Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeWestern District of Virginia FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, September 16, 2021 ROANOKE, Va. – A former emergency medical services worker for Roanoke County Emergency Medical Services, was sentenced yesterday to 36 months in federal prison for tampering with vials of fentanyl and hydromorphone. According to court documents, Jeffery Leedy, 32, tampered with…
Florida Man and Company Plead Guilty to Fraud Conspiracy Involving Dietary Supplements
U.S. Department of Justice FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, September 16, 2021 A Florida man pleaded guilty today to his role in a fraud scheme involving the distribution of illegal products falsely labeled as dietary supplements. According to court documents, Anthony “Joey” Ventrella, 43, of Boynton Beach, joined several alleged co-conspirators in committing mail and wire fraud, as…
South Hills Pharmacist Pleads to Health Care Fraud Conspiracy, Fraudulently Obtaining Controlled Substances and Misbranding Drugs
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeWestern District of Pennsylvania FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, September 17, 2021 PITTSBURGH, PA – A South Hills pharmacist pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of obtaining controlled substances by fraud, misbranding of drugs, and health care fraud conspiracy, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today. Timothy W. Forester, 46,…
Wausau Health Insurance Broker Sentenced for Scheme to Import & Distribute Misbranded Drugs from India
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeWestern District of Wisconsin FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, September 10, 2021 MADISON, WIS. – Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Kenneth Zipperer, 54, Wausau, Wisconsin, pleaded guilty today to one count of mail fraud and one count of money laundering. After accepting Zipperer’s…
Berwick Man Charged with Conspiring to Manufacture and Distribute Anabolic Steroids
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeMiddle District of Pennsylvania FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, August 25, 2021 SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Casey Seesholtz, age 31, of Berwick, Pennsylvania, was charged in a criminal information with conspiring to manufacture and distribute anabolic steroids. Seesholtz was charged on August 27,…
North Carolina Man Ran Lucrative Fraud Scheme Selling Unapproved Substances that Mimic the Health Benefits of Legal Drugs
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeWestern District of Pennsylvania FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday, August 31, 2021 PITTSBURGH, PA – A resident of North Carolina pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to defraud the United States, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today. Joshua Fulton, 41, Bolivia, North Carolina, pleaded guilty to…
Colorado Nurses Held Accountable for Taking Controlled Substances from Patients
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeDistrict of Colorado FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESaturday, August 28, 2021 DENVER – In two separate cases, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado held nurses accountable after they stole controlled substances from their patients. Katie Muhs, age 34, of Littleton, CO, was sentenced for her felony conviction for illegally obtaining…
Former Nurse Charged with Tampering with Consumer Products
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeEastern District of Michigan FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, August 25, 2021 An indictment was unsealed today charging former registered nurse Mary Cheatham, 41, of Ypsilanti, MI, with one count of tampering with a consumer product, specifically the Schedule II controlled substance hydromorphone, which is used for pain relief, announced Acting United States…
Four Charged in Alleged $150 Million Payment Processing Scheme
U.S. Department of Justice FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, August 26, 2021 Four individuals have been charged in the District of Massachusetts with conspiring to deceive banks and credit card companies into processing more than $150 million in credit and debit card payments on behalf of merchants involved in prohibited and high-risk businesses, including online gambling, debt collection,…
Florida Man Sentenced for Selling Counterfeit Drugs on the Dark Net
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeEastern District of Virginia FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday, August 24, 2021 ALEXANDRIA, Va. – An Inverness, Florida, man was sentenced today to three years in prison for selling hundreds of thousands of counterfeit prescription drug pills through the Internet. “By selling counterfeit drugs through the Darknet, the defendant recklessly endangered the community…