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Current Department of Justice Press Releases involving FDA's Office of Criminal Investigations

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DOJ Release (Full Title)
2025/02/05California Man Sentenced for Selling Unapproved Drugs with Intent to Defraud over the Internet
2025/02/05Hell’s Kitchen Aesthetician Arrested For Unlawfully Injecting Counterfeit Botox
2025/02/05Indian National Sentenced for Conspiracy to Distribute Controlled Substances
2025/02/05Michigan Man Charged with Drug Distribution and Loan Fraud
2025/01/17Columbia County Woman Sentenced to Federal Prison for Role in Wire Fraud Conspiracy and Illegally Dispensing Animal Drugs
2025/01/10Former Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company Pleads Guilty
2024/12/20Dentist Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Stealing Drugs from Patients and Performing Surgery Without Proper Pain Management
2024/12/19Fruit Juice Manufacturing Company and its Former President Plead Guilty to Food Safety Crimes
2024/12/18Former Nurse Pleads Guilty to Tampering with Medication
2024/12/17Lexington Doctor Sentenced for Engaging in International Money Laundering Scheme and Importing Illegal and Misbranded Drugs
2024/12/13Justice Department Announces Resolution of Criminal and Civil Investigations into McKinsey & Company’s Work with Purdue Pharma L.P.; Former McKinsey Senior Partner Charged with Obstruction of Justice
2024/12/12Kentucky Nurse Pleads Guilty to Opioid Diversion Scheme
2024/12/11Mississippi Seafood Distributor and Managers Sentenced for Conspiracy and Misbranding Seafood
2024/12/11New Haven Nurse Admits Tampering with and Stealing Lorazepam Vials
2024/12/10Two Biotech CEOs Convicted in Securities Fraud Scheme
2024/12/05Former EMT Sentenced for Drug Tampering
2024/11/20Dallas Anesthesiologist Convicted of Tampering with IV Bags Sentenced to 190 Years in Prison
2024/11/20California Man Arrested for Money Laundering Conspiracy in Connection with Online Pharmacy Websites
2024/11/20Mary Mahoney’s Old French House and Manager Sentenced for Conspiracy and Misbranding of Seafood
2024/11/15QOL Medical and Its CEO Agree To Pay $47 Million for Allegedly Paying Kickbacks To Induce Claims for QOL's Drug Sucraid
2024/11/15Mid-Valley Hospital Agrees to Pay $15,000 Penalty and Implement Corrective Actions to Address Theft of Controlled Substances
2024/11/13Dublin Man Pleads Guilty to Prescribing Pain Medication Without a License
2024/11/07China-Based Chemical Company, Its Director and Senior Employees Indicted for Alleged Fentanyl Manufacturing and Distribution
2024/11/07Former Traveling Nurse Pleads Guilty to Tampering with Morphine
2024/11/01Spa Owner Arrested for Allegedly Performing Thousands of Illegal Counterfeit Injections on Clients for Over Three Years
2024/10/30Florida Company Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Sell Misbranded N95 Masks to Hospital in Early Months of COVID-19 Pandemic
2024/10/29California Company Charged with Conspiring to Sell Misbranded N95 Masks to Hospital in Early Months of COVID-19 Pandemic
2024/10/25Empire of pain: City of London Police foil £1m illegal pharma drug gang with two people jailed and over 1,000,000 pills seized
2024/10/25Physician Charged in Scheme to Illegally Sell Cancer Drugs
2024/10/17Orlando Doctor Indicted For Offering To Inject Silicone For Gluteal Augmentation Procedure
2024/10/17California Man Pleads Guilty to Selling Unapproved Drugs with Intent to Defraud over the Internet
2024/10/15Houston man guilty in $160M Medicare fraud scheme
2024/10/10Magellan Diagnostics Sentenced for Concealing Malfunction in Lead Testing Devices
