Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeWestern District of Kentucky FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, July 20, 2019 PADUCAH, Ky. – United States District Court Senior Judge Thomas B. Russell sentenced Kyle W. Humphrey to two years imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release for stealing pre-retail prescription medications, mislabeling prescription medication in order to defraud or mislead, and…
Georgia Man Pleads Guilty to Social Security and Wire Fraud
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeDistrict of Massachusetts FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday, July 16, 2019 Defendant hired as cardiac surgical technologist after falsifying employment documents, work history, references BOSTON – A Georgia man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Springfield in connection with his submission of a fraudulent application for employment at a Western Massachusetts hospital. Fabrizio…
“The Drug Llama” Pleads Guilty to Distributing Fentanyl on the Dark Web
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeSouthern District of Illinois FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, July 17, 2019 The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois Prosecutes Dark Web Drug Distributor Earlier today, Brandon Arias pleaded guilty in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois to conspiring to distribute fentanyl throughout the United States via…
North Andover Woman Indicted for Performing Illegal Silicone Injections
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeDistrict of Massachusetts FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, July 26, 2019 Defendant allegedly injected individuals with silicone oil which can cause stroke, death or disfigurement BOSTON – A federal grand jury has indicted a North Andover woman in connection with offering illegal silicone injections in exchange for money. Gladys Araceli Ceron, 71, was…
Seafood Processor Pleads Guilty to Selling Foreign Crab Meat Falsely Labeled as Blue Crab from U.S.
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeEastern District of Virginia FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, July 18, 2019 NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – A Poquson man pleaded guilty today to his participation in a lucrative conspiracy to violate the Lacey Act and falsely labelling millions of dollars-worth of foreign crab meat as “Product of USA”. “As I stated when his father…
Cranston Man Sentenced for Defrauding Social Security, Trafficking Oxycodone
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeDistrict of Rhode Island FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, July 18, 2019 PROVIDENCE, RI – A Cranston man who admitted to collecting Social Security Supplemental Security Income (SSI) while at the same time depositing hundreds of thousands of dollars in his personal bank account and obtaining a home mortgage for more than a…
January 5, 2016: Two Defendants Sentenced to Prison in Conspiracy to Distribute Over $6.6 Million in Contraband Cigarettes
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeDistrict of Maryland FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, January 5, 2016 Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles, Jr. sentenced Nikolay Zakharyan, age 24, of Owings Mills, Maryland, and Zarakh Yelizarov, age 53, of Pikesville, Maryland, today to a year and a day in prison, and 18 months in prison,…
Former Nurse at Grace Healthcare Sentenced on Tampering Charge
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeWestern District of Virginia FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, July 26, 2019 Abingdon, VIRGINIA – Amanda Kilgore, a former LPN at Grace Healthcare in Abingdon, was sentenced yesterday to 36 months in federal prison for tampering with consumer products. United States Attorney Thomas T. Cullen made the announcement today following a hearing Thursday…
September 22, 2017: Drug Maker Aegerion Agrees to Plead Guilty; Will Pay More Than $35 Million to Resolve Criminal Charges and Civil False Claims Allegations
Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations Aegerion Pharmaceuticals Inc., a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based subsidiary of Novelion Therapeutics Inc., has agreed to plead guilty to charges relating to its prescription drug, Juxtapid, the Justice Department announced today. As charged in a criminal information filed today, Aegerion introduced Juxtapid into interstate commerce that was…
November 3, 2017: Vero Beach Orthopedic Surgeon Charged in Drug Conspiracy Resulting in Death
Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations An orthopedic surgeon practicing in Vero Beach, Florida, was charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance which resulted in death, aiding and abetting the distribution of a controlled substance which resulted in death, and attempted possession with intent to distribute…