Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeSouthern District of New York FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, September 13, 2019 Manufacturer Admits to Selling Uncleared Devices, Agrees to Pay $9.5 Million Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Mark S. McCormack, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s…
Ohio Man Pleads Guilty to Holding for Sale or Dispensing Counterfeit ED Pills
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeWestern District of Pennsylvania FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, September 11, 2019 PITTSBURGH – A resident of Columbus, Ohio, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of holding a counterfeit drug for sale or dispensing, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.Rahnon Carter, 39, pleaded guilty to one count before Senior United States…
Rochester Man Sentenced for Smuggling Counterfeit Cialis and Viagra into the United States
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeWestern District of New York FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, October 3, 2019 ROCHESTER, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Samuel McFarland, 55, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of two counts of smuggling goods into the United States, was sentenced to serve 24 months’ probation by U.S. District…
Eight Defendants Arrested for Distributing Millions of Opioid Pills Imported from India
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeEastern District of New York FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, September 12, 2019 Defendants Allegedly Received and Repackaged Misbranded Drugs at a Warehouse in Queens Earlier today, a complaint was unsealed in federal court in Brooklyn charging eight defendants, Ezhil Sezhian Kamaldoss, Harpreet Singh, Parthiban Narayanasamy, Baljeet Singh, Deepak Manchanda, Gulab Gulab, Mukul Chugh…
Haverhill Nurse Pleads Guilty to Drug Tampering
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeDistrict of Massachusetts FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday, September 17, 2019 BOSTON – A Haverhill licensed practical nurse pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to drug tampering. Lauren Perrin, 47, pleaded guilty to one count of tampering with a consumer product, specifically the Schedule II controlled substance morphine, which is used for…
Five Individuals Convicted for Participating in Global Fraud Scheme
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeSouthern District of Florida FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, September 4, 2019 Ariana Fajardo Orshan, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Justin Green, Special Agent in Charge, Miami Field Office, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Office of Criminal Investigations (FDA-OCI), announced the convictions of five defendants for various offenses relating to…
Jury Convicts Shamo of Leading Drug Trafficking Network
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeDistrict of Utah FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, August 9, 2019 More than half a million counterfeit pills distributed throughout the country SALT LAKE CITY – A federal jury in Salt Lake City returned guilty verdicts Friday afternoon finding Aaron Michael Shamo guilty of organizing and directing a drug trafficking organization that imported fentanyl…
Holmes County Company Fined More Than $165,000 for Refusing to Allow FDA Investigators to Inspect Its Facilities
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeNorthern District of Ohio FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, September 18, 2019 A Holmes County company that advertised it manufactured tinctures, salves and herbal formulas was fined more than $165,000 for refusing to allow FDA investigators to inspect its facilities.Precision Herbs LLC was ordered to pay a fine of $166,965 –- which represented the…
Indictment Charges Middletown Business, Owner, with Making and Selling Adulterated Dietary Supplements
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeDistrict of Connecticut FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, September 13, 2019 John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Jeffrey Ebersole, Special Agent in Charge of the Food and Drug Administration, Office of Criminal Investigations, New York Field Office, today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has…
Compounding Pharmacy, Two of Its Executives, and Private Equity Firm Agree to Pay $21.36 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeSouthern District of Florida FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, September 19, 2019 The Department of Justice announced today that compounding pharmacy Diabetic Care Rx LLC, or Patient Care America (PCA), PCA’s Chief Executive Officer Patrick Smith, PCA’s former Vice President of Operations Matthew Smith, and private equity firm Riordan, Lewis & Haden Inc. (RLH)…