2024/10/07Former Nurse Pleads Guilty in Connection with Diverting Fentanyl from ICU Patient
2024/10/03Ten Pharmaceutical Distributor Executives, Sales Representatives, and Brokers Charged in Connection with Unlawful Sales of Nearly 70M Opioid Pills
2024/10/02Florida Company Charged with Conspiring to Sell Misbranded N95 Masks to Hospital in Early Months of COVID-19 Pandemic
2024/09/30South Florida U.S. Attorney’s Office Charges an Attorney, Former SBA Employee, Tax Preparer, and others with COVID-19 Fraud Schemes
2024/09/30Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Injectable Stem Cell Product Manufacturer Sentenced for Distributing Unapproved Drug
2024/09/25$2,125,640 Recouped in Civil Settlements for Violations of the False Claims Act from Local Pharmacies in Cidra and Florida, Puerto Rico
2024/09/2527 Individuals Indicted for Buying and Selling Wholesale Quantities of Misbranded and Diverted Prescription Drugs Resold to the Public Through Retail Pharmacies in Puerto Rico
2024/09/18Former Nurse Sentenced for Tampering with Oxycodone
2024/08/29California Man Pleads Guilty to Selling Illegal Depressant Etizolam Over the Internet
2024/08/27Mississippi Seafood Distributor and Managers Plead Guilty to Conspiracy and Misbranding of Seafood
2024/08/27Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Injectable Stem Cell Product Manufacturer Pleads Guilty to Felony Distribution of Unapproved Drug
2024/08/26Gate City Pharmacist Sentenced for Tampering with Oxycodone
2024/08/15Conspiracy and Fraud Charges Added Against Operator of Central California Bio-Lab and His Partner in Connection with Sale of Millions of Dollars in COVID-19 Test Kits
2024/08/14Two Plead Guilty to Bank Fraud Conspiracy Targeting Payment Card Industry
2024/08/13Former Biloxi City Councilman Sentenced to Six Years in Prison for Drug Conspiracy Involving Vape Shops
2024/08/08Dentist Pleads Guilty to Stealing Fentanyl from Patients
2024/07/31Virginia Man Sentenced To Two Years In Prison For Introducing Misbranded Drugs Into Interstate Commerce
2024/07/30Fake Doctor Selling Unproven COVID-19 Cure is Sentenced to 36 Months
2024/07/25Foreign National Charged for Selling Counterfeit Cancer Drugs
2024/07/25Upstate Pharmacist Sentenced for Unlawfully Compounding Radioactive Drugs
2024/07/22Operation Ancord VII: Collaboration Yields Significant Seizures of Illicit Medicines
2024/07/12Kenya and Uganda partner with international stakeholders to protect consumers from illicit medical products
2024/07/12Richlands Woman Pleads Guilty to Selling Black Market Prescription Drugs
2024/07/10U.S. Compounding, Inc. Pleads Guilty To Multiple Fraud Offenses And Company Vice President Indicted In Scheme To Distribute Drugs Nationally Using False Prescriptions
2024/07/10Former New York Cheese Producer Sentenced for Selling Raw Milk Cheese Products Linked to Listeria Outbreak
2024/06/27Magellan Diagnostics Pleads Guilty to Criminal FDCA Charges
2024/06/11Bridgewater, Vermont Man Sentenced for Conspiracy to Distribute Opioids
2024/05/30Biloxi Restaurant and its Co-Owner Plead Guilty to Conspiracy to Misbrand Seafood
2024/05/28Tea Woman Sentenced for Obtaining a Controlled Substance by Fraud
2024/05/21Magellan Diagnostics Agrees to Plead Guilty and Pay $42 Million to Resolve Criminal Charges
2024/05/20“Incognito Market” Owner Arrested for Operating One of the Largest Illegal Narcotics Marketplaces on the Internet
2024/05/20Two additional South Florida residents plead guilty to health care fraud charges in diabetic test strip diversion scheme
2024/05/09Covetrus Sentenced for Criminal Misbranding of Prescription Drugs
