Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeDistrict of Maryland FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, May 29, 2019 Admitted Mailing the Drugs from Nevada to Maryland, Knowing that the Drugs Were Misbranded Greenbelt, Maryland – George Sambuca, age 33, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, formerly of Henderson, Nevada, pleaded guilty today to distribution of anabolic steroids and to introduction of misbranded drugs into…
Orange County Man Sentenced to 17½ Years in Federal Prison for Selling Counterfeit Opioid Pills Laced with Fentanyl
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeCentral District of California FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMonday, August 26, 2019 SANTA ANA, California – A Santa Ana man who admitted his role in a scheme that used fentanyl and other synthetic opioids to manufacture and sell counterfeit pharmaceutical pills designed to look like brand-name oxycodone pills was sentenced this morning to 210…
Paramedic Pleads Guilty to Tampering with Fentanyl and Ketamine Vials
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeWestern District of Oklahoma FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMonday, June 3, 2019 OKLAHOMA CITY – COLIN ANDREW DAVIS, 33, of Oklahoma City, has pleaded guilty to tampering with fentanyl and ketamine vials while working as a paramedic for an emergency air evacuation company, announced First Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester. On April 30,…
Middlesex County Couple Charged with Selling Misbranded and Unapproved New Drugs and Running Drug Manufacturing Facility in Their Basement
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeDistrict of New Jersey FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMonday, July 8, 2019 NEWARK, N.J. – A Middlesex County, New Jersey, husband and wife were indicted today in connection with a scheme to market and distribute misbranded drugs and unapproved new drugs and manufacture drugs in an unregistered facility, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Keith…
Hermitage Man Sentenced for Importing and Selling Drugs Not Approved by FDA
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeWestern District of Pennsylvania FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMonday, October 7, 2019 PITTSBURGH – A resident of Hermitage, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 3 years of probation on his conviction of a charge of conspiracy, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today. Senior United States District Judge Donetta W. Ambrose…
Former Parkersburg Physician Pleads Guilty for His Role in Hope Clinic Conspiracy
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeSouthern District of West Virginia FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, October 3, 2019 CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A former Parkersburg physician pled guilty to a drug conspiracy, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Paul W. Burke, 68, pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances not for legitimate medical purposes in the usual course of…
Former Roswell Park Nurse Charged with Stealing Pain Meds and Violating HIPAA
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeWestern District of New York FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday, June 4, 2019 BUFFALO, N.Y. — U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Kelsey A. Mulvey, 27, of Grand Island, NY, was charged by criminal complaint with illegally obtaining controlled substances by fraud, tampering, and violation of the Health Insurance Portability and…
Four Men Indicted on Fraud Charges Related to the Jay Peak EB-5 AnC Vermont Project in Northeast Vermont
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeDistrict of Vermont FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, May 23, 2019 Four individuals were charged with conspiring in a multi-year wire fraud scheme to defraud immigrant investors seeking green cards through the EB-5 program, among other charges, announced United States Attorney for the District of Vermont Christina E. Nolan. Ariel Quiros, 63, William Kelly,…
Georgia Podiatrist Sentenced to 36 Months for His Role in Kickback Scheme
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeSouthern District of FloridaNew York FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday, June 11, 2019 A Georgia podiatrist was sentenced for his participation in a kickback scheme where he prescribed medication that was ultimately paid for by a federal program that provides low cost medication to members of the U.S. Armed Forces. Ariana Fajardo Orshan, U.S. for the…
Fort Washington Man Sentenced to 66 Months in Federal Prison for Two Separate Drug Cases
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeDistrict of Maryland FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, June 6, 2019 Conspired to Steal Prescription Drugs from Federal Military Hospitals and Possessed with Intent to Distribute More Than 100 Kilograms of Marijuana Greenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Daniel Mark Wilkerson, age 45, of Fort Washington, Maryland today to 66…