Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeDistrict of Utah FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday, July 28, 2020 Company Formerly Associated with Defendant Agrees to Plead Guilty to Distributing Misbranded Drug Products and to Stop Marketing Silver Products as Coronavirus Treatment SALT LAKE CITY – Utah resident Gordon H. Pedersen has been indicted for posing as a medical doctor to sell…
Indivior Solutions Pleads Guilty to Felony Charge and Indivior Entities Agree to Pay $600 Million to Resolve Criminal and Civil Investigations as Part of DOJ’s Largest Opioid Resolution
Department of Justice FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, July 24, 2020 Resolutions Follow CEO Guilty Plea and $1.4 Billion Settlement with Former Corporate Parent Indivior Solutions today pleaded guilty to a one-count felony information and, together with its parent companies Indivior Inc. and Indivior plc, agreed to pay a total of $600 million to resolve criminal and civil liability…
Ukrainian Men Plead Guilty to Conspiracy and Trafficking of Counterfeit Cancer and Hepatitis Drugs
Department of Justice FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, July 17, 2020 Two citizens of Ukraine have admitted they conspired to smuggle and distribute counterfeit cancer and hepatitis drugs into the United States, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian C. Rabbitt and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick of the Southern District of Texas. Maksym Nienadov, 36, is the owner of…
Tulare County Man Indicted for Falsely Marketing Herbal Mixtures as FDA-Approved Treatment for COVID-19
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeEastern District of California FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday, July 14, 2020 FRESNO, Calif. — A Porterville man was arrested today after a federal grand jury returned a five count indictment on July 9, charging him with mail fraud and introducing a misbranded drug into interstate commerce with the intent to defraud, U.S. Attorney McGregor…
Darknet Vendor and Pharmacist Plead Guilty to Firebomb Attack Plot
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeEastern District of Virginia FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, July 10, 2020 ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A Maryland Darknet vendor and a Nebraska pharmacist pleaded guilty today to charges related to a conspiracy to use explosives to firebomb and destroy a competitor pharmacy. According to court documents, from August 2019 through April 2020, Hyrum T….
New York Woman Sentenced for Selling Abortion-Inducing Pills Illegally Smuggled Into US
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeWestern District of Wisconsin FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, July 10, 2020 MADISON, WIS. – Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Ursula Wing, 42, New York City, New York, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to a two-year term of probation,…
Manager of Mobile West Michigan Urological Practice Sentenced to Prison for Role in Healthcare Fraud Scheme
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeWestern District of Michigan FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMonday, June 29, 2020 Office Manager Mark J. Sabor Sentenced Today for Conspiracy to Commit Healthcare Fraud and Agrees to Pay Share of Civil Settlement Totaling $1.26 Million GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN — U.S. Attorney Andrew B. Birge announced today that U.S. District Judge Janet T. Neff…
Father and Sons Charged in Miami Federal Court with Selling Toxic Bleach as Fake “Miracle” Cure for Covid-19 and Violating Court Orders
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeSouthern District of Florida FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, July 8, 2020 Defendants Allegedly Attempted to Avoid Government Regulation by Selling Products Through a Company They Deceptively Named Genesis II Church Miami, Fl. – Federal prosecutors in Miami have charged four Florida residents who allegedly marketed “Miracle Mineral Solution,” a toxic bleach, as a…
Three Michigan Men Indicted for Distribution of THC Vape Cartridges
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeNorthern District of Ohio FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, July 2, 2020 CLEVELAND, Ohio – A federal grand jury sitting in Cleveland, Ohio has returned a two-count indictment charging Artyom Garber, age 33, Paul Queenan, age 64 and John Botsford, age 62, all of Michigan with conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute…
Opioid Manufacturer Indivior’s Chief Executive Officer Pleads Guilty in Connection with Drug Safety Claims
U.S. Department of Justice FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday, June 30, 2020 The chief executive officer of Indivior PLC, Shaun Thaxter, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Abingdon, Virginia to a one-count information charging him with causing the introduction into interstate commerce of the opioid drug Suboxone Film, which was misbranded in violation of the Federal Food, Drug,…