Posts Tagged ‘New York’
Medical Device King Exec Takes a Plea Deal Instead of a Retrial; Gets 32 Months in Prison
New York-based Pharmalogical, Inc. (d/b/a Medical Device King and Taranis Medical Corp.) grossed $17 million by misleading U.S. medical practices into believing they were buying FDA-approved products rather than “unapproved products imported through a series of unidentified middlemen in Turkey and elsewhere.” President William Scully, was convicted of these activities in 2015, but the conviction was vacated in 2017. In 2018, he pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to 32 months in prison.
[...]Retired Canadian law enforcement official urges the New York Legislature: “Step Away” from dangerous drug importation proposal
In this editorial, which was published in Crain’s New York Business on June 19, 2019, Canadian law enforcement veteran Don Bell explains that the New York Legislature’s effort to establish a wholesale prescription drug importation program, is “a gigantic loophole that criminals will pounce on to traffic counterfeit drugs into the state.”
[...]New York District Attorney Indicts Major Online Drug Fake Xanax and Illicit Drug Seller
The office of Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. announced the largest counterfeit pill seizure in New Jersey history this month. In addition to large quantities of other illicit drugs, between 420,000 and 620,000 counterfeit Xanax were discovered during the arrest and search of Chester Anderson, Jarrette Codd, and Ronald MacCarty for their alleged role in selling $2.3 million worth of illicit drugs via the internet.
[...]First Three Members Of Elmira, New York Counterfeit Fentanyl Pill Ring Sentenced
The U.S. Department of Justice announced prison sentences for three members of a large-scale counterfeit fentanyl pill manufacturing and distribution ring based in Elmira, New York. The ringleader, Robert Ian Thatcher, received a 23-year prison sentence. Edward Barrett and Dusty Pemberton, both street level dealers, will spend seven and one-half and five and one-half years in prison respectively…
[...]Multi-State Counterfeit Pill Drug Trafficking Organization Halted by 400+ Law Enforcement Officers on December 5th and 6th
A series of drug seizures by the Bremerton Police Department last year has led Federal authorities to a massive drug trafficking organization that was responsible for bringing thousands of counterfeit oxycodone pills made with fentanyl into Skagit and Snohomish counties.
[...]Leader Of Counterfeit Fentanyl Pill Ring In Elmira, New York Pleads Guilty In Federal Court
The U.S. DOJ announced a guilty plea from Robert Ian Thatcher of Elmira, NY. He was a leader of a counterfeit fentanyl pill drug ring that manufactured and distributed fake 30 milligram Percocet pills in the area, as well as in North Carolina. At least two people died from taking the pills sold to this group…
[...]Three Arrested For Making Fake Oxycodone Pills In An Apartment Building In New York City
A long-term investigation in New York City into a drug ring ended with the arrest of three men. One of the men was a superintendent who allegedly allowed the residential building’s boiler room and a vacant apartment to be used to manufacture counterfeit oxycodone pills that contained fentanyl and heroin…
[...]New York
New York: Fake Painkillers, Counterfeit Xanax, Black Market Cancer Drugs, and More… Download our January 2021 PDF Download our information sheet about counterfeit drug incidents in New York and consult the updates below. State incident summaries August 2022 – January 2023 Counterfeit News in New YorkMontgomery County felon pleads guilty to fentanyl conspiracy and firearm…
[...]New York Man Charged With Selling Counterfeit Pills Made With Fentanyl
A newly formed task for on Long Island made their first arrest of a man who allegedly ran a drug ring that sold counterfeit oxycodone pills made with fentanyl. Between May and July, 2018, Ismail Latif sold a confidential source over 1,000 counterfeit oxycodone pills. The deals were made at one of several houses, one time inside a CVS pharmacy, and another time at a Mobile gas station…
[...]New York Residents Charged After Being Found With Over 12 Kilos Of Counterfeit Xanax Pills
The year-long Operation Dark Gold operation netted charges against 35 individuals selling drugs online. Included in this list are five people from New York – Jian Qu, Raymond Weng, Kai Wu, Dimitri Tseperkas, and Chiad Akkaya- who sold multiple types of drugs and were found in possession of four pill presses and over 12 kilos of suspected counterfeit Xanax pills…
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