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Owner/Operator Of GenPharm Pharmacy In Dallas Area Pleads Guilty

February 03, 2017
… and pleaded guilty to federal felony offenses stemming from her involvement in a “pill mill” operation, announced … (DEA) registration numbers, preventing Kigham and Frimpong from dispensing controlled substances and Dr. Andrews from issuing prescriptions for controlled substances. Kigham …
February 03, 2017
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Laredo Deputy Constable Pleads Guilty To Accepting Bribe

September 28, 2011
… investigation, DEA agents sought to purchase cocaine from a suspected supplier through the use of a confidential … of this unrelated investigation, the CS received a call from Garcia. Garcia told the CS that he had seen the CS … Garcia had provided escort for cocaine loads run by the CS from South Laredo to North Laredo. As part of the escort …
September 28, 2011
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37 Arrested For Alleged Roles In Austin-Based Drug Distribution Operations

April 10, 2013
… Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov AUSTIN, Texas -  Federal, state and local authorities have arrested 37 individuals in … that cocaine and methamphetamine were being transported from the Rio Grande Valley to Marco and Rafael Ayala in … were able to seize multiple loads of drugs and proceeds from the sale of drugs. On one occasion, a load of 20 …
April 10, 2013
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Doctor And Five Others Indicted In DEA Prescription Drug Investigation

May 24, 2013
… At least one patient who received prescription drugs from Ferrara died of an overdose.  Ferrara and Keith … other than legitimate medical purpose, with death resulting from the use of the controlled substances. During the course … practice by taking cash, checks, and credit cards from those to whom he distributed.  Insurance was not …
May 24, 2013
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Gustavo Falcon Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Possess With Intent To Distribute And To Distribute Cocaine

February 02, 2018
… Guillermo Falcon, a/k/a “Willie,” and Salvador Magluta. From the early 1980s through mid-October 1991, the … of the organization’s activities, cocaine ledgers seized from a residence controlled by Magluta that covered the …
February 02, 2018
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Six Arrested In Drug Raid Involving Correctional Facilities

April 10, 2014
… in Birmingham, Alabama.  “Without the invaluable assistance from the Alabama Department of Corrections, the success of … critical in keeping substantial amounts of methamphetamine from being distributed in our communities.  I can’t thank … for their unwavering commitment to stopping these criminals from dealing drugs from inside our state prisons.”  “Some of …
April 10, 2014
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Florida Doctors No Longer Among The Top Oxycodone Purchasers In The United States

April 05, 2013
… Florida doctors appearing in that nationwide list dropped from 90 to only 13 in 2011.  Today the DEA is happy to … surrendered by physicians following an official visit from the DEA.  DEA has taken action on 4 distributors, and … shed light on our efforts; however, our work is far from over.  The DEA along with our state and local partners …
April 05, 2013
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First Of Cape Cod Brothers Sentenced To Twenty Years For Oxycodone Trafficking Scheme

January 22, 2015
… M. Gonsalves was sentenced on multiple charges arising from a three-year conspiracy involving hundreds of thousands … multi-thousand-pill loads of 30-milligram oxycodone pills from South Florida up to New England, first by plane and … During the trial, witnesses testified about seizures from the Gonsalves Brothers’ co-conspirators of two …
January 22, 2015
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Jose Mercedes, Sr. Sentenced To 14 Years In Prison For Major Heroin Trafficking Operation

October 10, 2017
… & Red Ribbon: Ciara A. Gregovich 720-431-8836 Charges stem from record large seizure of 70 kilograms of heroin and $2 … governed an expansive network of heroin distribution from Mexico to the New York City area. At the time of the … Task (NYDETF) Group T-31 recovered 70 kilograms of heroin from a concealed trap compartment in the floor of a …
October 10, 2017
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Drug Enforcement Administration Collects Record Number Of Unused Pills As Part Of Its 14th Prescription Drug Take Back Day

