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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

July 11, 2017
… 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 …
July 11, 2017
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New Orleans Field Division Collects Over 33,000 Pounds On Prescription Drug Take Back Day

May 12, 2014
… 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, …
May 12, 2014
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Seven Indicted In Broward Pharmacy Takedown

July 08, 2011
… 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, …
July 08, 2011
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Holiday CVS Final Order Reveals Gross Negligence By Two CVS Pharmacies In Stanford, Florida

October 15, 2012
… 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 …
October 15, 2012
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Doctor Pleads Guilty To Illegally Prescribing Oxycodone, Defrauding Government Programs

May 04, 2015
… 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 …
May 04, 2015
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DEA Collected A Record Amount Of Unwanted Rx Medication In The State Of New York

May 03, 2013
… 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 …
May 03, 2013
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Justice Department Announces Settlement Agreement With Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Over Pharmacy Control Failures

July 08, 2016
… 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 …
July 08, 2016
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Visalia Doctor Indicted For Illegally Dispensing Oxycodone

June 10, 2013
… 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 …
June 10, 2013
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Leader Of Oxycodone Ring Sentenced To 15 Years’ Imprisonment For His Leadership In Long Island Oxycodone Distribution Ring

September 30, 2015
… 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 …
September 30, 2015
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Surgeon Receives 78 Months In Prison For Distributing Oxycodone

January 25, 2016
… 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 …
January 25, 2016
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Multi-kilo cocaine dealer from Mecklenburg County sentenced to 15 years in prison

January 16, 2020
… documents, Vincent Maurice Lewis, 45, arranged for the delivery of 28 kilograms of cocaine from Texas to Virginia. …
January 16, 2020
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Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced to 222 Months In Prison

May 25, 2023
… 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 …
May 25, 2023
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Boston Man Pleads Guilty To Drug Offenses

March 25, 2024
… 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 …
March 25, 2024
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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

October 27, 2023
… one of Monserrate Vazquez’s coconspirators. In a controlled delivery, a third coconspirator picked up the package and a …
October 27, 2023
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Mexican Cocaine Supplier and Florida Coconspirator Sentenced to Federal Prison For Conspiracy To Distribute Cocaine

August 03, 2023
… 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 …
August 03, 2023
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California Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 35 years in Federal Prison for Transporting Heroin and Cocaine to Chicago Aboard Amtrak Trains

September 12, 2018
… 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.  …
September 12, 2018
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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

March 30, 2023
… 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 …
March 30, 2023
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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

May 10, 2019
… 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 …
May 10, 2019
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Enforcement operation dismantles meth supply ring in Jamestown, NY

June 19, 2018
… 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 …
June 19, 2018
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Federal law enforcement arrest three citizens of Mexico for methamphetamine/heroin distribution operation in San Antonio and South Texas

October 28, 2020
… 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 …
October 28, 2020
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57 Member/Associates Of Various White Supremacists Gangs Charged In Kidnapping And Drug Conspiracies

May 01, 2018
… 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. …
May 01, 2018
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Tallahassee Woman Convicted Of Trafficking Molly

February 14, 2018
… 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 …
February 14, 2018
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DEA And USPIS Investigation Leads To Indictment Of 28 Individuals For Conspiracy To Possess With Intent To Distribute Marijuana

September 27, 2011
… 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 …
September 27, 2011
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Eight United States Postal Workers Arrested On Long Island For Mail Theft And Marijuana Distribution Conspiracy

December 03, 2014
… 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 …
December 03, 2014
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Cocaine Dealer Sentenced To 22 Years In Prison

February 01, 2011
… 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 …
February 01, 2011
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Operation Avalanche

April 07, 2017
… Ciara A. Gregovich 720-431-8836 Millions of Narcotic Painkillers Pumped Onto Black Market, Millions Fraudulently … of dollars, to illegally sell prescriptions for opioid painkillers and to commit money laundering. Two indictments … with prescriptions for oxycodone, an addictive opioid painkiller, for no legitimate medical purpose. It is alleged …
April 07, 2017
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U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Emergency Schedules All Illicit Fentanyls In An Effort To Reduce Overdose Deaths

February 07, 2018
… prescription drugs. As a consequence, users who buy these substances on the illicit market are often unaware …
February 07, 2018
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DEA Recognizes 2025 National Fentanyl Awareness Day with Debut of Faces of Fentanyl Online Exhibit

April 25, 2025
… that look like prescription medications, such as oxycodone (Percocet), alprazolam (Xanax), and hydrocodone (Vicodin). …
April 25, 2025
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DEA Reveals Criminal Drug Networks Are Flooding the U.S. with Deadly Fentanyl

December 17, 2021
… identical to legitimate prescriptions—such as Oxycontin®, Percocet®, Vicodin®, Adderall®, Xanax®, and other …
December 17, 2021
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Brings in nearly 745,000 Pounds of Unneeded Medications, Continues Fight against Opioid Epidemic

November 01, 2021
… identical to legitimate prescriptions such as Oxycontin®, Percocet®, Vicodin®, Adderall®, Xanax® and other medicines. …
November 01, 2021