Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeDistrict of Massachusetts FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, March 4, 2022 BOSTON – A Berkley nurse was charged and agreed to plead guilty in federal court in Boston to tampering with fentanyl intended for patients at a hospital’s post-surgery recovery unit and an outpatient vascular surgery center. Hugo Vieira, 41, was charged and…
Pharmacist Indicted for Tampering with a Controlled Substance
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeDistrict of Kansas FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, February 16, 2022 KANSAS CITY, KAN. – A federal grand jury in Kansas City returned an indictment charging a pharmacist with one count of tampering with a consumer product, one count of possession of Tramadol by deception and subterfuge, one count of possession of Zolpidem…
Pharmacist Admits Prescription Drug Theft and Tampering
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeNorthern District of Iowa FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, February 23, 2022 A pharmacist who stole controlled substances from two Dubuque area pharmacies and tampered with medications pled guilty yesterday in federal court in Cedar Rapids. Anthony Pape, age 33, from Dubuque, Iowa, was convicted of two counts of theft of controlled substances…
Former Top Employee of Workout Supplement Manufacturer Convicted of Misleading Consumers
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeSouthern District of Texas FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, February 17, 2022 McALLEN, Texas – A 26-year-old former leader at Science Production Products LLC (SPP) admitted he committed a felony relating to importing and selling misbranded drugs, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. Robert Lance Schuffert, 28, Auburn, Alabama, entered a guilty plea…
Nurse Pleads Guilty to Tampering with Fentanyl Vials
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeDistrict of Connecticut FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, February 10, 2022 Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that BRYAN WILSON, 39, of Madison, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to one count of tampering…
New England Compounding Center’s National Sales Director Sentenced
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeDistrict of Massachusetts FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday, February 8, 2022 Defendant admitted NECC created fraudulent prescriptions to avoid federal oversight BOSTON – The National Sales Director of the now-defunct New England Compounding Center (NECC) was sentenced today in federal court in Boston in connection with conspiring to defraud the Food and Drug…
Former Nurse at Danville Hospital Sentenced for Tampering with Prescription Opioid Drugs, Making False Statements
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeWestern District of Virginia FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, February 4, 2022 DANVILLE, Va. – A former registered nurse working at Sovah Health-Danville was sentenced today to 36 months in federal prison for tampering with consumer products (fentanyl and hydromorphone) and making false statements. Emilee Kathryn Poteat, 31, pleaded guilty in May 2021…
Prolific Fraudster Pleads Guilty
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeDistrict of Puerto Rico FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, February 2, 2022 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – On January 27, 2022, Defendant Ramón Julbe-Rosa pleaded guilty before United States Magistrate Judge Marcos E. López to 12 counts including theft of government property, and introducing unapproved new drugs into the United States, announced W….
Horse Doping Drug Supplier Convicted in Manhattan Federal Court
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeSouthern District of New York FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, February 2, 2022 Seth Fishman Peddled Hundreds of Customized Performance Enhancing Drugs to Racehorse Trainers Across the United States and Abroad Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the conviction at trial of defendant SETH FISHMAN,…
Ponte Vedra Man Convicted and Sentenced for Importing and Distributing Mislabeled Erectile Dysfunction Drug
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeMiddle District of Florida FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday, February 1, 2022 Jacksonville, Florida – U.S. Magistrate Judge Patricia D. Barksdale has sentenced Timothy Terrance DeJoris (42, Ponte Vedra) to six months’ probation and a $2,500 fine for importing from China a mislabeled erectile dysfunction drug and distributing it online and in the…