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Doctor And Five Others Indicted In DEA Prescription Drug Investigation

… lorazepam, triazolam, and zolpidem tartrate to patients without determining a sufficient medical necessity for the …
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Top New Jersey Prescriber Of Drugs To Medicaid Patients Sentenced To 43 Months In Prison For Fraud Scheme Involving Fake Physicians Three Others Sentenced For Scheme In Which More Than 20,000 Patient Visits Were Conducted By Unqualified Individuals

… blood pressure medication for the FBI special agent without any consultation with Yousuf Masood. In addition to …
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Two Hezbollah Associates Arrested On Charges Of Conspiring To Launder Narcotics Proceeds And International Arms Trafficking

… Pollak at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn and remanded without bail. 1 Hezbollah has been designated as a foreign …
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Two Individuals Indicted For Importation Of Approximately 1,500 Kilograms Of Cocaine

… of Puerto Rico, specifically in the area of Patillas, PR, without navigation lights.  The vessel was a 33 feet long …
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Three New Haven Men Charged With Distributing Drugs Involved In Wave Of Overdoses

… to bringing to justice those that distribute this poison.” “Without the combined effort of federal and local law …
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Sinaloa Cartel Member Sentenced To 22 Years In Federal Prison; Plea Agreements Unsealed For Leaders Of Cartel’s Chicago Cell

… of drugs that was headed to Chicago. In pleading guilty without a plea agreement, Vasquez Hernandez admitted that he …
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Multiple Defendants Arrested For Operating Prescription Drug "Pill Mill"

… Task Force, in initiating this investigation in conjunction with the GBI and the Bartow-Cartersville Drug Task Force, is pleased with its role in the successful outcome of this … dispensed on site. Chapman allegedly did so, however, without conducting sufficient medical examinations. The …
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Leader Of Oxycodone Trafficking Ring Sentenced To Over 10 Years In Prison

… currently in federal custody. Federal sentences are served without the possibility of parole. The case was investigated …
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Nineteen Members Of Methamphetamine Trafficking Ring Face Drug Charges

… 57, of Franklin, with one count of dealing in firearms without a license. Martin was also arrested during the early …
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Two ‘Pill Mill’ Owners Sentenced

… mass profits.  Dr. Chapman allegedly did so, however, without conducting sufficient medical examinations and, …
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Glendora Doctor Pleads Guilty To Distributing Addictive Painkillers And Transferring Proceeds To An Off-Shore Bank Account

… drugs outside the usual course of professional practice and without a legitimate medical purpose.”  “The abuse of …
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Former Baggage Handlers At LAX Arrested On Federal Drug Charges For Allegedly Using Credentials To Bring Cocaine Past Security

… 26, both of South Gate, were arrested this morning without incident by law enforcement officers with the Drug …
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Los Angeles Man Arrested On Federal Charges Of Attempting To Smuggle Heroin Wrapped In Christmas Paper Through LAX

… obtained an arrest warrant, and took him into custody without incident yesterday morning.  After his arrest, …
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Former Ford Dealership Manager Pleads Guilty To Prescription Drug Distribution Charges

… information on opioid overdose and how you can manage pain without prescription drugs, go to …
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2 Named In Major Los Angeles-Detroit Heroin, Cocaine Trafficking Operation

… into federal custody yesterday morning and was ordered held without bond at a court hearing late yesterday afternoon. …
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Top Hizballah Terror Financier Arrested

… Kassim Tajideen is a specially designated terrorist charged with evading U.S. sanctions WASHINGTON - DEA and other … of the Hizballah terror organization. Tajideen is charged with evading U.S. sanctions imposed on him because of his … of goods to leave U.S. ports for the benefit of Tajideen, without obtaining the proper licenses from the U.S. …
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Leader Of Avenues Gang Sentenced To 25 Years In Prison In Federal Racketeering Case For Murder And Ordering A Killing

… Carlos “Stoney” Velasquez, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after he pleaded guilty to …
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Doctor Charged With Selling Prescriptions For Addictive Narcotics And Money Laundering

… “Unscrupulous doctors who prescribe controlled substances without a legitimate medical purpose are simply fueling a …
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DEA And US Attorney Announce Charges Against Three Leaders Of Peruvian Terrorist Organization Shining Path

… Office; this Indictment would not have been possible without their ongoing cooperation and assistance. Mr. …
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Final Defendant In Rhode Island’s Largest Cocaine Bust Ever Pleads Guilty In Federal Court

… trade, warranting the full attention of law enforcement. Without the work of the State Police, the Drug Enforcement …
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Former TSA Officer Sentenced To More Than Five Years In Prison For Accepting Bribes From Drug Trafficker

… of illegal narcotics through airport security without detection.  Two other former TSA officers, a former …
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Violent Drug Dealer Sentenced To Life Imprisonment

… and drugs undermined all those struggling to raise children without those influences. Given the defendant’s past and …
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Pharmacist And A Pharmacy Technician Indicted For Conspiracy To Illegally Distribute Prescription Drugs

… Clayton pleaded guilty to dispensing narcotic painkillers without a legitimate medical reason. Lodewick pleaded guilty …
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Aryan Brotherhood Of Mississippi Gang Member Sentenced To Life In Prison For Racketeering Conspiracy And Related Offenses

… made the announcement. “Our neighborhoods deserve to exist without fear and intimidation inflicted by violent drug …
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Nurse-Practitioner Sentenced In High Profile Pill Mill Case

… Dr. Couch, Palmer testified that he regularly saw patients without any oversight from a doctor. He also admitted to …
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Dr. Michael Belfiore Of Merrick, New York Indicted In Overdose Deaths Of Two Young Men

… Rohde. “Medical professionals who issue prescriptions without a legitimate medical purpose are violating the law …
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Buffalo Man Indicted For Selling Deadly “Heroin” Mixture That Resulted In Two Deaths

… who violate their oath by prescribing these poisons without a legitimate medical purpose, to street-level …
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Staten Island Woman Sentenced To 12 Years’ Imprisonment For Illegal Distribution Of Oxycodone

… substances, particularly opioids such as oxycodone, without a medical license. Richardson had previously pled …
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Staten Island Physician’s Assistant Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court To Massive Oxycodone Distribution Conspiracy

… Marchetta wrote a prescription in the name of the “patient” without the “patient” setting foot in the Clinic. After …
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Charges Doctor And Associates As Members Of A Conspiracy To Distribute Oxycodone And Cocaine

… U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul E. Davison. All were detained without bail except Rodriguez, who was held pending …