September 9, 2016: Medical Device Saleswoman Convicted on Charges of Conspiring to Transport Stolen Medical Devices in Interstate Commerce, Money Laundering and Other Charges

  Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations      A medical device saleswoman was convicted yesterday on charges of conspiring to transport stolen medical devices in interstate commerce, money laundering and other charges.    Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Robert J. West, Special Agent in Charge,…

September 9, 2016: Owner of Major Online Colored Contact Lens Business Pleads Guilty in Largest-Ever Investigation of Counterfeit and Misbranded Contact Lenses in the United States

  Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations      The owner and operator of Candy Color Lenses, a major online retailer of colored contact lenses in the United States, pleaded guilty yesterday to running an international operation importing counterfeit and misbranded contact lenses from suppliers in Asia and then selling them over the internet…

September, 22, 2016 Hoover Man Charged for Marketing Misbranded Male Enhancement Drugs from China

  Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations      Hoover Man Charged for Marketing Misbranded Male Enhancement Drugs from China   BIRMINGHAM – Federal prosecutors today charged a Hoover man with receiving and reselling misbranded male enhancement drugs from China that could cause serious side effects in men taking medications containing nitrates, announced U.S….

September 29, 2017: Randallstown Woman Sentenced To 2 Years In Prison For Injecting Non-Medical Grade Silicone Into The Bodies Of Victim Customers

        Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations   Baltimore, Maryland – United States District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Kendra Westmoreland, age 55, of Randallstown, Maryland, to two years in prison, followed by one year of supervised release for receiving and delivering an adulterated or misbranded device, in connection with her receipt and use of…

January 9, 2019: Owner of Seafood Company Sentenced to Prison for Blue Crab Scam

  Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations   NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – The owner of a Newport News seafood business was sentenced to nearly four years in prison and fined $15,000 for conspiring to commit Lacy Act violations for blending foreign crab meat with Atlantic blue crab meat, then labeling the blended crab meat…

October 1, 2018: AmerisourceBergen Corp. to Pay $625 Million to Settle Civil Fraud Allegations Resulting from Its Repackaging and Sale of Adulterated Drugs and Unapproved New Drugs, Double Billing and Providing Kickbacks

  Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations   Settlement Resolves Federal and State False Claims Act Claims Arising from ABC’s Operation of a Sham Pharmacy that Illegally Repackaged Injectable Drugs Under Insanitary Conditions to Profit from Overfill AmerisourceBergen Corporation (ABC), one of the nation’s largest wholesale drug companies, and its subsidiaries AmerisourceBergen Specialty Group…