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Queens Pharmacy Owner Sentenced to 36 Months in Prison for Health Care Fraud and Narcotics Distribution

May 27, 2021
… falsely claimed he was a pharmacist and distributed over 10,000 oxycodone pills BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Earlier today, … and Medicaid reimbursed New Moon Pharmacy approximately $3 million for pharmaceutical claims. Hussnain transferred significant amounts of the reimbursed funds to accounts in his and his …
May 27, 2021
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DEA holds 18th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day this Saturday, October 26, 2019

October 24, 2019
… and cartridges NEW YORK – With robust public participation over the course of 17 prior events, the National … Take Back Day Initiative continues to remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s … its ninth year, DEA has collected a total of more than 11 million pounds (almost 6,000 tons) of expired, unused and …
October 24, 2019
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Life Sentence for Omaha Man Convicted of Selling Fentanyl Resulting in the Death of a Four-Year-Old

February 26, 2025
… her around.”  The 15-year-old would beg Reis for money to buy food, which Reis refused telling her that she didn’t …
February 26, 2025
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Boise Man Sentenced to Over 14.5 Years in Prison for Federal Gun and Drug Charges

September 29, 2022
… Boise Man Sentenced to Over 14.5 Years in Prison for Federal Gun and Drug Charges … of Boise, for a traffic infraction. Wylie failed to pull over and led law enforcement on a high-speed chase. During …
September 29, 2022
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Gang Member and Convicted Felon Sentenced to over 11 Years in Prison

April 16, 2021
… Gang Member and Convicted Felon Sentenced to over 11 Years in Prison April 16, 2021 Houston Contact Info … other co-conspirators.  Law enforcement ultimately seized over $250,000 during the course of the investigation. …
April 16, 2021
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Central Valley Drug Dealer Sentenced To Over 16 Years In Prison

February 21, 2018
… Central Valley Drug Dealer Sentenced To Over 16 Years In Prison February 21, 2018 San Francisco … Akilah Johnson 571-387-5018 Defendant arrested with over 10 pounds methamphetamine, three firearms OAKLAND, …
February 21, 2018
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Two Men Sentenced On Meth Charges

March 27, 2018
… 2014, the defendant engaged in the practice of “smurfing,” buying small quantities of pseudoephedrine, at local … process, Fagan engaged in the practice of “smurfing” (buying small quantities) at local pharmacies. The …
March 27, 2018
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San Francisco Man Sentenced To 151 Months For LSD And Ecstasy Trafficking Offenses

April 26, 2013
… ecstasy that was delivered to an undercover DEA agent in a buy-bust operation, and that Mr. Cook was arrested on the day of the buy-bust operation, wearing a backpack containing 630 grams …
April 26, 2013
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DEA Releases 2020 National Drug Threat Assessment

March 02, 2021
… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Brian M. Clark … in volume and reach, with traffickers selling increasing amounts outside of traditional markets. According to the …
March 02, 2021
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“Drug Kingpin” Gets 28 Years for Trafficking Drugs from Mexico to Alaska

September 05, 2024
… in prison for running a conspiracy that trafficked vast amounts of dangerous drugs to Alaska. According to court … occasion had a U.S. citizen from Alaska shot in the knee over a drug dispute when they traveled to Mexico. He later … linked to Guevara’s enterprise. His enterprise grossed millions of dollars in drug sales during the course of the …
September 05, 2024
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Year in Review: DEA Innovates to Fight Fentanyl

January 17, 2024
… 18 and 45. In calendar year 2023, DEA seized more than 77 million fentanyl pills and nearly 12,000 pounds of fentanyl … is the most fentanyl seized by DEA in a single year. It amounts to more than 386 million deadly doses of …
January 17, 2024
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Hanover Man Pleads Guilty to Distribution of Fentanyl, Cocaine, and Other Drugs Shipped Through the Mail from California to Maryland

November 22, 2021
… in a drug distribution conspiracy involving large amounts of fentanyl, cocaine, and other drugs, shipped … in Maryland.  Pitts admitted in his plea agreement that the amount involved in the conspiracy attributable to him as a …
November 22, 2021
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Joint Local, State And Federal Synthetic Drug Round-Up Leads To The Arrest Of 30 Defendants Charged With Selling “Spice” And “Bath Salts”

July 01, 2013
… until the named defendants were arrested by law enforcement over a two-day period. Harry S. Sommers, the Special Agent … Charge of Homeland Security Investigations Atlanta, which oversees offices in North Carolina, South Carolina and … quantity of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of synthetic cathinones. According to filed court …
July 01, 2013
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Two doctors, two licensed physical therapists, a licensed clinical social worker, a pharmacist, and four pharmacy owners and operators among those charged in Brooklyn as part of national health care fraud initiative

September 30, 2020
… billed the Medicare and Medicaid programs for more than $15 million. The charges filed in federal court in Brooklyn, New … equipment (“DME”) to Medicare. Between 2018 and 2019 the amount billed to Medicare for Dr. Kalepu’s DME prescriptions … and dispensing of prescription medications, including large amounts of Oxycodone, when the pharmacy did not employ a …
September 30, 2020
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New Jersey Division Of Consumer Affairs Launches “Project Medicine Drop,” Providing Consumers Opportunity To Dispose Of Unused Prescription Medication Throughout The Year Pilot Program Important Component Of The Division’s Fight To Prevent Prescription

November 14, 2011
… Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs. “Reports indicate that over twelve million Americans abused prescription drugs in the last year … 1, and check our online calendar of upcoming Consumer Outreach events. On …
November 14, 2011
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DEA Brings In Record Number Of Unused Pills During 15th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

