U.S. Department of Justice FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, January 25, 2023 Multiple dental practice owners and co-conspirators were charged in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania for allegedly engaging in a multifaceted racketeering conspiracy through a multi-state network of dental practices and related dental businesses. On Jan. 18, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging 12…
David J. Miller and Minnesota Independent Cooperative, Inc., Convicted in Multi-Million-Dollar Prescription Drug Diversion Scheme
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeNorthern District of California FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, January 27, 2023 After two-week trial, federal jury found Miller and his company both guilty of conspiracies involving racketeering, mail and wire fraud, and money laundering, in addition to substantive mail fraud and conspiracy against the United States. SAN FRANCISCO – A federal jury…
Northborough Nurse Sentenced for Tampering with Patient’s Liquid Morphine
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeDistrict of Massachusetts FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, January 13, 2023 BOSTON – A registered nurse was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Worcester for tampering with morphine prescribed to a nursing home resident in her care. Gwen Rider, 43, of Northborough, was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Court Judge Timothy S….
Florida Woman Sentenced to Prison for False Statement to Investigator Related to Pediatric Asthma Drug Study
U.S. Department of Justice FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, January 13, 2023 A federal judge sentenced a Florida woman to prison for making a false statement to a government investigator related to a clinical trial that studied the effectiveness of asthma drugs in children. Jessica Palacio, 37, of Miami, was convicted by a jury on Sept. 13,…
San Fernando Valley Man Pleads Guilty to Selling Used and Counterfeit Medical Devices Used for Skin Tightening and Fat Burning
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeCentral District of California FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMonday, January 9, 2023 LOS ANGELES – A Tarzana man pleaded guilty today to federal criminal charges for running a nearly $6 million scheme in which he knowingly sold used skin-tightening medical devices that were deliberately misbranded as new, as well as counterfeit devices that…
Two Plead Guilty to Conspiring to Traffic Stolen Medical Products from The Battle Creek Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeWestern District of Michigan FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, January 11, 2023 A Pennsylvania man has been federally charged with related crimes GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN — U.S. Attorney Mark Totten announced today that Jennifer Robertson, age 52, of Battle Creek, Michigan, and Michelle McAllister, age 56, of Jerome, Michigan, pled guilty to participating…
Cedar Rapids Nurse Sentenced to Five Years in Federal Prison for Stealing Narcotics from Three Corridor Hospitals
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeNorthern District of Iowa FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, January 6, 2023 Replaced Pain Medication with Saline in the Hospitals’ Drug Dispensing Machines A Cedar Rapids nurse who diverted narcotics to her own use at four major Eastern Iowa health care providers, including three hospitals, in less than two years, was sentenced today…
Berkley Nurse Sentenced for Tampering with Patients’ Fentanyl
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeDistrict of Massachusetts FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesay, January 10, 2021 BOSTON – A Berkley nurse was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for tampering with fentanyl intended for patients at a hospital’s post-surgery recovery unit and an outpatient vascular surgery center. Hugo Vieira, 42, was sentenced by U.S. District Court…
Jet Medical and Related Companies Agree to Pay More Than $700,000 to Resolve Medical Device Allegations
U.S. Department of Justice FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, January 4, 2022 Pennsylvania-based medical device distributor Jet Medical Inc. (Jet) agreed to pay $200,000 to resolve criminal allegations relating to a migraine headache treatment, and Jet and two related companies agreed to pay another $545,000 in a civil settlement involving the same device. In a criminal information filed…
Two Biotech CEOs Charged in Securities Fraud Schemes
U.S. Department of Justice FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday, December 20, 2022 A federal grand jury in the District of Maryland returned an indictment that was unsealed today charging two men for their roles in schemes to defraud investors in CytoDyn Inc., a publicly traded biotechnology company (OTCQB: CYDY) based in Vancouver, Washington. According to court documents,…