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Three Baton Rouge Individuals Sentenced to Federal Prison in Connection with The Department of Justice's 2024 National Health Care Fraud Enforcement Action

August 20, 2025
… Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) Program, and Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act unemployment …
August 20, 2025
ALERT

Sharp Increase in Fake Prescription Pills Containing Fentanyl and Meth

September 27, 2021
… like prescription opioids such as oxycodone (Oxycontin®, Percocet®), hydrocodone (Vicodin®), and alprazolam (Xanax®); …
PRESS RELEASE

Columbia Man Admits To Conspiracy To Distribute Oxycodone

June 27, 2014
… laundering charges for owning and operating a ‘pill mill’ pain clinic which served as a front for the mass distribution of addictive pain killers.  Harry S. Sommers, the Special Agent in Charge …
June 27, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Two Men Detained In Federal Custody In Record Seizure Of Crystal Methamphetamine

December 14, 2012
… (617) 557-2100 Diversion/Medical Practitioner 571-362-9171 Delivery of nearly 14 kilos of crystal meth allegedly … Sanchez, a Mexican national, allegedly orchestrated the delivery of the drugs and payment for the drugs while …
December 14, 2012
PRESS RELEASE

Northern District Of Georgia Targets Prescription Drug Abuse

June 27, 2014
… 790-3004 Wilmington - (910) 815-4513 ATLANTA - Abuse of pain medications like oxycodone continues to plague Georgia … last week for participating in a scheme to obtain and sell painkillers using forged prescriptions.   “Many of the … area to obtain what appeared to be legitimately obtained pain medication.  Once the conspirators received the drugs, …
June 27, 2014
DOCUMENT

Acting Administrator Uttam Dhillon, Museum of Natural History and Science

February 21, 2019
Speech
… 02-21-19 Target America Press Conference As Prepared for Delivery [in Spanish].pdf Methamphetamine Narcotics …
February 21, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Laredo Man Sentenced For Conspiracy To Distribute Cocaine

March 22, 2018
… undercover agents. On Dec. 21, 2015, in anticipation of a delivery of several kilograms of cocaine, law enforcement … later admitted his involvement with coordinating this delivery of narcotics. Garcia also admitted he was tasked with overseeing the delivery of multi-kilogram quantities of cocaine to Dallas, …
March 22, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

Jury Finds Pill-Mill Doctor Guilty Of 51 Counts

January 23, 2014
… $2 million forfeited relating to the prosecution of a phony pain clinic in Garden City, Georgia SAVANNAH, Ga. - - Dr. … for oxycodone, a powerful and highly addictive pain killer.  Nearly two-thirds of the patients seen by … law which restricted non-medical doctors from owning pain clinics.  None of the other defendants had any …
January 23, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Another Pill-Mill Doctor Sentenced To Over A Decade In Federal Prison

August 13, 2014
… and $2 million forfeited relating to prosecution of phony pain clinic in Garden City, Georgia (SAVANNAH, Ga.) - - Dr. … for oxycodone, a powerful and highly addictive pain killer.  Nearly two-thirds of the patients seen by … previously pleaded guilty to offenses related to the phony pain clinic operation have also been sentenced by Judge …
August 13, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Nurse-Practitioner Indicted On Federal Charges, Accused Of Illegally Distributing Oxycodone

June 08, 2016
… WashingtonDiversionOutreach@dea.gov Defendant ran pain management practice in Southeast Washington (WASHINGTON … to the government’s evidence, Robinson conducted a pain management practice from 2011 until 2013 in the 2000 … that he was operating a “pill mill” rather than a medical pain management practice.  Law enforcement executed numerous …
June 08, 2016
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New Jersey/Pennsylvania doctor indicted for accepting bribes and kickbacks in exchange for prescribing powerful fentanyl drug

June 25, 2019
…   According to the indictment, Sun owned and maintained a pain management medical practice named Progressive Pain Solutions LLC, which had two locations: one in …
June 25, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Bitcoin Exchanges Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court In Connection With The Sale Of Approximately $1 Million In Bitcoins For Use On The Silk Road Website

September 05, 2014
… a black-market website designed to enable its users to buy and sell illegal drugs anonymously and beyond the reach … form of payment accepted on Silk Road - to users seeking to buy illegal drugs on the site. Faiella never registered his … knowingly allowed Faiella to use the Company’s services to buy Bitcoins for his Silk Road customers; personally …
September 05, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Founder And Owner Of Pharmaceutical Company Insys Arrested And Charged With Racketeering

October 26, 2017
… to prescribe fentanyl spray meant for breakthrough cancer pain BOSTON - The founder and majority owner of Insys … intended for cancer patients experiencing breakthrough pain.  John N. Kapoor, 74, of Phoenix, Ariz., a current … practitioners in various states, many of whom operated pain clinics, in order to get them to prescribe a …
October 26, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Multiple Defendants Arrested For Operating Prescription Drug "Pill Mill"

June 30, 2011
… their respective roles in operating a so-called “pill mill” pain clinic which served as a front for the illegal distribution of addictive pain killers. John S. Comer, Acting Special Agent in (SAC) … Field (AFD) said, “The dispensing of addictive prescription pain medication under the guise of a doctor's care, as …
June 30, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Twelve Charged With Operating An Open Drug Market Inside A Bronx Apartment Building And Carrying Firearms

June 27, 2022
… S. Broderick. “These arrests have brought much needed relief to residents of an apartment building in the Fordham …
June 27, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Eight arrested in connection with Jake’s fireworks drug trafficking conspiracy