May 07, 2018
… Federal, state and local partners collect close to one million pounds across the country NEW YORK - Americans … sites across the country. Together with a record-setting amount of local, state and federal partners, DEA collected … Drug Take Back Day events continue to remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s …
May 07, 2018
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DEA Brings In Record Number Of Unused Pills During 15th Annual National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

May 04, 2018
… Federal, state and local partners collect close to one million pounds across the country mia050418_fig1.JPG WESTON, … sites across the country. Together with a record-setting amount of local, state and federal partners, DEA collected … Drug Take Back Day events continue to remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s …
May 04, 2018
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Methamphetamine Wholesaler is Sentenced to More Than 15 Years in Prison

March 30, 2023
… Haywood County, after he had travelled to Georgia to buy methamphetamine. Law enforcement stopped Douville’s vehicle, and over the course of the traffic stop they seized nearly two …
March 30, 2023
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Denver Man Sentenced For Role In Murder-for-Hire And Drug Conspiracy

June 07, 2013
… were members of the Los Zetas Cartel, actually undercover Drug Enforcement (DEA) agents, to purchase marijuana in … and another co-defendant Calvin Epps allegedly told undercover agents about a friend in the military who could provide … to carve a “Z” into the victim’s chest and was planning on buying a hatchet to dismember the body. On March 24, 2012, …
June 07, 2013
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Atlanta Armed Robbery Crew Sentenced

July 31, 2014
… trafficker in the Atlanta area. “Tony” was in fact an undercover narcotics Task Force Officer for the DEA, who Dixon had met when “Tony” tried to buy cocaine from Dixon as a part of an investigation. As the … Dixon, who had left Atlanta, directed their actions over the telephone. To prepare for the robbery, the men …
July 31, 2014
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Queens To Suffolk Heroin Network Arrests Announced

July 12, 2017
… “Taco,” 20, of Tarrytown, New York, was sentenced today to over eight years in prison for selling heroin, some of which substantially contributed to the overdose death of one of de LosAngeles’s customers.  De … for his heroin addiction, texted de LosAngeles, asking to buy heroin.  During the ensuring text exchange, de …
July 12, 2017
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Supplier Of “Molly” That Resulted In A Death At Electric Zoo Concert Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court To Narcotics Conspiracy Charge

December 11, 2014
… 2013, the Three Individuals pooled their money in order to buy additional Molly pills from Morgan. The Three … 1, 2013. Attendance at Electric Zoo was estimated to be over 130,000 people. In mid-August 2013, Morgan sold one of …
December 11, 2014
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13 Indicted In Wellsville Meth Roundup

March 17, 2015
… 31, of Wellsville, NY; Bradley J. Hollenbeck, 34, of Andover, NY; Patrick J. Danielewicz, 34, of Friendship, NY; … dismantle methamphetamine traffickers and manufacturers.” “Over the last several years, we have seen an increase in the … The defendants engaged in the practice of “smurfing” (buying small quantities) at local pharmacies to get around …
March 17, 2015
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Operation “Cruel Summer” Nets 46 Arrests

September 19, 2012
… of cocaine, 25 pounds of methamphetamine, 38 firearms, and over $165,000 in U.S. currency. Operation Cruel Summer was … to numerous citizen complaints. During the crackdown, undercover DEA agents and sheriff's deputies conducted more than 50 "buy-walk" operations. They bought methamphetamine, heroin, …
September 19, 2012
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Charges Against Supplier Of “Molly” That Resulted In A Death At Electric Zoo Concert

July 29, 2014
… 2013, the Three Individuals pooled their money in order to buy additional Molly pills from Morgan. The Three … 1, 2013. Attendance at Electric Zoo was estimated to be over 130,000 people. In mid-August 2013, Morgan sold one of …
July 29, 2014
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Year in Review: DEA Innovates to Fight Fentanyl

January 17, 2024
… - (414) 336-7300 DEA Chicago Field Division Seizes 1.9 Million Fentanyl Pills, Nearly 500 Pounds of Fentanyl Powder … is the most fentanyl seized by DEA in a single year. It amounts to more than 386 million deadly doses of …
January 17, 2024
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Detroit News 2007

July 15, 2021
… December 19, 2007 New York Man Pleads Guilty To Trafficking Over 1400 Pounds Of Marijuana December 17, 2007 Owensboro … November 8, 2007 New York Man Pleads Guilty To Trafficking Over 1400 Pounds Of Marijuana November 8, 2007 Bowling Green … 19, 2007 Three Defendants Plead Guilty to Attempting to Buy 300 Pounds of Marijuana for $300,000 July 19, 2007 IRS …
July 15, 2021
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Nyack Man Arrested For Sales Of Synthetic Cannabinoid Resulting In One Known Overdose

October 15, 2015
… For Sales Of Synthetic Cannabinoid Resulting In One Known Overdose October 15, 2015 New York Contact Info Contact Us … sold or conspired to sell at least 39 packets of SSCs over a one-year period, resulting in at least one overdose. … in Nyack that had “kids lined up outside the door” to buy the products. The SSCs distributed by Grogan caused one …
October 15, 2015
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Multiple cases lead to arrests of five doctors, one pharmacist, one nurse practitioner and three others

October 11, 2018
… abuse are doctors whose criminal actions fuel addiction and overdoses,"  said DEA Special Agent in Charge James J. … have been arrested for their role in distributing millions of unnecessary oxycodone pills, allegedly.” SAC …
October 11, 2018
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United States Attorney Announces Indictment Of Major Cocaine Distribution Organization

March 31, 2011
… of twenty years to a maximum of life imprisonment, a $2 million fine, and up to five years of supervised release. In … a potential maximum sentence of 20 years imprisonment, a $1 million fine and at least three years of supervised release; … and a maximum sentence of life imprisonment, a $4 million fine, and at least five years of supervised release. …
March 31, 2011