Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeSouthern District of Ohio FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday, October 8, 2019 COLUMBUS, Ohio – A former Belmont County woman was sentenced in U.S. District Court today for buying illegal weight loss drugs from China to rebrand and resell them for a profit in the United States. Benjamin C. Glassman, United States Attorney for the…
Five Pennsylvania Physicians Charged with Unlawfully Distributing Buprenorphine and Defrauding Medicare and Medicaid
U.S. Department of Justice FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, May 3, 2019 Five physicians of Redirections Treatment Advocates, LLC, an opioid addiction treatment practice with offices in Pennsylvania and West Virginia, have been indicted on charges of unlawfully dispensing controlled substances and health care fraud, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady of the Western…
Southern California Doctor Found Guilty in $12 Million Medicare Fraud and Device Adulteration Scheme
U.S. Department of Justice FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, October 17, 2019 A federal jury found a southern California doctor guilty yesterday for his role in a $12 million scheme to provide medically unnecessary procedures to Medicare beneficiaries, upcode claims submitted to Medicare, and re-package single-use catheters for reuse on patients. Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of…
Grand Jury Returns Indictments
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeWestern District of Wisconsin FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJune 27, 2019 MADISON, WIS. — A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments yesterday. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven…
Three New Federal Cases Allege Illegal Distribution of Male Sexual Enhancement Pills Falsely Branded as ‘Herbal’ Medicine
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeCentral District of California FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, May 15, 2019 LOS ANGELES – Three companies and five executives have agreed to plead guilty to federal criminal charges alleging that they purchased and resold millions of dollars’ worth of pharmaceutical-grade erectile dysfunction pills that were falsely labeled as male herbal remedies. The anticipated guilty…
Two Former New England Compounding Center Pharmacists Sentenced
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeDistrict of Massachusetts FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, May 30, 2019 BOSTON – Two former clean room pharmacists at New England Compounding Center (NECC) were sentenced this week in federal court in Boston in connection with the 2012 nationwide fungal meningitis outbreak. Gene Svirskiy, 38, of Ashland, Mass., was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District…
Two Sentenced for Participating in Online Drug Distribution and Money Laundering Scheme
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeWestern District of Pennsylvania FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, September 8, 2019 PITTSBURGH – One resident of India and one resident of Canada have been sentenced in federal court on convictions stemming from their roles in an online drug distribution and money laundering conspiracy, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today. United States…
Sacramento Man Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison for Selling Fertilizer as a Fat-Burning Pill
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeEastern District of California FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday, May 28, 2019 SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Scott Edward Cavell, 36, of Sacramento, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez to three years in prison for causing misbranded drugs to be introduced into interstate commerce, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced. U.S. Attorney…
Registered Nurse Indicted on Drug Diversion Charge
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeDistrict of Massachusetts FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday, July 2, 2019 BOSTON – A Haverhill nurse was charged in federal court in Boston with tampering with patients’ morphine. Brianna Duffy, 32, was indicted on one count of tampering with a consumer product and one count of acquiring a controlled substance by fraud or deception….
Two Pharmacists at New England Compounding Center Convicted by Federal Jury
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeDistrict of Massachusetts FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, May 3, 2019 Third verification pharmacist sentenced today BOSTON – Two former verification pharmacists at New England Compounding Center (NECC) were convicted yesterday of violating the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA). The convictions mark the fourth and final trial resulting from the 2014 indictment of…