Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations A Tampa-area medical device salesman pleaded guilty on Friday, January 13, 2017, to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with the sale of expired LAP-BAND Adjustable Gastric Banding Systems to physicians in South Florida. Wifredo A. Ferrer, United…
January 18, 2017: Owner of Major Online Colored Contact Lens Business Sentenced to 46 Months in Prison in Largest-Ever Scheme to Import and Sell Counterfeit and Misbranded Contact Lenses Prosecuted 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, was sentenced to 46 months in prison today for running an international operation importing counterfeit and misbranded contact lenses…
February 6, 2017: Arizona Man Sentenced for Trafficking in Pet Products with Counterfeit Labels
Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations HOUSTON – An Arizona man was sentenced today to serve 37 months in prison for trafficking in pet products with counterfeit labels into the United States. U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson, Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the…
February 7, 2017: Randallstown Woman Pleads Guilty to Injecting Non-Medical Grade Silicone into the Bodies of Victim Customers
Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations Baltimore, Maryland – Kendra Westmoreland, age 54, of Randallstown, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to receiving and delivering an adulterated or misbranded device, in connection with her receipt and use of polydimethylsiloxane, which she misrepresented to customers as medical grade silicone. …
February 14, 2017: Two Miami-Dade Women Charged in Connection with Their Operation of a Spa Performing Illicit Silicone Injections
Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Justin Green, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Office of Criminal Investigations (FDA-OCI), Miami Field Office, Mark Selby, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations (ICE-HSI), Miami Field Office, and Juan J. Perez, Director, Miami-Dade…
February 16, 2017: Atlanta Man Convicted of Illegally Importing and Distributing Male Enhancement Products from China
Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations ATLANTA – Ismail Ali Khan has been convicted following a six-day jury trial of conspiracy, illegal importation of misbranded drug products from China, receiving misbranded drugs that had moved in interstate commerce, and making false statements in order to…
March 2, 2017: Bath County Man Convicted of Obstructing Justice and Selling Misbranded Products
Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations LEXINGTON, Ky. – Samuel A. Girod, from Owingsville, Kentucky, has been convicted by a federal jury of conspiracy to impede an officer of the United States, obstruction of proceedings before an agency of the United States, witness tampering, failure to…
March 9, 2017: Internet Business Owner Indicted for Selling Non-FDA Approved and Misbranded Versions of Botox and Juvederm Related Products
LAS VEGAS, Nev. – The owner and operator of numerous beauty product websites was arrested and charged in a 25-count indictment for selling misbranded drugs and misbranded medical devices, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden for the District of Nevada and Special Agent in Charge William Conway for the FDA Office of Criminal Investigations’ Chicago…