Department of JusticeSouthern District of Florida FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, July 13, 2022 Miami, Florida – Today, a federal district judge in Fort Lauderdale, Florida sentenced three members of a theft ring to federal prison terms for stealing large quantities of N-95 respirator masks, nitrile medical gloves, and medical gowns from a Broward County medical supply company…
Man Sentenced for Conspiracy to Distribute Meth on the Darknet
Department of JusticeEastern District of Virginia FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday, July 11, 2022 ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A Fairfax man was sentenced today to 52 months for conspiring to distribute between 15 and 45 kilograms of pills containing methamphetamine via the darknet. According to court documents, from about May 2019 through December 2019, Tyler Pham, 39, conspired to…
Horse Doping Drug Supplier Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison
Department of JusticeSouthern District of New York FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMonday, July 11, 2022 Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that defendant SETH FISHMAN, DVM, received a sentence of 11 years in prison today for his role at the helm of an approximately twenty-year scheme to manufacture, market, and…
Theranos Chief Operating Officer Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani Found Guilty of Conspiracy, Wire Fraud
Department of JusticeNorthern District of California FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, July 27, 2022 Jury Concludes Balwani Conspired to Perpetrate Fraudulent Scheme on Theranos Investors and Patients SAN JOSE – A federal jury found Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani guilty of two counts of conspiracy and ten counts of wire fraud though a multi-million-dollar scheme to defraud investors and patients…
Defendant Convicted of Operating Large-Scale Opioid “Pill Mill” in Queens
Department of JusticeEastern District of New York FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMonday, June 27, 2022 Defendant Imported Millions of Misbranded Prescription Pills from India and Shipped Them by Mail to Customers Across the United States A federal jury in Brooklyn returned a guilty verdict today against Ezhil Sezhian Kamaldoss on all counts of a superseding indictment charging him…
Former Paramedic Charged with Fentanyl Tampering
Department of JusticeDistrict of Massachusetts FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, June 24, 2022 BOSTON – A former Massachusetts emergency medical technician (EMT) paramedic has been charged in connection with tampering with liquid fentanyl vials at the ambulance company at which she worked. Candice Mangan, 41, of Medford, was charged with tampering with a consumer product. She will appear…
Four People Charged in Multimillion-Dollar Health Care Fraud Scheme to Defraud Amtrak
Department of JusticeDistrict of New Jersey FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, June 23, 2022 NEWARK, N.J. – Three men and one woman were arrested today for participating in a health care fraud scheme to defraud Amtrak by bribing Amtrak employees to allow people to submit fraudulent claims to the Amtrak health insurance plan, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger…
Former CEO of Drug Manufacturing Company Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Defraud the FDA and Distributing Adulterated Drugs
Department of JusticeSouthern District of Florida FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, June 24, 2022 Miami, Florida – Raidel Figueroa, the former CEO and co-owner of Pharmatech, LLC, a drug and dietary supplement manufacturer that operated in Broward County, Florida, pled guilty to conspiring to defraud the FDA, falsifying records in an FDA investigation, obstructing proceedings before the FDA,…
Amherst County Veterinarian Sentenced for Opioid Theft
Department of JusticeWestern District of Virginia FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, June 22, 2022 LYNCHBURG, Va. – A former veterinarian, who admitted to stealing opioids, was sentenced today to eight months in federal prison. Patrick Gries, 54, of Madison Heights, Virginia, pleaded guilty in January 2022 to one count of adulteration of a drug held for sale after…
Two Additional South Florida Residents Charged in Elaborate Prescription Medication Diversion Scheme
Department of JusticeSouthern District of Florida FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, June 17, 2022 Miami, Florida – Federal prosecutors in Miami have charged two additional men, 51-year-old Lazaro Hernandez and 37-year-old Eladio Vega, for their alleged roles in a widespread fraud scheme involving the distribution of adulterated and misbranded cancer, HIV, psychiatric, and other expensive prescription medications to…