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South Bay doctor sentenced to two years in prison for unlawfully distributing hydrocodone and committing health care fraud

… agreement, Aachi was a licensed physician who operated a pain clinic in San Jose and maintained a DEA registration … doctor to drug dealer when he prescribed highly addictive painkillers without a physical examination or legitimate … examination of the patient nor discuss the patient’s pain or response to prior medication.  Aachi acknowledged …
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South Bay doctor pleads guilty to unlawfully distributing hydrocodone and health care fraud

… physician in the State of California who operated a pain clinic in San Jose. He maintained a DEA registration … examination of the patient nor discuss the patient’s pain or response to prior medication. Aachi acknowledged …
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Spokane dentist pleads guilty to distributing opioids

… James Felch, 36, also of Spokane, to distribute opioid pain medications, hydrocodone and tramadol, without a … M.B. and prescribed her hydrocodone when she complained of pain in the lower left side of her jaw with a lump. Shelby …
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Former Kentucky Doctor Pleads Guilty To Illegal Distribution Of 25,000 Controlled Substance Prescription Pills

… Number: (313) 234-4310 LEXINGTON, Ky. - A former doctor in Paintsville, Kentucky, has admitted to his role in a … with Tammy Cantrell and Shelby Lackey, owners of Care More Pain Management, LLC, to distribute thousands of oxycodone …
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Michigan Doctor Receives Nearly 5 Year Federal Prison Sentence For Drug Distribution And Health Care Fraud

… McQuade said. "Doctors who poison our community by pushing pain pills for profit will be treated as criminals and held … 2008 and March of 2011, Linares, while operating the Monroe Pain Center located on LaPlaisance Road, prescribed millions …
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Mallinckrodt Agrees To Pay $35 Million Record Settlement For Failure To Report Suspicious Orders Of Pharmaceutical Drugs And For Recordkeeping Violations

… the distributors then supplied various U.S. pharmacies and pain clinics, an increasingly excessive quantity of … distributors to independent and small chain pharmacy and pain clinic customers.     The government also alleged that …
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New Orleans Field Division Collects Over 33,000 Pounds On Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… from prescription drug abuse every 19 minutes and opioid pain relievers are involved in more overdose deaths          … that more than 54 percent of those who abuse prescription pain relievers got them through friends or relatives, …
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Seven Indicted In Broward Pharmacy Takedown

… for their participation in the illegal distribution of pain killers. This prosecution targets the owners and … to distribute and dispense a highly addictive prescription pain killer. Count Two charges defendants Francine Sweet, …
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Holiday CVS Final Order Reveals Gross Negligence By Two CVS Pharmacies In Stanford, Florida

… of oxycodone to fill legitimate prescriptions for “real pain patients.” Interviews with numerous pharmacy personnel … Florida doctors and individually owned pharmacies and pain clinics that operated outside the scope of legitimate …
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Doctor Pleads Guilty To Illegally Prescribing Oxycodone, Defrauding Government Programs

… who engage in the illicit distribution of prescription pain killers.” According to court documents and statements … he should stop prescribing oxycodone and other narcotic pain medications to certain patients who showed obvious …
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DEA Collected A Record Amount Of Unwanted Rx Medication In The State Of New York

… cabinets.  On a daily basis, New Yorkers misuse diverted pain medication, not knowing how it could affect them.  … more than 70 percent of people abusing prescription pain relievers got them through friends or relatives, a …
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Justice Department Announces Settlement Agreement With Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Over Pharmacy Control Failures

… to take steps to verify that the high-dose, high-quantity painkillers “prescribed” were appropriate for the patients … on the job and was given a legitimate prescription for pain medication.  Washington State’s Department of Labor and … indicated the patient was already receiving high strength pain medication from SCCA.  When the patient disputed …
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Visalia Doctor Indicted For Illegally Dispensing Oxycodone

… Oxycodone, also known as “oxy,” is a narcotic analgesic or painkiller and is classified as a Schedule II controlled … substance. Demand for oxycodone-based prescription pain medication has grown to epidemic proportions in the … sometimes death. Hydrocodone is an addictive prescription painkiller, the abuse of which may lead to severe …
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Leader Of Oxycodone Ring Sentenced To 15 Years’ Imprisonment For His Leadership In Long Island Oxycodone Distribution Ring

… distribute oxycodone, a highly addictive prescription pain killer, on October 9, 2014. The sentence was announced … the diversion of millions of dollars’ worth of diverted pain medication throughout Long Island. Today’s sentencing …
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Surgeon Receives 78 Months In Prison For Distributing Oxycodone

