Posts Tagged ‘Department of Justice’
Foreign Hosted Online Pharmacy Sold Counterfeit Pills Made with Fentanyl Analogues to Americans
In a first case of its kind, the U.S. Department of Justice indicted two people from New Jersey for operating multiple fake online pharmacies that shipped some customers counterfeit pills made with fentanyl. The pills that Evelin Bracy and Jorge Rodriguez Lopez sold killed one of their customers in Boise, Idaho…
[...]Don’t Use Canadian Internet Pharmacies. Buy Your Drugs from Safe, Affordable US Licensed Pharmacies
Looking to lower your prescription drug costs? How do you make sure you are not purchasing counterfeit drugs? Learn the signs of a bad online pharmacy and how you can stay safe and get the best price on legitimate FDA-approved medicine…
[...]Connecticut Man Charged With Distributing Counterfeit Xanax That Killed One Man
The U.S. Department of Justice announced an indictment against Kamil Golebioswki. The Connecticut man has various charges against him all stemming from his alleged illegal sale of counterfeit drugs. Golebioswki is believed to have sold the fake Xanax pill that was a contributing cause to a 29-year-old man’s death…
[...]Texas Man Indicted for Selling Counterfeit Medicines Online
Rene Soriano of Brownsville, Texas entered a plea of not guilty in federal court to charges that he imported and sold counterfeit drugs online via websites like Facebook and Craigslist since 2013…
[...]Fentanyl Has Created A New Kind Of 21st-Century Drug Kingpin
The introduction of fentanyl and the ever-growing list of its analogues has devastated communities across America, but also created a new sort of drug kingpin. This kingpin uses their knowledge of chemistry to make minor changes to the chemical structure of the drugs that they sell in an attempt to stay one step ahead of the law…
[...]Jury Convicts Florida Doctor For Making Counterfeit Pills With Fentanyl
A federal jury found Dr. Johnny C. Benjamin of Vero Beach guilty on five of the seven charges against him, including manufacturing counterfeit pills with fentanyl that caused the death of a young woman in Wellington, Florida…
[...]FL Company Ordered To Stop Selling Adulterated And Misbranded Drugs
The U.S. DOJ received a permanent injunction against MyNicNaxs, a company based in Deltona, Florida, for the sale and distribution of unapproved and misbranded new drugs. Despite receiving a warning letter in 2013, the company continued to sell dietary supplements that contained undisclosed pharmaceutical ingredients…
[...]New Hampshire Couple Who Distributed Millions Of Misbranded Pills Headed To Jail
The DOJ announced that John and Plabpleung Hayes of New Hampshire received their prison sentences for their roles in a conspiracy that imported and sold over 2 million misbranded prescription pills from India and sold them to customers across the United States…
[...]Canadian Pharmacist Sentenced For Selling Counterfeit Botox To U.S. Doctors
The U.S. DOJ announced that Nikhil Buhecha, a Canadian pharmacist, received a 36-month sentence for owning and operating a sophisticated drug whole operation that sold counterfeit Botox to doctors all across the United States…
[...]Sentences Handed Down To Massachusetts Pair In Counterfeit Steroid Ring
The U.S. Department of Justice announced that a Massachusetts couple who were part of a counterfeit steroid ring received their sentences. Tyler Bauman will spend 10 years in prison and Kathryn Green will spend one year and one day…
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