Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeWestern District of Pennsylvania FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, December 4, 2019 PITTSBURGH, PA – A suspended pharmacist has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh, PA, on charges of obtaining controlled substances by fraud, misbranding of drugs, and health care fraud conspiracy, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today. The…
Carolina Liquid Chemistries, Inc., Sentenced to Pay $50,000 for Developing and Marketing Drug Tests Without FDA Approval
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeNorthern District of California FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, December 4, 2019 SAN FRANCISCO – Carolina Liquid Chemistries, Inc. (CLC), was sentenced today to pay $50,000 for selling adulterated medical devices, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Food and Drug Administration-Office of Criminal Investigations (FDA-OCI) Special Agent in Charge Special Agent in…
Lead Defendant Pleads Guilty in Drug Conspiracy That Produced, Distributed Powerful Synthetic Opioid
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeSouthern District of Georgia FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday, December 10, 2019 Final plea of defendants completes federal prosecution AUGUSTA, GA: A Georgia man who operated an industrial-scale illegal pill-manufacturing operation has admitted to the main charge in a drug trafficking conspiracy, representing the final guilty plea among the defendants. Walker Christian Forrester, 25,…
Individual Indicted and Arrested for Illegally Producing and Shipping Adulterated and Misbranded Animal Drugs Without A License
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeDistrict of Puerto Rico FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday, November 19, 2019 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – On November 14, 2019, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment against Rubén Vázquez-Díaz, charging him with three counts each of introducing misbranded animal drugs; introducing adulterated animal drugs; mail fraud;…
Magoffin County Nurse Sentenced to 24 Months for Tampering with Hospital Medication
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeEastern District of Kentucky FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, October 30, 2019 PIKEVILLE, Ky. – A Salyersville, Kentucky, woman, Kelsie Spencer, 25, was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison by United States District Judge Robert Wier on Tuesday, following her conviction for tampering with a controlled substance. According to Spencer’s plea agreement, while…
Southern District of Illinois Secures Conviction of Second Dark Web Drug Trafficker
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeSouthern District of Illinois FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, November 1, 2019 California Woman Known as “The Drug Llama” Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy, Trafficking Fentanyl on the Dark Web, International Money Laundering, and Fentanyl Distribution Resulting in Death This afternoon, Melissa Scanlan, 32, appeared at the federal courthouse in East St. Louis, Illinois, and…
Doctor Sentenced to 7 Months in Federal Prison for Receipt and Delivery of Misbranded Devices
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeDistrict of Idaho FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, November 14, 2019 POCATELLO – Temp Ray Patterson, MD, 55, formerly of Burley, Idaho, was sentenced to seven months in prison for receipt and delivery of misbranded devices, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced today. U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also sentenced Patterson to…
Central Valley Woman Arrested on Federal Charges of Illegally Importing and Distributing Mercury-Laden Skin Care Creams
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeCentral District of California FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday, November 19, 2019 LOS ANGELES – A resident of the Central Valley town of Orosi was arrested this morning on federal charges related to skin care creams containing dangerous levels of mercury that she sold through advertisements on Facebook with promises that the illegal products could…
South Portland Man Sentenced to Prison for Trafficking in Counterfeit Pills and Illegally Possessing a Firearm
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeDistrict of Maine FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday, October 29, 2019 Portland, Maine: A South Portland man was sentenced today in federal court in Portland for holding for sale a counterfeit drug and possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced. U.S. District Judge D. Brock Hornby sentenced…
Two CEOs of Wholesale Pharmaceutical Companies and Two Owners of Bank Accounts Used for Money Laundering Indicted in Alleged Prescription Diversion Scheme
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeSouthern District of Florida FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, October 18, 2019 Joshua Ryan Joles, the CEO of LLC Wholesale Supply, LLC, Mohammad Mehdi Salemi, the CEO of Wholesalers Group, Inc. and Wholesalers Group, LLC, and bank account holders Angel Caminero Alvarez and Leonides Herrera were indicted on charges of money laundering, committing violations…