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Arlington Doctor Sentenced to 12 Years in Pill Mill Case

March 25, 2022
… Arlington Doctor Sentenced to 12 Years in Pill Mill Case March 25, 2022 … – outside the usual course of professional practice and without a legitimate medical purpose. At times, he issued prescriptions for controlled substances without conducting any medical examination at all, sometimes …
March 25, 2022
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Ecuadorian and Columbian Nationals Found Guilty of Smuggling Over 400 Kilograms of Cocaine in the Eastern Pacific Ocean

March 17, 2022
… engines, multiple fuel containers on deck, was operating without navigational lights at dusk, and was operating in a … three defendants on board, and determined the vessel to be without nationality, and therefore subject to U.S. …
March 17, 2022
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Long term care pharmacy settles improper dispensing and recordkeeping allegations

June 26, 2019
… DEA registration number, and storing records off-site without the permission of DEA.    PPS cooperated with the … inspections of the pharmacy during the next three years without a warrant.     DEA Special Agent in Charge Boyle and …
June 26, 2019
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Medical Doctor Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute Controlled Substances

September 03, 2021
… other controlled substances (carisoprodol and alprazolam), without a legitimate medical purpose and outside the usual … your medical license by prescribing opioids and other drugs without a legitimate medical purpose and outside the usual …
September 03, 2021
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Chicago Medical Clinic Owner Gets Six Years Prison for Selling Opioids to Patients Illegally

May 30, 2019
… GALVANI, wrote prescriptions for the powerful opioids without conducting an appropriate physical examination or … outside the usual course of professional practice and without a legitimate medical purpose.  U.S. District Judge …
May 30, 2019
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Former owner of Chicago medical clinic guilty of selling opioid prescriptions to patients who lacked medical need for the drugs

December 11, 2018
… Galvani, wrote prescriptions for the powerful opioids without conducting an appropriate physical examination or … outside the usual course of professional practice and without a legitimate medical purpose.  The charge carries a …
December 11, 2018
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Interpreter in Federal Criminal Investigation Charged with Disclosing Investigation and Court-Ordered Wiretap to Targeted Drug Dealer

February 17, 2021
… instances such as these we will ensure justice is served without delay.” According to the federal complaint unsealed … contracts never to disclose any investigative information without authorization and to notify DEA if she had any …
February 17, 2021
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Physician Assistant sentenced to 10 years in prison

December 20, 2018
… were outside the usual course of professional practice and without a legitimate medical purpose.  The evidence showed … powerful narcotics outside the usual course of practice and without a medical purpose.  This criminal behavior …
December 20, 2018
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Detroit Area Pharmacist/Pharmacy Owner Sentenced To 17 Years For Drug Conspiracy And Health Care Fraud

February 04, 2013
… would also write prescriptions for controlled substances, without regard to medical necessity, which would be filled … amount of $1.5 million.  Defendant Patel, who has been held without bond since his arrest on August 2, 2011, will …
February 04, 2013
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Former Kentucky Doctor Pleads Guilty To Illegal Distribution Of 25,000 Controlled Substance Prescription Pills

March 18, 2014
… LLC, to distribute thousands of oxycodone pills to patients without a legitimate medical purpose.  Bofill acknowledged … and, in some instances, he even signed off on prescriptions without actually ever seeing the patients.  Patients who …
March 18, 2014
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Three Sentenced In Opioid "Pill Mill" Case, Including Dallas Doctor

May 26, 2017
… wrote or signed prescriptions for 30mg oxycodone pills without conducting medical exams of patients, without determining there was a legitimate medical purpose …
May 26, 2017
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Twin Brother Pharmacists Each Sentenced To 42 Months In Prison For Defrauding Patients And Insurance Companies Of $1.5 Million

March 14, 2014
… insurance companies for the fully filled prescription. Without informing the patients, the conspirators substituted … also filled outstanding refills on a given prescription without the patients' knowledge and then billed Medicaid and …
March 14, 2014
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Pair Of Brothers Among Five Charged In Conspiracy To Traffic Guns To New Jersey From South Carolina

August 05, 2014
… are each charged with conspiracy to traffic in firearms without a license. Tribbett and a sixth defendant: Lewis … to the arrests. The conspiracy to traffic in firearms without a license charge carries a maximum potential penalty …
August 05, 2014
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Joint Operation With Lake County Sheriff's Office Results In Major Cocaine Seizure

February 04, 2011
… of a Controlled (Class 1) • Possession of a Firearm without a Firearm Owner’s Identification (Class A … of a Controlled (Class 1) • Possession of a Firearm without a Firearm Owner’s Identification (Class A …
February 04, 2011
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Suspended Physician Sentenced To 1 A½ Years For Illegally Dispensing Oxycodone And Falsely Billing Medicare In Undercover Probe

February 24, 2015
… including home visits and diagnostic testing and review, without regard to whether the claimed services were … including ultrasound and autonomic nervous system testing, without regard to medical necessity. He further prescribed …
February 24, 2015
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Charleston Drug Gang Busted

