June 21, 2013 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: (313) 234-4310 DETROIT - An indictment was unsealed today charging Dr. Hussein “Sam” Awada, 43, and Dr. Luis Collazo, 53, with the illegal distribution of prescription drugs and health care fraud, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today. McQuade was joined...

June 21, 2013 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: (313) 234-4310 (LEXINGTON, Ky.)- - The owner of pill mills in Georgetown, Ky., and Dry Ridge, Ky., which illegally dispensed prescription drugs to thousands of patients, was found guilty on all 21 counts of drug trafficking, money laundering, opening and maintaining a...

June 19, 2013 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: (313) 234-4310 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - U.S. Attorney Patrick A. Miles, Jr., announced that five men have been convicted in connection what is believed to be the largest seizure of crystal (or “ice”) in the state of Michigan. In August of 2012...

BALTIMORE - David Russo, 62, of Hagerstown, Maryland pleaded guilty today to health care fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud Medicare and Medicaid by billing for prescriptions that Russo knew were not written for a legitimate medical purpose. The guilty plea was announced by United States Attorney for...

BALTIMORE - A federal grand jury today has indicted the following 10 defendants for conspiring to distribute cocaine and cocaine base in Baltimore: Shawn Malone, a/k/a “Studder,” and “Snaps,” age 32, of Baltimore; Howard McCray, a/k/a “Pooh,” age 33, of Baltimore; Antoine Bolden, a/k/a “Demo,” age 36, of Baltimore and...

June 14, 2013 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: (313) 234-4310 LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Winchester, Ky., man, accused of distributing heroin to an individual who died of an overdose, made his first appearance in federal court today. Harold Wayne Salyers, 53, was indicted on June 6 for distribution of heroin...

BALTIMORE - David Russo, age 62, of Hagerstown, Maryland pleaded guilty today to health care fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud Medicare and Medicaid by billing for prescriptions that Russo knew were not written for a legitimate medical purpose. The guilty plea was announced by United States Attorney...

BALTIMORE - A federal jury today convicted Lenny Cain, age 36, of Baltimore, Maryland, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute oxycodone, and for possession with intent to distribute oxycodone. The conviction was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein; Special...

June 3, 2013 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: (313) 234-4310 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Four men from California and five men from West Michigan have been sentenced to federal prison for their involvement in a multi-state drug conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Patrick A. Miles, Jr. announced today. U.S. District Judge Robert...

GREENBELT - , Md. - U.S. District Judge Alexander Williams, Jr. sentenced Nery Gustavo Ramos-Duarte, age 52, of Chiquimula, Guatemala, today to 160 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute and import five kilograms or more of cocaine, commit money laundering, and smuggle...