Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeDistrict of Maryland FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMonday, May 3, 2021 Website Falsely Purported to Be a Biotechnology Company Associated with the WHO; Registrant Country Listed as Russia; Maryland U.S. Attorney’s Office Has Seized Eight Other Fraudulent Websites Seeking to Capitalize on COVID-19 Baltimore, Maryland – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of…
Man Pleads Guilty to Selling Counterfeit Vapes
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeNorthern District of Texas FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, April 29, 2021 A Texas man pleaded guilty today to selling counterfeit vape pens imported from China, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Prerak Shah. Christopher Andrew Reyes, 23, of The Colony, pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiracy to import drug…
Bay Area Physician Charged In Alleged Scheme To Buy And Inject Misbranded Or Adultered Botox And Juvederm Substitutes
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeNorthern District of California FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, April 23, 2021 Physician allegedly ordered foreign product substitutes with intent to defraud and mislead patients SAN FRANCISCO – A federal grand jury handed down an indictment charging Lindsay Marie Clark with receiving, offering, and delivering misbranded drugs and misbranded and adulterated devices, in…
Owner Of Illegal Racehorse Doping Websites Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeSouthern District of New York FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, April 23, 2021 Scott Mangini Peddled Performance-Enhancing Drugs Including “Blast Off Red Blood Builder,” “Extreme Explosion,” “Oral Epo,” and “Green Speed” Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that SCOTT MANGINI pled guilty today to conspiring…
Florida Family Indicted for Selling Toxic Bleach as Fake “Miracle” Cure for Covid-19 and Other Serious Diseases, and for Violating Court Orders
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeSouthern District of Florida FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, April 23, 2021 Defendants Accused of Attempting to Avoid Government Regulation by Selling Products Through a Company They Deceptively Named “Genesis II Church of Health and Healing” Miami, Florida — A federal grand jury in Miami has returned an indictment charging a Florida man…
Lebanon County Man Sentenced to Seventy Months’ Imprisonment for Trafficking Counterfeit Drugs
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeDistrict of Pennsylvania FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, April 15, 2021 HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Stefen Knoche, age 55, of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to 70 months’ imprisonment by U.S. District Court Judge Sylvia H. Rambo for trafficking in counterfeit drugs. Knoche was…
Former Dracut Nurse Sentenced for Tampering with Liquid Morphine
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeDistrict of Massachusetts FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, April 9, 2021 BOSTON – A former nurse was sentenced in federal court in Boston today for diverting liquid morphine intended for hospice patients at a Lowell nursing home. Michael Langlois, 50, of Dracut, was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Court Judge Mark L. Wolf to 42…
Utah Pharmacist Sentenced for Receipt of Misbranded Drugs Imported from China
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeDistrict of Utah FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday, April 6, 2021 SALT LAKE CITY – Daniel Kevin Richards, 37, of Sandy, Utah, was sentenced to three years of probation and a $10,000 fine in federal court on Monday after previously pleading guilty to receiving misbranded chloroquine from China with the intent to sell the drug…
Northborough Nurse Charged with Tampering with Liquid Morphine
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeDistrict of Massachusetts FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday, April 6, 2021 BOSTON – A registered nurse was arrested yesterday in connection with tampering with morphine prescribed to a nursing home resident in her care. Gwen Rider, 41, of Northborough, was indicted on one count of tampering with a consumer product and one count of obtaining…
North Andover Woman Pleads Guilty to Performing Illegal Silicone Injections
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeDistrict of Massachusetts FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, April 2, 2021 Defendant injected individuals with silicone oil, which can cause stroke, death or disfigurement BOSTON – A North Andover woman pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to performing illegal silicone injections in exchange for money. Gladys Araceli Ceron, 72, pleaded guilty to five…