Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations BOSTON – A Haverhill licensed practical nurse was charged on March 12, 2019, in federal court in Boston with drug tampering. Lauren Perrin, 47, was charged by Information with one count of tampering with a consumer product, specifically the Schedule II controlled substance morphine,…
March 13, 2019: Five Individuals and Two Companies Plead Guilty to Felony Charges in Multimillion Dollar Scheme to Fraudulently Sell Popular Dietary Supplements
Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations Five individual defendants and two companies pleaded guilty in Dallas to felony charges in connection with a scheme to fraudulently sell workout supplements, the Department of Justice announced today. All of the defendants played roles in developing, manufacturing, or marketing the popular workout and…
March 13, 2019: Six Individuals and Two Companies Charged in Illegal Dietary Supplement Scheme
Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations Six people and two Florida corporations were charged in an indictment for their roles in a scheme to distribute illegal dietary supplements, the Department of Justice announced today. Phillip Braun, 38, of Boca Raton, Florida, Aaron Singerman, 39, of Delray Beach, Florida, Robert DiMaggio,…
March 11, 2019: Former Springfield Man Sentenced for Leading Scheme to Market Dietary Supplements
Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations ‘All-Natural’ Male Enhancement Supplement Contained Active Ingredient Found in Viagra SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A former Springfield, Mo., business owner was sentenced in federal court today for his role in leading a scheme with two Nixa, Mo., residents to market an all-natural male enhancement supplement…
January 18, 2019: Medical Company Executive Sentenced for Smuggling $18 Million in Misbranded Pharmaceuticals into United States
Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Tzvi Lexier, of Toronto, Canada, was sentenced today to 26 months in prison for conspiring to smuggle misbranded pharmaceuticals into the United States and for the unlicensed wholesale distribution of prescription drugs. According to court documents, while he was CEO of TC…
January 9, 2010: 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…
January 30, 2019: Athens County Farmer Pleads Guilty to Having Contaminated Calf Slaughtered for Beef
Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations CINCINNATI – Cory L. Gillette, 31, of Albany, Ohio, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to having a medicated calf slaughtered with the intention of selling it as beef for human consumption. The calf was contaminated with Gentamicin, which is not approved for use in…
February 7, 2019: Three Federal Cases Allege Illegal Importation and Sale of ‘Herbal’ Sexual Enhancement Pills that Contained Pharmaceutical Drugs
Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations LOS ANGELES – Four companies and three individuals have agreed to plead guilty to federal criminal charges related to the illegal importation and sale of $11 million worth of pharmaceutical-grade erectile dysfunction drugs that were falsely marketed as herbal remedies for men. Federal prosecutors today…
February 15, 2019: Participant in Fraudulent Opioid Prescription Conspiracy Sentenced
Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations PROVIDENCE, RI – A Providence man who admitted to participating in a conspiracy to create and fill fraudulent prescriptions for opioid pills by using stolen medical practitioner identification numbers, unlawfully paying for many of the prescriptions with the use of medical insurance, and soliciting others…
February 21, 2019: Traveling Nurse Who Worked in Roanoke Sentenced for Tampering with Fentanyl
Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations Joseph Howard Admitted to Replacing Fentanyl with Saline Abingdon, VIRGINIA – A traveling nurse, who tampered with vials of fentanyl and replaced the drug with saline, was sentenced last week in federal court to 42 months in prison, United States Attorney Thomas T. Cullen announced….