Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeDistrict of Massachusetts FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, August 18, 2021 Defendant replaced and diluted morphine prescribed to a hospice patient, for her own use BOSTON – A Connecticut nurse was sentenced today in federal court in Springfield for tampering with liquid morphine prescribed to a patient.  Danielle Works, 42, of Stafford Springs,…

Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeNorthern District of Illinois FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, August 18, 2021 CHICAGO — The owner of a suburban Chicago prescription drug wholesale distribution company purchased more than $57 million worth of diverted, unregulated prescription drugs and re-sold them to unsuspecting pharmacies and other wholesalers, according to a federal indictment returned in U.S….

Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeDistrict of Vermont FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, August 13, 2021 The United States Attorney’s Office announced that today William Stenger, 72, of Newport, Vermont, pleaded guilty before Chief Judge Geoffrey W. Crawford in United States District Court in Burlington to a felony count of knowingly and willfully submitting false documents to the…

Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeWestern District of Louisiana FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, August 12, 2021 SHREVEPORT, La. – William Earl Maddox, 73, of Haynesville, Louisiana, the Constable of Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, pleaded guilty today before United States District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote to misbranding an illegal supplement, Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced….

U.S. Department of Justice FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, August 11, 2021 A federal judge sentenced a Florida nurse practitioner and a Florida woman to prison terms today in connection with their participation in a conspiracy to falsify data related to clinical drug trials. U.S. District Judge Jose E. Martinez of the Southern District of Florida sentenced Eduardo…

Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeDistrict of Utah FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, July 23, 2021 SALT LAKE CITY- Nathan Pehrson, 41, of Sandy, was convicted by a federal jury in the District of Utah of three counts related to fraudulently obtaining and tampering with the pain killing narcotic hydromorphone, a powerful schedule II opioid drug that is used…

Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeSouthern District of Florida FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMonday, August 2, 2021 Miami, Florida – On Friday, a Miami federal judge sentenced a 38-year-old Arizona resident to 76 months in federal prison for his role in a sophisticated fraud scheme involving millions of dollars in diverted pharmaceutical drugs. Joshua Ryan Joles managed one…

City of London Police leads crackdown on international importation and distribution of illegal pharmaceutical drugs23/07/2021 The City of London Police’s Serious Organised Crime Team executed a series of warrants at several addresses last week as part of an investigation into the illegal importation and distribution of unregulated pharmaceutical drugs from India into the UK. Officers…

Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeDistrict of Massachusetts FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, July 21, 2021 Outbreak was the largest public health crisis ever caused by a contaminated pharmaceutical drug BOSTON – The former supervisory pharmacist of the now-defunct New England Compounding Center (NECC) was resentenced today in federal court in Boston in connection with the 2012 nationwide…

Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeDistrict of Maryland FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMonday, July 19, 2021 12th and 13th Websites Seized by the Maryland U.S. Attorney’s Office and HSI Baltimore, Maryland – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland has seized “http://pharmacywalmart.com” and “https://stromectol-ivermectin.com” which on June 16, 2021 resolved to “https://en.pharmacywalmart.com/buy-stromectol-usa.html.” The websites contained numerous…