July 15, 2020
… City Highway location in Nederland.  This civil injunctive relief immediately shuts down operations of the business and …
July 15, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Four South Arkansas Men Sentenced To A Total Of Over 31 Years For Unrelated Drug Trafficking Offenses

November 21, 2014
… Street Crimes Unit arranged for multiple controlled buys of suspected crack cocaine in October, 2013 from the … of methamphetamine for $12,500 or $13,000 for the CI to buy. Bennett then instructed the CI to come to his residence …
November 21, 2014
STORY

New, Dangerous Synthetic Opioid in D.C., Emerging in Tri-State Area

June 01, 2022
… after a lab test, so people don't realize they're buying them until it's too late. “We want to get this info … being mixed together, you never know what you’re actually buying," says DEA Intelligence Analyst Maura Gaffney. Only …
June 01, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Multi-Kilogram Cocaine Distributor Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison

June 21, 2022
… of cocaine, valued at an estimated $570,000, through a delivery service from an address in Puerto Rico to an … Orlando. On January 19, 2022, security specialists at the delivery service company detected the cocaine shipment and … On January 21, 2022, an undercover officer posed as a delivery driver and delivered a fake package to the address …
June 21, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Two Sentenced To 6 Years In Federal Prison For Conspiring To Traffic Crystal Methamphetamine

July 24, 2014
… 557-2100 Diversion/Medical Practitioner 571-362-9171 The delivery of 9 kilos of crystal meth was orchestrated from … in this matter who orchestrated the shipment and delivery of crystal meth to Massachusetts from California … deliver the vehicle to a residence in Randolph, Mass. Upon delivery of the vehicle, agents observed a vehicle owned by …
July 24, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Pearl River Man Charged With Illegal Distribution Of Oxymorphone Causing The Overdose Death Of 21-Year Old Man

January 03, 2013
… to that of a person selling illegally obtained prescription pain medication. Some of these diverted pills, like Opana, … due to its shape. The misuse of this and other diverted pain medicine can cause people to become addicts leading to tragic overdoses. Diverted pain pills, not prescribed for the right reasons nor by the …
January 03, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

West Portsmouth Couple Sentenced For Operating “Pill Mill” In Waverly

December 05, 2012
… 210 months in federal prison for operating Ohio Medical and Pain Management, LLC, a “pill mill” in Waverly, Ohio. Her … was one of the primary sources for illegally-distributed pain pills in that region. Considering the scope of the …
December 05, 2012
PRESS RELEASE

Judge sentences Wentzville man to 10 years in fentanyl case

September 10, 2020
… was addressed. On July 12, 2019, a UPS employee attempted delivery of the decoy package. A person within the residence … McRoberts inside the residence during the decoy package delivery and watched him leave. McRoberts returned later to …
September 10, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Methamphetamine trafficker receives 10 years in federal prison

October 13, 2020
… Hanover County Narcotics Detectives arranged a controlled delivery of 12 ounces of methamphetamine from a source in … it was discovered that Newland had made two prior deliveries of methamphetamine to New Hanover County during …
October 13, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Wisconsin physician agrees to pay penalties to resolve allegations of prescribing opioids illegally and violating False Claims Act

April 06, 2020
… $175,000 to resolve allegations that he prescribed opioid pain medications in violation of the Controlled Substances … controlled substances. Until 2016, Dr. Heydarpour provided pain management services at his clinic in Brookfield, … prescribed controlled substances, including opioid pain medications such as oxycodone, without legitimate …
April 06, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Kentucky Man Receives 20 Year Prison Sentence For Distributing Powerful Opiate Fentanyl That Resulted In Overdose Death

September 30, 2016
… Gill Dewayne Garrett sold fentanyl that was disguised as a pain pill LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Versailles, Kentucky, man, who … admitted to distributing fentanyl, that was disguised as a pain pill and caused the overdose death of a Woodford County … a deadly drug, that killed a woman who was seeking a pain pill,” said Kerry B. Harvey, U.S. Attorney for the …
September 30, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

“Pill Mill” Distributor Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Distribute Oxycodone

March 31, 2016
… conspiracy in connection with the operation of purported pain management clinics that were actually “pill mills.” … lives and making enormous profits from the diversion of pain medication.” “Pharmaceutical pills can be just as …
March 31, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Money laundering charges added in international marijuana conspiracy to grow marijuana in Sacramento and Placer Counties houses

June 21, 2019
… charged in 2017 in a scheme to use money from China to buy houses to grow marijuana, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. … to wire transfer approximately $870,000 from China to buy six houses for growing marijuana or to pay off the …
June 21, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Announces Guilty Plea Of U.S. Congressman On Cocaine Charges

November 20, 2013
… area of Washington, D.C. At this time, Radel agreed to buy about 3.5 grams of cocaine from the undercover officer.  … that a sitting Member of Congress was routinely using and buying cocaine.  Once this information was confirmed, law …
November 20, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Ross Ulbricht, The Creator And Owner Of The “Silk Road” Website, Found Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court On All Counts

February 05, 2015
… Silk Road was used by more than 100,000 users to buy and sell hundreds of kilograms of illegal drugs and … Silk Road, a hidden website designed to enable its users to buy and sell illegal drugs and other unlawful goods and … Silk Road - a clandestine global marketplace that offered buyers and sellers of illegal goods and services a promise …
February 05, 2015