2024/05/03Opioid Manufacturer Endo Health Solutions Inc. Ordered to Pay $1.536B In Criminal Fines and Forfeiture for Distributing Misbranded Opioid Medication
2024/05/02Biloxi City Councilman Pleads Guilty to Drug Conspiracy Involving Vape Shops
2024/05/01Long Island Woman Arrested For Selling Misbranded And Adulterated Weight Loss Drugs, Including Ozempic, On TikTok
2024/04/30Pharmacy Technician Pleads Guilty to Tampering with Hospital Pain Medication
2024/04/25Anesthesiologist Pleads Guilty to Taking Fentanyl from Hospital
2024/04/19Three Sentenced in International Controlled Substances and Prescription Drug Trafficking Operation
2024/04/12Dallas Anesthesiologist Convicted of Tampering with IV Bags Linked to Cardiac Emergencies During Routine Surgeries
2024/04/05Ardmore Nurse Sentenced For Tampering With Pain Medication
2024/04/04Suburban Chicago Nurse Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Tampering With Patient Medications
2024/04/01Iowa Nurse Sentenced to Federal Prison after Stealing Pain Medication from At Least 50 New Mothers at Waterloo Hospital
2024/03/13Tulare County Man Pleads Guilty to Falsely Marketing Products as Effective in Treating Medical Conditions Including COVID-19
2024/03/06Generic Pharmaceuticals Manufacturer Pleads Guilty, Agrees to $1.5 Million Criminal Penalty for Distributing Adulterated Drugs and $2 Million to Resolve Civil Liability under the False Claims Act
2024/03/05Houma Doctor Pleads Guilty to Distributing Misbranded Versions of Injectable Contraceptives to Patients
2024/03/05Former New York Cheese Producer Pleads Guilty in Connection with Raw Milk Products Linked to Listeria Outbreak
2024/03/05Pennsylvania Family Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Trafficking
2024/02/29Maine Man Indicted for Lacing Ice Cream with THC at Newmarket Café
2024/02/29Opioid Manufacturer Endo Health Solutions Inc. Agrees to Global Resolution of Criminal and Civil Investigations into Sales and Marketing of Branded Opioid Drug
2024/02/28Former South Florida Pharmacy CEO Sentenced to Prison for Lying to Federal Investigators
2024/02/26Family Dollar Stores LLC Pleads Guilty to Holding Consumer Products Under Insanitary Conditions, Agrees to Pay $41.675 Million in Connection with Rodent-Infested Warehouse
2024/02/21Former Nurse Pleads Guilty to Adulteration of Fentanyl
2024/02/16Collegeville Man Sentenced to 97 Months in Prison for Scheme to Sell Fraudulent Canine Cancer Drugs to Pet Owners
2024/02/15California Man Sentenced for Smuggling Fraudulent Cognitive Enhancement Drug Into the United States from China
2024/02/12Covetrus Pleads Guilty to Criminal Misbranding of Veterinary Prescription Drugs
2024/02/09Lexington Doctor Found Guilty of Engaging in International Money Laundering Scheme, Importing Illegal Merchandise and Receipt and Delivery of a Misbranded Drug
2024/02/07Pennsylvania Man Sentenced To 78 Months In Prison For Trafficking Stolen Medical Products From Battle Creek VA Medical Center
2024/02/05Arizona Company and CEO Sentenced for Illegal Distribution of Tianeptine and Other Drugs and Ordered to Forfeit $2.4 Million
2024/01/24Former Employee of Medical Device Manufacturer Sentenced for Forging Two FDA Letters that Led to Illegal Sale of Medical Devices
2024/01/12Texas Company Pleads Guilty to Distributing Misbranded Dietary Supplements and Agrees to $4.5 Million Forfeiture
2024/01/12Pharmacist Sentenced for Illegally Dispensing Promethazine Cough Syrup and Earning Millions in Profits
2023/12/18Counterfeit Prescription Drug Distributor Sentenced to Federal Prison
2023/12/08Two Former Nurses Indicted in Connection to the Diversion of Dangerous Narcotics by Medical Professionals
