U.S. Department of Justice FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMonday, March 8, 2021 In an indictment unsealed today, a federal grand jury in Miami charged a Florida medical doctor and three others for their roles in an alleged scheme to falsify clinical trial data. According to court documents, Dr. Martin Valdes, 64, of Coral Gables, Florida, Fidalgis Font, 53, of…
Pharmacy Owner and Accountant Indicted in $134M Health Care Fraud Scheme
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeSouthern District of Texas FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday, March 9, 2021 HOUSTON – Two Houston area men are now in custody on charges of conspiracy to commit health care fraud relating to a pharmacy fraud scheme, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer Lowery. Authorities arrested Mohamed Mokbel, 56, and Fathy Elsafty, 62, both of Houston,…
Operator of Racehorse Doping Websites Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeSouthern District of New York FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday, March 9, 2021 Scott Robinson Also Ordered to Forfeit Over $3,000,000 Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that SCOTT ROBINSON was sentenced today to 18 months in prison in connection with ROBINSON’s years-long sale and distribution…
Owner of Tennessee Drug Screening Lab Sentenced to 36 Months on Federal Health Care Fraud Charge
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeWestern District of Virginia FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday, March 2, 2021 ABINGDON, Va. – Michael Dube, who formerly owned and operated American Toxicology Labs, was sentenced was today in U.S. District Court in Abingdon, Virginia to 36 months in federal prison. Acting United States Attorney Daniel P. Bubar and Virginia Attorney General Mark G….
Hudson Woman Sentenced to 15 Months for Tampering with Consumer Products and Unlawfully Obtaining Controlled Substances
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeDistrict of New Hampshire FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMonday, March 1, 2021 CONCORD – Kristina Coleman, 40, of Hudson, was sentenced on Friday to 15 months in federal prison for tampering with consumer products and unlawfully obtaining controlled substances, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today. According to court documents and statements made in…
Nurse Pleads Guilty to Tampering with Fentanyl Vials Intended for Patients at Fertility Clinic
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeDistrict of Connecticut FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMonday, March 2, 2021 Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced DONNA MONTICONE, 49, of Oxford, waived her right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall to one count of tampering with a consumer product….
Pharmaceutical Business Owner Sentenced in Miami for Role in Prescription Medication Diversion Scheme
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeSouthern District of Florida FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, February 26, 2021 Miami, Florida – A Miami federal judge has sentenced a wholesale pharmaceutical business owner to 103 months imprisonment for his role in a scheme to pass off expensive and delicate prescription medications illegally procured on the streets as ones that came directly from…
Georgia Couple Sentenced for Importing and Distributing Male Enhancement Products and Counterfeit Goods from China As Well As Naturalization Fraud
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeNorthern District of Georgia FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, February 24, 2021 ROME, Ga. – Irfanali Momin and Shiba I. Momin a/k/a Saguftabanu Momin, husband and wife, have been sentenced to prison for naturalization fraud and conspiring to illegally import and distribute misbranded drug products from China and traffic counterfeit goods. The Momins have also…
Dietary Supplement Executive Sentenced in Scheme to Fraudulently Sell Popular Dietary Supplements
U.S. Department of Justice FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, February 19, 2021 A federal court in Texas sentenced a former dietary supplement company executive to prison for his role in fraudulently selling popular workout supplements, the Justice Department announced today. On Feb. 19, 2021, U.S. District Judge Sam A. Lindsay sentenced former S.K. Laboratories Vice President Sitesh Patel, 37,…
Owner of Sport Supplement Company Sentenced for Unlawful Distribution of Steroid-like Drugs
U.S. Department of Justice FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday, February 16, 2021 A North Carolina sport supplement company owner was sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison after pleading guilty to introducing unapproved new drugs into interstate commerce, the Department of Justice announced. Brian Michael Parks, 47, of Apex, North Carolina, and MedFitRX Inc, now known…