Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations Kristie Mollohan Stole and Diluted Seizure Medication From Disabled Patients GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN —Kristie Ann Mollohan, 42, formerly of Kalamazoo, Michigan and currently of Cosby, Tennessee, was sentenced to 82 months in prison for drug tampering, U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today. In addition to…
February 22, 2019: Lehigh Valley Technologies, Inc. to Pay $4 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Liability for Scheme to Avoid FDA New Drug Application Fee
Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations PHILADELPHIA, PA – United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced today that Lehigh Valley Technologies, Inc. (“LVT”) agreed to a $4 million settlement of allegations under the False Claims Act that it designed a scheme to avoid paying fees associated with new drug applications to…
April 19, 2017: Radford Nurse, Who Tampered with Liquid Morphine Intended for Nursing Home Patients, Pleads Guilty
Abingdon, VIRGINIA – Today in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Abingdon, Christina Lovern Calloway, 40, of Radford, Virginia, pled guilty to tampering with a consumer product. Calloway, while working as a nurse in a nursing home, diverted liquid morphine intended for patients to her own use. Calloway,…
April 12, 2017: Former Medical Product Distributor Charged with False Statements about Hormone Shipments
Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations BIRMINGHAM – Federal prosecutors on Tuesday charged a former Homewood medical product distributor for falsely stating to a U.S. postal inspector that packages of human pregnancy hormone shipped to him from China contained cosmetics he ordered as a gift…
April 12, 2017: Owners of Two Los Angeles-Area Drug Wholesale Companies Arrested in $20 Million Federal ‘Structuring’ Conspiracy
Law enforcement authorities this morning arrested Richard Kayseryan, 41, of Burbank, the owner of Burbank-based TriMed Medical Wholesalers, Inc. Kayseryan is the lead defendant in a 20-count indictment returned on April 6 by a federal grand jury that charges four individuals and TriMed in relation to two separate schemes to structure millions of dollars in…
April 12, 2017: Six Charged with Trafficking Counterfeit Steroids
Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations BOSTON – Six individuals were arrested today and charged in federal court in Boston in connection with conspiracy to traffic in counterfeit steroids, including testosterone and trenbolone, which are illegally used for body building. Tyler Bauman, a/k/a Tyler Baumann,…
April 5, 2017: Worcester Nurse Sentenced for Drug Tampering
Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations BOSTON – A Worcester nurse was sentenced today in connection with stealing painkillers from the nursing home where she worked, and then attempting to conceal her crime by replacing the medication with saline. Lea Roberge, 33, was sentenced…
April 3, 2017: Printing and Packaging CEO Pleads Guilty to Trafficking in Counterfeit Labels and Packaging
Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations HOUSTON – A 48-year-old California resident has entered a guilty plea to trafficking in counterfeit labels and packaging, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Paul S. Rodriguez Jr. was the CEO of Action Packing and Design Inc. in…
March 30, 2017: Lincoln Mother and Son Convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute Misbranded Substances, Drug Paraphernalia, and Related Financial Crimes
Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations Acting United States Attorney Robert C. Stuart announced that on Tuesday, March 28, 2017, co-defendants Allen E. Peithman, Jr., Sharon A. Elder, and their corporations, Cornerstone Plaza, Inc., and AEP Properties, L.L.C., were each convicted of at least one…
March 28, 2017: Former Atlantic County, New Jersey, Man Charged with Smuggling and Dispensing Misbranded Drugs
Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations CAMDEN, N.J. – A former Atlantic County, New Jersey, man charged in connection with a scheme to smuggle misbranded drugs into the country and dispense drugs without a valid prescription will make his initial court appearance today, Acting U.S….