… abused Schedule II narcotic prescribed to treat severe pain.  The typical street value of a single tablet of the … guilty plea reiterates that doctors who illegally prescribe pain medication for profit are fueling heroin abuse …
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Multi-kilo cocaine dealer from Mecklenburg County sentenced to 15 years in prison

… documents, Vincent Maurice Lewis, 45, arranged for the delivery of 28 kilograms of cocaine from Texas to Virginia. …
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Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced to 222 Months In Prison

… law enforcement agents.  The DTO negotiated for the delivery of the cocaine in Puerto Rico, with the delivery of the purchase money in the Bronx, New York.  On …
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Boston Man Pleads Guilty To Drug Offenses

… investigation revealed that Rojas, who was a former FedEx delivery driver, asked Carrasco, who was working as a FedEx delivery driver, to retrieve the package and deliver it to …
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Jury Convicts Florida Man Who Tampered with Witnesses While Pending Trial with Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering, Obstruction Of Justice, Suborning Perjury, And Contempt Of Court

… one of Monserrate Vazquez’s coconspirators. In a controlled delivery, a third coconspirator picked up the package and a …
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Mexican Cocaine Supplier and Florida Coconspirator Sentenced to Federal Prison For Conspiracy To Distribute Cocaine

… Ortiz-Valle and a confidential source discussed cocaine deliveries to a buyer in Florida. They met in Lakeland with … communicated with the confidential source to arrange a delivery of two kilograms of cocaine to Normandin in …
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California Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 35 years in Federal Prison for Transporting Heroin and Cocaine to Chicago Aboard Amtrak Trains

… organization.  Phillip Diaz, of Paramount, Calif., ensured delivery of narcotics and maintained bank accounts to … proceeds through various bank accounts, and he accepted delivery of Koon’s heroin in a hotel room in Tinley Park.  …
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Georgia Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Possession of Meth with Intent to Distribute After Ordering Fabric Soaked in Meth

… agents that an associate used Williamson’s address for drug deliveries. The SIM card was located, and a download of … between the two regarding illicit controlled substance deliveries requiring tracking and other drug deals. The case …
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Italian national connected to seizure of over 1,500 kilos of cocaine bound for Europe aboard fishing vessels pleads guilty to cocaine trafficking

… drug trafficking organization successfully orchestrated the delivery of 1,200 kilograms of cocaine to Spain. In … later, the drug trafficking organization arranged for the delivery of another shipment to Spain. In particular, in …
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Enforcement operation dismantles meth supply ring in Jamestown, NY

… of the DEA, the FBI and USPIS, conducted a controlled delivery of a parcel to the residence of Jamell Trapp at 18 … replaced with sham. Marcus Bowman accepted the package upon delivery. A short time later, Bowman and Trapp were taken …
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Federal law enforcement arrest three citizens of Mexico for methamphetamine/heroin distribution operation in San Antonio and South Texas

… Drug trafficking organization leader coordinated narcotics deliveries from within an Oklahoma federal prison using … to the indictment, Morales-Perez coordinated narcotics deliveries from within the Great Plains Correctional …
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57 Member/Associates Of Various White Supremacists Gangs Charged In Kidnapping And Drug Conspiracies

… the acquisition of methamphetamine and its distribution and delivery.  They used stash houses or other locations to … and brokers to negotiate the acquisition, price, delivery and payment for the quantities of methamphetamine. …
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Tallahassee Woman Convicted Of Trafficking Molly

… identified a kilogram package of alpha-PVP destined for delivery to a commercial UPS mailbox rented by Hunter. Agents conducted a controlled delivery of the drug-laden parcel and arrested Hunter after …
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DEA And USPIS Investigation Leads To Indictment Of 28 Individuals For Conspiracy To Possess With Intent To Distribute Marijuana

… The suppliers based in Puerto Rico would coordinate the delivery of the boxes containing the marijuana, oversee the delivery of the drug to the various distributors, pay the …
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Eight United States Postal Workers Arrested On Long Island For Mail Theft And Marijuana Distribution Conspiracy

… processing line, and then attaching new labels re-directing delivery to alternative addresses. After “overlabeling” the … allegedly reinserted the parcels into the normal line for delivery to the new destination. Between September and …
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Cocaine Dealer Sentenced To 22 Years In Prison

… about the package but was told it was not yet ready for delivery. While preparing the cocaine shipment for the controlled delivery at the freight company, DEA agents received …