March 30, 2011
… defendants would face a mandatory term of life imprisonment without parole on conviction. These are Arnold Bellinger, … minimum twenty sentence and a maximum of life imprisonment without parole. Michael Hayes also faces an additional …
March 30, 2011
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Newnan Dentist Sentenced To Prison For Unlawfully Distributing Controlled Substances

November 15, 2013
… provider, dispensing controlled substances to his patients without any regard for medical necessity." According to … these patients routinely received prescriptions from Maddux without being examined, and many stated that prescriptions …
November 15, 2013
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Owner Of Fashion District Clothing Company Pleads Guilty To Customs, Immigration And Money Laundering Offenses

June 01, 2015
… collect proceeds from their drug sales in the United States without having to take the risk of smuggling large amounts of U.S. currency across the Mexican border and without having to wire the funds through financial …
June 01, 2015
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Two Doctors Face Federal Charges For Supplying Drug Trafficking Gang Members With Narcotics Prescriptions

August 29, 2016
… Federal Charges For Supplying Drug Trafficking Gang Members With Narcotics Prescriptions August 29, 2016 Los Angeles … they issued prescriptions for narcotics and sedatives without a medical purpose.  The doctors - Sonny Oparah, 75, …  In most instances, the doctors sold the prescriptions without ever examining the undercover officer or cooperating …
August 29, 2016
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South Carolina Man Sentenced To Eight Years In Prison For Shooting A DEA Special Agent

July 07, 2015
… returning fire, the agents took the defendant into custody without further incident. Their poise under fire reminds us … grabbed a laser-sighted pistol and fired it into a wall without ever identifying a target. ; Robinson then put on …
July 07, 2015
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Pawtucket Man Sentenced To 7 A½ Years In Federal Prison For Manufacturing And Distributing Meth From Newport Motel Room

November 13, 2014
… may top the list.  Meth labs are notorious for exploding without warning, and it has devastating health effects on … defendant here manufactured and sold meth with impunity, without any concern whatsoever for the buyers of his product …
November 13, 2014
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Former Doctor Sentenced For Illegally Prescribing Pain Medication

January 25, 2016
… hydrocodone, oxycodone, and oxymorphone, for individuals without conducting legitimate medical examinations. In 2010, … substance pain medication at the request of the individuals without conducting a thorough medical exam. In addition, on …
January 25, 2016
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Two Springfield, Missouri, Men Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison For Methamphetamine Conspiracy

May 31, 2017
… Springfield, Missouri, was sentenced to 21 years in prison without parole.  Brandon A. House, 33, of Ash Grove, Missouri, was sentenced to 20 years in prison without parole.  Both individuals were convicted and …
May 31, 2017
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Philadelphia Doctor Charged With Running Pill Mill

December 14, 2011
… and then were given prescriptions for controlled substances without there being any legitimate medical purpose for the … office staff would give the refill orders to Gosnell, who, without seeing the customer, would write the requested …
December 14, 2011
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Jury Convicts Columbia Man Of Marijuana Conspiracy

March 21, 2011
… mandatory minimum sentence of five years in federal prison without parole, up to a sentence of 45 years in federal prison without parole. A sentencing hearing will be scheduled after …
March 21, 2011
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Undercover Operation Reveals Inmates Plan To Commit Murder

March 28, 2014
… County Court Judge Brian D. Burns and returned to the OCCF without bail.  If convicted Godfrey faces up to 32 years in … while depriving citizens the right to live in a community without fear, intimidation and violence. The versatile …
March 28, 2014
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Visalia Doctor Indicted For Illegally Dispensing Oxycodone

June 10, 2013
… prescription drugs, including oxycodone and hydrocodone, without medical necessity. Brown sold prescriptions to … and the distribution of highly addictive prescription drugs without medical justification is a violation of that trust,” …
June 10, 2013
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Federal Prosecutors File 20 Cases This Year Against Alleged Drug Dealers Who Sold Fentanyl that Caused Fatal Drug Overdoses

May 16, 2025
… so far this year targeting fentanyl dealers who are charged with selling fentanyl and fentanyl-laced pills that directly … DEA agents have established collaborative relationships with local law enforcement agencies across the seven … federal magistrate judge ordered all four defendants jailed without bond. The defendants pleaded not guilty to the …
May 16, 2025
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Federal health care fraud takedown in Northeastern U.S. results in 54 defendants charged and convicted

September 26, 2019
… @DEANewJerseyDiv Towanda Thorne-James Domestic New Jersey with offices in Atlantic City, Camden, Monmouth/Ocean, … opioids. The cases prosecuted by this Office in connection with the takedown reflect all of the different facets of our … codeine outside the usual course of medical practice and without a legitimate purpose. He wrote these allegedly …
September 26, 2019
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Privacy Impact Assessment and Management Information Systems

March 28, 2025
… of Information Act of 1996 requires agencies to make available to the public an index and description of their …
March 28, 2025