DEA Archived Press Releases

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Two Atlantic County Men Sentenced For Their Roles In Large-Scale Crack Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy

CAMDEN, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and William E. Fitzpatrick, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced two Atlantic County, New Jersey, men were each given multi-year prison sentences for their participation in a nearly...
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As Part Of Nationwide Health Care Fraud Takedown, DEA Arrests Orange County Doctor Who Illicitly Sold Over 1.2 Million Narcotic Pills

LOS ANGELES - In the largest-ever health care fraud enforcement action by federal authorities, 14 defendants - including doctors, nurses and other licensed medical professionals - have been charged in the Central District of California for allegedly participating in health care fraud and drug diversion schemes that caused approximately $147...
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National Health Care Fraud Takedown: Charges Against Over 412 Individuals Responsible For $1.3 Billion In Fraud

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Department of Health and Human (HHS) Secretary Tom Price, M.D., announced today the largest ever health care fraud enforcement action by the Medicare Fraud Strike Force, involving 412 charged defendants across 41 federal districts, including 115 doctors, nurses and other licensed medical...
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Norwalk Doctors Charged With Operating “Pill Mill,” Health Care Fraud And Money Laundering

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s New England Division and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that two doctors who have operated a medical practice in Norwalk have been charged by federal criminal complaint with writing...
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Queens To Suffolk Heroin Network Arrests Announced

SUFFOLK, COUNTY, N.Y. - Anthony de LosAngeles, aka “Taco,” 20, of Tarrytown, New York, was sentenced today to over eight years in prison for selling heroin, some of which substantially contributed to the overdose death of one of de LosAngeles’s customers. De LosAngeles pled guilty on March 17, 2017, to...
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Guilty Plea For Methamphetamine Trafficking

BOSTON - Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s New England Division, Acting United States Attorney William D. Weinreb announced that Peter Lobo, 54, of Fairhaven, pled guilty today to one count of distributing methamphetamine before U.S. District Court Judge Denise J.Casper, who scheduled sentencing for Oct. 4, 2017...
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Waterbury Man Pleads Guilty To Heroin Charge Stemming From Overdose Death In Winsted

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Peter Haskell, 32, of Waterbury, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to one count of possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, heroin. Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s...
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CVS Pharmacy Inc. Pays $5m To Settle Alleged Violations Of The Controlled Substance Act

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - CVS Pharmacy Inc. has paid $5 million to resolve federal Controlled Substances (CSA) allegations that its pharmacies in the Eastern District of California failed to keep and maintain accurate records of Schedule II, III, IV, and V controlled substances, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and Drug Enforcement...
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Heroin Dealer Sentenced To Over 8 Years For Distributing Heroin Connected To Overdose Death

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Anthony de LosAngeles, aka “Taco,” 20, of Tarrytown, New York, was sentenced today to over eight years in prison for selling heroin, some of which substantially contributed to the overdose death of one of de LosAngeles’s customers. De LosAngeles pled guilty on March 17, 2017, to one...
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Man Sentenced In Alabama For Nine Pharmacy Burglaries

MOBILE, Ala. - Elyric Nathaniel Singleton, III was sentenced today by a Senior United States District Judge to 97 months in federal prison for his role in nine pharmacy burglaries, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Stephen G. Azzam and Acting United States Attorney Steve Butler of the...