November 07, 2017
… remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they could be stolen and … W. Patterson. “This is a crisis that must be addressed from multiple angles.  Educating the public and removing these medications from households across the Unites States prevents misuse …
November 07, 2017
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Eight United States Postal Workers Arrested On Long Island For Mail Theft And Marijuana Distribution Conspiracy

December 03, 2014
… Task Force, which is comprised of agents and officers from the DEA, the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office, … packages, the defendants allegedly stole the parcels from the processing line and placed them in a corridor … been disabled. The defendants then retrieved the parcels from the corridor and carried the packages out of the …
December 03, 2014
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DEA/NTF Arrest 10 Suspects; Indictment Unsealed

April 25, 2011
… with illegally transporting and importing firearms from the state of Arizona into the state of California, … pistol. The weapons were then sold to undercover agents from the Drug Enforcement (DEA) in San Diego. In Count 3 of … purchased a black 2009 Cadillac Escalade with funds derived from unlawful activity; specifically, that Morquecho …
April 25, 2011
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Is Saturday

April 26, 2016
… Twice-annual event takes place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 30 WASHINGTON - After … combined.  “Most prescription drug abusers get their pills from friends and family, including from the household medicine cabinet,” said DEA Acting …
April 26, 2016
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Feds Seize Longest Tunnel On California-Mexico Border

April 20, 2016
… Kelly McKay Recruiter Name Kieran Garcia (858) 616-4040 sandiegospecialagentrecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter … probably longer due to its zig-zagging route. It stretches from a house in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico to an … systems, lights and a sophisticated large elevator leading from the tunnel into a closet inside the Tijuana residence. …
April 20, 2016
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Key Leader Of South American Drug Cartel Sentenced To Thirty-Four Years In Prison

September 26, 2011
… Renteria, 41, is one of three men who were extradited from Colombia following an undercover investigation into a … with locating ships and planes to take tons of cocaine from South America to Mexico for further distribution into the United States; and from South America to Africa and Europe. One of the drug …
September 26, 2011
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Former President Of Guatemala, Alfonso Portillo, Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court To Laundering Millions Of Dollars Through United States Banks

March 18, 2014
… States.  Portillo, who served as the President of Guatemala from January 14, 2000 to January 14, 2004, arrived in the … may have thought his position of power prevented him from having to answer for accepting multi-million dollar …
March 18, 2014
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Former President Of Guatemala, Alfonso Portillo, Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court For Laundering Millions Of Dollars Through United States Banks

May 23, 2014
… States.  Portillo, who served as the President of Guatemala from January 14, 2000 to January 14, 2004, arrived in the … office as a siphon to extract millions of dollars in bribes from Taiwan.  Today he has been sentenced to a lengthy …
May 23, 2014
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Multiple cases lead to arrests of five doctors, one pharmacist, one nurse practitioner and three others

October 11, 2018
… of 10 defendants with illegally distributing oxycodone. “From drug cartels to street distributors, law enforcement is … James J. Hunt. "As a result of separate investigations from three DEA offices, five doctors, a pharmacist, a nurse …
October 11, 2018
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Founder of New York Narcotics Delivery Service Sentenced to 150 Months in Prison for Causing Three Overdose Deaths

February 28, 2024
… to combating organized crime and protecting our communities from the dangers of drug trafficking.” According to the … to deliver cocaine to the customer.  During its operation from March 2018 to September 2021, the Cab Louie Delivery … Abisada with a car to deliver cocaine.  Tejada profited from the business throughout its three-plus years of …
February 28, 2024
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Defendants Sentenced for Drug Trafficking that Resulted in Two Deaths

February 28, 2024
… Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 2920 Brandywine Road Atlanta , GA 30341 United States Atlanta … between ALLEN and FRASIER, photographs and a note retrieved from ALLEN’s cellphone, and Cash App and Venmo records, … of Joshua Skip Zinner on or about March 9, 2023, resulted from the use of cocaine laced with fentanyl that he had …
February 28, 2024
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2.5 Tons of Methamphetamine and 100,000 Fentanyl Pills Interdicted

