Posts Tagged ‘Pennsylvania’
Former Pennsylvania Congressman Decries Fake Drug Sales Via Social Media
This editorial by Ryan Costello was published in The Philadelphia Enquirer on October 9, 2019. Mr. Costello is a former U.S. Congressman (PA-06), and is now a public policy consultant.
[...]Husband of Former Pennsylvania Township Commissioner Charged in Fake Online Pharmacy Case
Koledin ran a website called awakebrain dot com that marketed and sold misbranded and unapproved medication imported from Russia and China. It describes several instances when either the website or emails from Koledin described medications as FDA-approved, when in fact they were not.
[...]Pennsylvania Woman Killed By Counterfeit Fentanyl Pill; Dealer Charged With Her Death
A grand jury in Northampton County in Pennsylvania charged Gustavo Rivera after prosecutors made their case that he was the person who sold a counterfeit Percocet pill that contained fentanyl to Kara Heckenberger. She died after taking that pill on August 9, 2017…
[...]Pennsylvania
Our 2018 information sheet summarizes recent counterfeit drug incidents in Pennsylvania.
[...]110 Pounds of Fentanyl Seized at Port of Philadelphia
U. S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents, during a routine inspection, discovered 50 kilograms (110 pounds) of illicit fentanyl powder that had been hidden in a shipment of iron oxide from China. According to CBP, a narcotics detector dog alerted agents to the presence of the drugs inside barrels of iron oxide that had arrived at the facility in late June.
[...]Pennsylvania Man Sentenced To Over 17 Years For Selling Fake Fentanyl Pills
The U.S. DOJ announced that Nathan Ott of Chambersburg, PA received a 210-month prison sentence. Ott pleaded guilty to purchasing fentanyl by the kilogram online and using it to manufacture counterfeit pills which he and his six co-defendants then sold online and around town…
[...]DOJ Announces News Cases In PA And OH Against Couples Selling Counterfeit Drugs and Fentanyl
U.S. Department of Justice announced two new cases. One is against a PA couple for manufacturing and selling counterfeit prescription pills made with heroin. The second case is against an OH couple charged with running a drug ring that imported and sold fentanyl and carfentanil in the Akron area…
[...]Pennsylvania Pharmacist Sentenced for Passing Imported, Misbranded Drugs Off As FDA-Approved
Four years after pleading guilty in 2013, a Pennsylvania pharmacist has been sentenced to 6 months of home detention and three years probation after pleading guilty to charges of conspiracy to smuggle foreign drugs in the United States and money laundering.
[...]Fake Pills Containing Fentanyl Kill Two In PA. Seller Sentenced To 18 Years
A 24-year-old Bucks County, PA woman will spend up to 18 years in jail for selling counterfeit pills containing synthetic opioids that ended up killing two people. The fake pills looked like Percocet but contained fentanyl and acetyl fentanyl…
[...]Counterfeit fentanyl pills in Pennsylvania
Counterfeit fentanyl pills in Pennsylvania Click here to read PSM’s Fentanyl 101. Since 2012, drug traffickers have been selling North Americans counterfeit medications made from fentanyl, a dangerous painkiller 25-40 times stronger than heroin, and even stronger synthetic opioids like carfentanil. The problem has spread to at least 49 states, and many Americans have suffered…
[...]