ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Anoushirvan Sarraf, 48, of Rockville, Maryland, the owner and operator of Aphrodite Advanced Esthetic & Skin Care (Aphrodite) in McLean, Virginia, was sentenced today to 18 months in prison and two years of supervised release. Karl C. Colder, Special Agent in Charge for the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA)...

GREENBELT, Md. - Chief U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Jamar Holt, a/k/a “Reds,” “Jamal Holt” and “Rex,” age 36, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to 20 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or...

LAS VEGAS - - A Las Vegas physician pleaded guilty today to federal drug conspiracy charges for writing prescriptions for oxycodone for persons he did not see or treat, announced Daniel G. Bogden, United States Attorney for the District of Nevada. Victor Bruce M.D., 49, of Las Vegas, pleaded guilty...

HONOLULU - Joshua Lew, age 28, of Waialua, was sentenced today by United States District Judge J. Michael Seabright to 97 months imprisonment for being a member of a conspiracy to distribute and possess, with intent to distribute, 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. Lew’s brother and co-defendant, Jacob Drummondo-Farias...

JUN 25 - ( BALTIMORE) - Value Drug, Inc. (Value Drug) has agreed to pay $4,000,000 to the United States to resolve allegations that it violated the Controlled Substances (CSA) by failing to report suspicious orders of oxycodone to six pharmacies located in Maryland and Pennsylvania. Value Drug is a...

(SANTA ANA, Calif.) -Two Orange County men were arrested this morning on federal drug trafficking charges that allege they were part of a far-reaching conspiracy to smuggle, manufacture and distribute millions of dollars’ worth of analogue drugs, commonly called “spice” and “bath salts.” The men were taken into custody pursuant...

LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles-area doctor has agreed to plead guilty to a federal drug trafficking charge for illegally distributing the powerful painkiller best known by the brand names Vicodin and Norco. Dr. Andrew Sun, 78, of La Mirada, will enter guilty pleas to one count of distribution of...

RENO, Nev. - -A Reno man was sentenced this week to nine years in prison for distributing synthetic cannabinoids out of his convenience store and storing large quantities of the substance for distribution in his home. Iqbal Singh-Sidhu, 34, was convicted by a federal jury in February 2014 of distribution...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Mirwaiss Aminzada, 44, of Montreal, Quebec, and Dubai, United Arab (UAE), was sentenced today to 15 months in prison, 1 year of supervised release and to pay restitution of $586,798. On Dec. 19, 2013, Aminzada pleaded guilty to introducing misbranded drugs into the United States. Karl C...

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. - A West Virginia pharmacist has been indicted on charges that he dispensed prescription painkillers outside the scope of his professional practice. Karl C. Colder, Special Agent in Charge for the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) Washington Field Division and United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced that Mario...