Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeNorthern District of Illinois FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, January 13, 2022 CHICAGO — A suburban Chicago nurse removed morphine from bottles prescribed to two patients and replaced it with another liquid, knowing the diluted substance would be dispensed to the patients, according to a federal indictment returned in U.S. District Court in…
Pharmacy Manager Indicted for Tampering with a Consumer Product and Obtaining Opiates by Fraud
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeDistrict of Vermont FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, January 13, 2022 The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Brian Thomas Badgley, 37, of Waterbury, Vermont appeared yesterday in United States District Court in Burlington for an arraignment on a two-count indictment charging him with tampering with…
Florida Co-Owner of Clinical Trial Company Pleads Guilty to Obstructing FDA Inspection
U.S. Department of Justice FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, January 12, 2022 A Florida woman pleaded guilty today to obstructing a 2017 regulatory inspection in connection with an alleged scheme to fraudulently falsify clinical drug trial data. According to court documents, Olga Torres, 49, of Miami, co-owned a clinical research site called Unlimited Medical Research. Unlimited Medical Research…
Operator of Illegal Pharmacy Pleads Guilty
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeNorthern District of Iowa FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, January 5, 2022 A man who illegally sold thousands of doses of controlled substances and prescription drugs pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids. Jon Stidham, age 57, from McClelland, Iowa, was convicted of conspiracy to deliver, distribute or dispense methyltestosterone, a…
North Carolina Physician Indicted for Adulterating Medical Devices for Reuse on Patients, Fabricating Records, and Other Charges
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeEastern District of North Carolina FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, January 5, 2022 RALEIGH, N.C. – A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging a Raleigh woman with Adulteration of Medical Devices, Paying Illegal Remunerations, Making and Using Materially False Healthcare Documents, Mail Fraud, and Conspiracy. According to the Superseding Indictment, between…
Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes Found Guilty of Investor Fraud
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeNorthern District of California FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMonday, January 4, 2022 Jury Concludes Holmes Perpetrated Scheme to Defraud Investors SAN JOSE – A jury found Elizabeth A. Holmes guilty of one count of conspiracy and three counts of wire fraud in connection with a multi-million-dollar scheme to defraud investors in Theranos, Inc.,…
Registered Nurse Sentenced for Drug Diversion
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeDistrict of Massachusetts FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMonday, December 20, 2021 BOSTON – A Dighton registered nurse was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for drug tampering. Marietta Strickland, 61, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani to 15 months in prison and three years of supervised release. In October…
FSA welcomes sentencing of man for supplying lethal weight loss substance DNP
Press Release Operation Atlas 21st December 2021 The Food Standards Agency (FSA) welcomes today’s sentencing of a man who unlawfully sold DNP for human consumption. Mr Jack Finney has been sentenced at Chester Crown Court today for suppling 2,4-dinitrophenol (DNP), a highly toxic industrial chemical which he illegally sold as a diet pill for weight…
Former West Hollywood Doctor and Company Associated with 1-800-GET-THIN Guilty of Massive Fraud Against Health Insurers
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeCentral District of California FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, December 16, 2021 LOS ANGELES – A former doctor and his company were found guilty today by a federal jury of scheming to defraud private insurance companies and the Tricare health care program for military service members by fraudulently submitting an estimated $355 million…
Federal Jury Convicts Florida Man for Role in Defrauding FDA and Distributing Designer Anabolic Steroids Labeled as Dietary Supplements
U.S. Department of Justice FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, December 10, 2021 On Dec. 9, a federal jury in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, convicted James Boccuzzi, 37, of Boca Raton, Florida, of one count of conspiracy to defraud the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and one count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances. Boccuzzi is the 11th defendant…