2023/11/30Florida Medical Clinic Owner and Pharmacy Technician Sentenced to Prison in Clinical Trial Fraud Scheme
2023/11/16Operator of Central California Bio-Lab Indicted for Distributing Adulterated and Misbranded COVID-19 Tests and Lying to Authorities
2023/11/15Brothers Sent to Prison for Operating $13M Multi-state Stolen Goods Enterprise
2023/11/13Nampa Man Sentenced to 24 Months for Selling Over $4.4 Million in Unapproved Steroid-Like Drugs
2023/10/31Unlicensed Wholesaler Sentenced to Prison for Distributing Foreign Unapproved New Drugs and Mail Fraud
2023/10/30Arizona Company and CEO Plead Guilty to the Distribution of Drugs Not Approved by the FDA and Will Pay $2.4 Million
2023/10/26New Braunfels Man Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Selling Misbranded Drugs
2023/10/24Two Tulsa Men Indicted for Introducing Misbranded Drugs into Interstate Commerce
2023/10/23Cape Coral Man Sentenced to More Than 21 Years in Federal Prison for Manufacturing Counterfeit Pills Containing Fentanyl and Bank Fraud
2023/10/20Imperial Valley Doctor Sentenced for Years-Long Use of Unapproved Cosmetic Drugs
2023/10/19Arrest Made in Central California Bio-Lab Investigation
2023/10/16California Lawyer Sentenced to Six Years in Prison for Racketeering Conspiracy, Mail Fraud, And Multiple Conspiracy Counts, Including Mail and Wire Fraud, Money Laundering, And The Illegal Distribution of $157 Million in Diverted Prescription Drugs
2023/10/13Former CEO Pleads Guilty to Causing the Distribution of Adulterated and Misbranded Medical Devices Intended to Treat Migraine Headaches
2023/10/12Iowa Nurse Pleads Guilty to Stealing Pain Medication from at Least 50 New Mothers at Waterloo Hospital
2023/10/12Two Leaders of $2.8 Million Dark Web Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering Conspiracy Sentenced to 16 & 18 Years in Prison
2023/10/12Pharmaceutical Production Manager Sentenced in Counterfeit Drug Trafficking Conspiracy
2023/10/06Leaders of “Genesis II Church of Health and Healing,” Who Sold Toxic Bleach as Fake “Miracle” Cure for COVID-19 and Other Serious Diseases, Sentenced to More Than 12 Years in Federal Prison
2023/10/06Nurse Charged with Tampering with Lorazepam Vials
2023/10/03Jacksonville Beach Nurse Pleads Guilty to Tampering with Medication
2023/09/18Ringleader Sentenced to 25 Years for Counterfeit Drug Trafficking Conspiracy
2023/09/17Yankton Woman Sentenced for Obtaining a Controlled Substance by Misrepresentation, Fraud, Forgery, Deception, and Subterfuge
2023/09/14Former Licensed Registered Nurse Sentenced to 15 Months for Product Tampering
2023/09/07Defendant Who Stole and Sold $100,000+ in Medical Supplies Sentenced to Probationary Sentence
2023/09/07California Man Pleads Guilty to Smuggling Alleged Cognitive Enhancement Drug into the United States from China
2023/09/07Miami Medical Clinic Owner and Pharmacist Convicted for Clinical Trial Fraud Scheme
2023/09/05Ardmore Nurse Pleads Guilty to Tampering with Pain Medication
2023/09/01Colorado Man Sentenced To 24 Months for Drug Smuggling and Money Laundering Offenses
2023/08/31Norfolk Man Charged with Price Gouging N95 Masks in Early Months of COVID-19 Pandemic
2023/08/25Glen Carbon Business Owner Admits to Selling Misbranded Male Enhancement Supplements
2023/08/24Imperial Valley Doctor Admits Using Unapproved Cosmetic Drugs for Years
2023/08/23Justice Department Announces Results of Nationwide COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Action
2023/08/23Former Connecticut Residents Charged with Operating Websites to Illegally Sell Misbranded and Unapproved Drugs
2023/07/26Thoroughbred Racehorse Trainer Jason Servis Sentenced to Four Years in Prison
