(BROOKLYN, N.Y.) - CVS Pharmacy, Inc. (“CVS”) has agreed to pay $1.5 million to resolve the United States’ investigation that certain of its pharmacy stores located in Nassau and Suffolk counties on Long Island violated the federal Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”) by failing to timely report the loss or theft...

(SAN FRANCISCO) – A federal grand jury indicted Gino Carl von Eckstein yesterday for possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine announced Acting United States Attorney Alex G. Tse; Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Chris Nielsen; Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Ryan L. Spradlin; Federal Bureau...

(MONTGOMERY, Ala.) - A Verbena, Alabama man, James Calvin Talley, Jr., 37, was sentenced to life in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, possession with intent to distribute marijuana, using a phone to facilitate a drug crime, and being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced Drug...

(FRESNO, Calif.) – An eight-month operation by the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and has netted numerous arrests and seizures: - 7 search warrants served - 46 lbs. methamphetamine seized - 211 marijuana plants eradicated - 3 lbs. processed marijuana seized...

(SAN FRANCISO) –Carlos Maturana was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced Acting United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Chris Nielsen. The sentence was handed down...

(MONTGOMERY, Ala.) - On Monday, June 11, 2018, a physician, Dr. Willie J. Chester, 65, of Pike Road, Alabama, pleaded guilty in the ongoing “pill mill prosecution” arising out of a now-closed Montgomery medical office, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Bret Hamilton and United States...

(HATTIESBURG, Miss.) - Juan Pablo Zamora Gomez, 32, of Modesto, California, pled guilty yesterday before a U.S. District U.S. District Judge to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Derryle Smith and U.S. Attorney...

(JACKSON, Miss.) - Eleven individuals are facing federal drug charges in multiple indictments unsealed on Wednesday targeting a large, multi-state drug trafficking operation in East Central Mississippi, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Derryle Smith, U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst, Special Agent in Charge Jere T. Miles...

SAN FRANCISO - Drs. William Longton, Ruben Kalra, and Richard Shinaman have agreed to collectively pay $260,000 to settle allegations by the U.S. Department of Justice that they failed to keep and maintain adequate records and other allegations pertaining to controlled substances at their Novato, Pleasant Hill, and Pleasanton offices...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - During the past few weeks, three more health care providers have pleaded guilty in the ongoing “pill mill” prosecution arising out of a now-closed Montgomery medical office, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Bret Hamilton and United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr. That...