Archive for March 2018
2 Chicago Residents Indicted for Importing Bulk Fentanyl Analogues from China
According to their indictment, Sanchez “Chez” Lackland and Jermol “Yak” Mixon face counts of fentanyl importation and distribution, as well as weapons charges. Their indictment also identifies the fentanyl analogue as methoxyacetyl fentanyl, and notes that the accused allegedly made repeated purchases of the drug from Chinese sources.
[...]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…
[...]Indian Man Will Spend 33 Months In Prison For Selling Misbranded Drugs To Americans
The U.S. Department of Justice announced that 44-year-old Mumbai Ramesh Buchirajam Akkela will spend 33 months in jail for shipping thousands of misbranded pills to customers around the U.S. without requiring a valid prescription…
[...]Confidential Informants Named And Charged In Johnny C. Benjamin Case
The two confidential informants in the case against a Vero Beach doctor who was manufacturing counterfeit oxycodone pills have been named and charged in court. Kevan Slater and Zachary Stewart each face multiple counts in recently released superseding indictment…
[...]Postal Inspectors Intercept Package Containing 1,500 Fentanyl Pills In Ohio
Information provided by the Montgomery County RANGE Task Force in Ohio tipped off postal inspectors to a suspect thought to be purchasing narcotics online. One seized package heading to that person contained 1,500 counterfeit oxycodone pills made with fentanyl…
[...]PSM’s Letter to Judge Expresses Concern Over Kris Thorkelson’s Pending Plea Agreement
Kris Thorkelson, the CEO of CanadaDrugs.com, has a pending plea deal to settle all charges against him. The Partnership for Safe Medicines is gravely concerned that this deal does not do enough to act as a deterrent either to Thorkelson himself or to anyone else who may be contemplating such a scheme…
[...]DOJ Announces Charges Against Four In Counterfeit Drug Case In Puerto Rico
The U.S. Department of Justice announced a 28-count indictment against four people in Puerto Rico for allegedly selling counterfeit and misbranded drugs on various online marketplaces for years…
[...]FDA Warns Influenza Sufferers To Be Wary of Counterfeit and Unapproved Flu Treatments
The FDA lays out exactly what kind of claims fraudulent flu treatments make. They also point out that there are no FDA-approved over-the-counter (OTC) flu treatments available, though there are OTC treatments that can help reduce fever or muscle aches.
[...]Man Charged After Marine Found Dead In Barracks From Counterfeit Fentanyl Pill
A man in California sold counterfeit pills containing fentanyl to the Marine corporal who died after taking them. Kyle Shephard has been charged with murder. A complaint filed in the court says he sold approximately 2,000 of the counterfeit pills…
[...]Academic Discusses Canada’s Counterfeit Drug Problem
In this opinion piece published March 10, 2018 in Medicine Hat News, Dr. Kristina Acri, an academic and senior fellow at the Fraser Institute, discusses the problem of counterfeit drugs in Canada…
[...]