2023/07/25South Florida Resident Sentenced in Elaborate Prescription Medication Diversion Scheme
2023/07/21Leader of “Genesis II Church of Health and Healing,” Who Sold Toxic Bleach as Fake “Miracle” Cure for COVID-19 and Other Serious Diseases, Guilty of Conspiracy to Defraud the United States
2023/07/20Employee of Medical Device Manufacturer Pleads Guilty to Forging Two FDA Clearance Letters for Medical Devices
2023/07/14Three Darknet Fentanyl Vendors Sentenced to Over 20 Years in Prison
2023/07/13KC Medical Spa Owner Sentenced for Illegal Treatments
2023/07/06Former Nurse Sentenced to Federal Prison for Tampering with a Consumer Product
2023/06/28National Enforcement Action Results in 78 Individuals Charged for $2.5B in Health Care Fraud
2023/06/26Winchester Man and Former Medical Device Sales Rep Arrested for Defrauding Boston Hospital and Lying to Federal Authorities
2023/06/23Citizen of Croatia and Serbia Charged with Running Monopoly Drug Market on the Darknet
2023/06/22Cape Coral Man Pleads Guilty to Manufacturing Counterfeit Pills Containing Fentanyl and Other Federal Offenses
2023/06/22Las Vegas Man Sentenced for Illegally Selling Steroids Online
2023/06/16Raleigh ENT Doctor Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Adulterating Surgical Devices, for Defrauding Medicare, and for Stealing Patient Identities
2023/06/12Veterinary Supply Sentenced for Misbranding Veterinary Drugs
2023/06/09Tea Woman Charged with Tampering with Consumer Products and Obtaining Controlled Substances by Fraud
2023/06/07Former Owner of Watauga Recovery Clinics Sentenced to Prison
2023/06/05Food Wholesaler Pleads Guilty to Smuggling Tainted Chinese Eel
2023/06/05Virginia Man Pleads Guilty to Introducing Misbranded Drugs into Interstate Commerce
2023/06/05Colorado Man Sentenced for Conspiring to Distribute Tramadol
2023/06/01Retired New Jersey Doctor Sentenced for Selling Toxic DNP Online and Faking Cancer Diagnosis to Avoid Trial
2023/05/31New Jersey Doctor Admits Buying and Selling Oncology Medication for Profit
2023/05/25Pennsylvania Physician Sentenced to Prison for HOPE Clinic Prescription Practices
2023/05/23Grand Rapids Physician Pays Over $135,000 For Allegedly Using Foreign, Unapproved Botox to Treat Medicare Beneficiaries
2023/05/22Nurse Who Stole Painkillers, Replacing Them with Saline and Putting Surgical Patients at Risk, Sentenced to Four Years
2023/05/17U.S. Resolves Civil Claims Against Medical Device Manufacturer for Falsely Claiming that Chinese Components Sold to the Federal Government Were American Made
2023/05/08Former Licensed Registered Nurse Agrees to Plead Guilty to Product Tampering Charge
2023/05/08Former Nurse Sentenced for Stealing Drugs from Two Boston-Area Hospitals
2023/05/02Largest International Operation Against Darknet Trafficking of Fentanyl and Opioids Results in Record Arrests and Seizures
2023/05/02Registered Nurse Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison for Tampering with and Stealing Painkillers from Detroit Hospital
2023/04/26NYC Mother and Son Charged with Interstate Shipment of Misbranded Animal Drugs
2023/04/24Georgia Doctor Pleads Guilty to Distributing Misbranded Weight Loss Drug Product
2023/04/20Massachusetts Health Care Company Agrees to Plead Guilty and Pay More Than $2.5 Million for Purchasing Botox That was Packaged and Labeled for Use Only in Foreign Countries
2023/04/20Supervisory Paramedic Sentenced to Three Years in Federal Prison for Stealing Fentanyl and Tampering with Drugs Intended for Patients
2023/04/18Former Physician Associated with 1-800-GET-THIN Sentenced to 7 Years in Federal Prison for Massive Fraud Against Health Insurers