February 05, 2021
… fentanyl pills into the United States.  The charge arises from a January 29, 2021 seizure by Mexico’s Secretaría de … a tidal wave of fentanyl and methamphetamine being pushed from Mexico into the United States,” said DEA Special Agent … timely and significant arrests, and stopping deadly drugs from flooding our streets.” Police Commissioner Dermot Shea …
February 05, 2021
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UT Southwestern to Pay $4.5 Million to Resolve Alleged Controlled Substance Act Violations That Permitted Drug Diversion by Staff

November 30, 2021
… hospital staff to divert fentanyl and other dangerous drugs from the hospital, announced DEA Dallas Special Agent in … of internal safeguards to keep controlled substances from being diverted,” said DEA Dallas Special Agent in … able to divert controlled substances – including fentanyl — from UTSW’s Clements University Hospital and Zale Lipshy …
November 30, 2021
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National healthcare fraud takedown results in charges against over 600 individuals, including several Chicago-area medical professionals

June 28, 2018
… @DEAChicagoDiv Shane Catone Domestic Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin Additional Division Info Community Outreach: … is a betrayal of vulnerable patients, and often it is theft from the taxpayer,” said Attorney General Sessions. “In many … nurses, and pharmacists take advantage of people suffering from drug addiction in order to line their pockets. These …
June 28, 2018
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National healthcare fraud takedown results in charges against over 600 individuals, including several Chicago-area medical professionals

June 28, 2018
… @DEAChicagoDiv Shane Catone Domestic Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin Additional Division Info Community Outreach: … is a betrayal of vulnerable patients, and often it is theft from the taxpayer,” said Attorney General Sessions. “In many … nurses, and pharmacists take advantage of people suffering from drug addiction in order to line their pockets. These …
June 28, 2018
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Life In Prison For Racketeering Kingpin

March 03, 2017
… offices located in New York City, Albany, Buffalo, Long Island, Plattsburgh, Rochester, Syracuse and Westchester County … nightclub in upper Manhattan. Rodriguez watched this murder from the safety of a nearby pool hall and later informed a … in the theft of a relatively small amount of marijuana from one of Rodriguez-Perez’s stash houses. In the shooting …
March 03, 2017
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Orlando Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiring and Distributing Fentanyl-Laced Heroin

March 23, 2021
… at the same designated location and purchased narcotics from him. This occurred on six different dates and resulted … Santos-Garcia, at an address on Brosche Road in Orlando from which the co-defendants were distributing narcotics in … Administration Orlando District Office, with assistance from the Orlando Police Department. It is being prosecuted …
March 23, 2021
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Key defendant in Operation Snowplow drug trafficking investigation sentenced to two decades in federal prison

October 13, 2020
… the highest priority of not only removing dangerous drugs from the street, but also on seizing the ill-gotten gains of … distributing kilogram-quantities of cocaine and other drugs from Texas and California in February and March 2018. The … shipment to Savannah, and distributed to mid-level dealers from several Savannah-area residences. On March 5, 2018, law …
October 13, 2020
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DEA’S Prescription Drug Take-Back Effort-- A Big Success

October 01, 2015
… About Drugs Just Think Twice Domestic WASHINGTON - Thousands of Americans in communities across the country … are shocking-approximately 46,000 Americans die each year from drug-related deaths.  More than half of those are from heroin and prescription opioids,” said Acting DEA …
October 01, 2015
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DEA Collects Record-Setting Amount Of Meds At Latest National Rx Take-Back Day

May 06, 2016
… drug abusers report in surveys that they get their drugs from friends and family.  Americans understand that cleaning out old prescription drugs from medicine cabinets, kitchen drawers, and bedside tables … drug overdoses-78 a day-in (the most recent statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).  Eight …
May 06, 2016
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Paterson Man Admits Distributing Heroin That Caused Death of New York Resident

April 22, 2021
… and Individual-2 sold the same heroin they had obtained from Byrd to Victim-1. On April 3, 2016, officers from the Warwick, NY Police Department responded to a … of Special Agent in Charge Susan A. Gibson; detectives from the New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice, Gangs and …
April 22, 2021