McKinsey), a global management consulting firm based in New York, has agreed to pay $650 million to resolve a criminal and civil…
Mississippi Seafood Distributor and Managers Sentenced for Conspiracy and Misbranding Seafood
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeSouthern District of Mississippi FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, December 11, 2024 Gulfport, MS – A Mississippi seafood distributor and two company managers were sentenced for conspiring with others to mislabel seafood and to commit wire fraud by marketing inexpensive and frozen imported substitutes as more expensive and premium local species. Quality Poultry…
New Haven Nurse Admits Tampering with and Stealing Lorazepam Vials
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeDistrict of Connecticut FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, December 11, 2024 Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that SEAN FALZARANO, 38, of Southbury, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Vernon D. Oliver in Hartford to tampering with and stealing Lorazepam vials at the hospital where he…
Kentucky Nurse Pleads Guilty to Opioid Diversion Scheme
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeDistrict of West Virginia FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, December 12, 2024 BECKLEY, W.Va. – Jacqueline Brewster, 54, of Belfry, Kentucky, pleaded guilty on Wednesday, December 11, 2024, to obtaining a controlled substance by fraud and wrongful disclosure of individually identifiable health information. According to court documents and statements made in court, Brewster…
Two Biotech CEOs Convicted in Securities Fraud Scheme
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeWestern District of Tennessee FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, December 5, 2024 A federal jury in Maryland convicted two men yesterday for their roles in a scheme to lie to investors in CytoDyn Inc., a publicly traded biotechnology company based in Vancouver, Washington. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Nader…
Former EMT Sentenced for Drug Tampering
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeWestern District of Tennessee FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, December 5, 2024 Memphis, TN – A Cordova, Tennessee woman has been sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison for tampering with a vial of Benadryl while on duty as an Emergency Medical Technician. Reagan Fondren, Acting United States Attorney for the Western…
QOL Medical and Its CEO Agree To Pay $47 Million for Allegedly Paying Kickbacks To Induce Claims for QOL’s Drug Sucraid
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeDistrict of Massachusetts FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, November 15, 2024 BOSTON – Pharmaceutical company QOL Medical, LLC (QOL) and its CEO, Frederick E. Cooper, have agreed to pay $47 million to resolve allegations that they caused the submission of false claims to federal health care programs, in violation of the False Claims…
Mary Mahoney’s Old French House and Manager Sentenced for Conspiracy and Misbranding of Seafood
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeSouthern District of Mississippi FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMonday, November 18, 2024 Gulfport, MS – A Mississippi corporation operating as Mary Mahoney’s Old French House restaurant in Biloxi, Mississippi, and its co-owner and manager, Anthony Charles Cvitanovich, were sentenced today on charges arising from their participation in a long-standing conspiracy to misbrand seafood…
California Man Arrested for Money Laundering Conspiracy in Connection with Online Pharmacy Websites
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeDistrict of Massachusetts FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, November 20, 2024 Defendant allegedly processed over $11 million in payments for counterfeit pills containing controlled substances on behalf of illicit online pharmacies BOSTON – A California man has been arrested and charged in federal court in Boston in connection with a money laundering conspiracy….