2023/04/14Nampa Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Felony for Selling Over $4.4 Million in Unapproved Steroid-Like Drugs
2023/04/14USAO Hosts Training at Texas Medical Center on Cyberintrusion Safety Measures
2023/04/13Former Nurse Pleads Guilty to Tampering with a Consumer Product
2023/04/12Former Emergency Department Nurse Sentenced to 3 Years After Stealing Pain Medication and Injecting Patients with Saline
2023/04/11Suburban Nurse Pleads Guilty to Tampering with Patient Medications
2023/04/05Nurse Practitioner Sentenced in Twelve Million Dollar Health Care Fraud Scheme
2023/04/05Three Former Executives for Magellan Diagnostics Charged with Conspiracy, Wire Fraud and FDA Violations
2023/04/05New Braunfels Men Plead Guilty to Selling Misbranded Drugs
2023/03/30Oral Surgeon Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Fentanyl Tampering
2023/03/30Judgment Entered Against Fourteen Defendants In Case Dismantling Nationwide Racketeering Conspiracy
2023/03/28Couple Pleads Guilty to Smuggling $2 Million in Pesticides and Veterinary Drugs
2023/03/28Midwest Veterinary Supply Pleads Guilty to Misbranding Veterinary Drugs
2023/03/24Former Baptist Paramedic Sentenced for Tampering with Opioids
2023/03/22Three Individuals Sentenced in Darknet Narcotics Trafficking Conspiracy Involving Distribution of Pills Pressed with Fentanyl
2023/03/09Former CEO Of Medical Device Company Indicted For Creating And Selling A Fake Medical Component That Was Implanted Into Patients
2023/02/23New Jersey Doctor Admits Buying and Selling Oncology Medication for Profit
2023/02/17Pittsfield Nurse Sentenced for Stealing Fentanyl from Critical Care Patient
2023/02/16Attorney General Raoul Charges Former Lurie Children’s Hospital Employee with Alleged Theft of Nitrous Oxide
2023/02/03Kerry Inc. Pleads Guilty and Agrees to Pay $19.228 Million in Connection with Insanitary Plant Conditions Linked to 2018 Salmonella Poisoning Outbreak
2023/02/03Three Individuals and One Company Indicted for Introducing Adulterated and Misbranded Devices into Interstate Commerce and Mail Fraud Conspiracy
2023/02/03Missouri Doctor Admits Diluting Clinic’s Methadone
2023/02/02Retired New Jersey Doctor Admits to Fabricating Documents and Faking Diagnosis to Avoid Trial
2023/01/31Cumberland County Man Charged with Fraud and Identity Theft Offenses for Fraudulently Obtaining Prescription Medications
2023/01/27David J. Miller and Minnesota Independent Cooperative, Inc., Convicted in Multi-Million-Dollar Prescription Drug Diversion Scheme
2023/01/27Raleigh Physician Found Guilty of Using Adulterated and Insanitary Medical Equipment on Patients During Nasal Surgeries
2023/01/25Dental Practice Owners Charged with Fraud and RICO Conspiracy
2023/01/19Former Certified Nurse Practitioner Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison for Drug Diversion and Health Care Fraud
2023/01/13Northborough Nurse Sentenced for Tampering with Patient's Liquid Morphine
2023/01/13Florida Woman Sentenced to Prison for False Statement to Investigator Related to Pediatric Asthma Drug Study
2023/01/11Two Plead Guilty to Conspiring to Traffic Stolen Medical Products from The Battle Creek Veterans Affairs Medical Center
2023/01/10Berkley Nurse Sentenced for Tampering with Patients' Fentanyl
2023/01/09San Fernando Valley Man Pleads Guilty to Selling Used and Counterfeit Medical Devices Used for Skin Tightening and Fat Burning
2023/01/06Cedar Rapids Nurse Sentenced to Five Years in Federal Prison for Stealing Narcotics from Three Corridor Hospitals
2023/01/04Jet Medical and Related Companies Agree to Pay More Than $700,000 to Resolve Medical Device Allegations


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