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Texas Physician Found Guilty for Unlawfully Prescribing Over 1.3 Million Doses of Opioids

… to and did unlawfully prescribe controlled substances from 2014 through February 2016 for patients at Spring … no known medical benefit. The clinic made over $4 million from prescriptions issued in the scheme, over $1.5 million …
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Illinois Man Sentenced to 16 Years in Prison for Trafficking Heroin

… holding individuals accountable for selling and profiting from others’ addiction to this extremely dangerous narcotic. … Rockford police and DEA agents prevented McClellan from delivering more than 675 grams of heroin and 320 grams …
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Tucson Drug Trafficker Sentenced to Five Years

… of methamphetamine and ten ounces of heroin. Martinez fled from law enforcement, leading them on a high-speed vehicle … conducted the investigation in this case with assistance from the Pima County Sheriff’s Office, the Tucson Police …
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Fentanyl Dealer Pleads Guilty to Distributing Narcotics Resulting in Death

… and Pinellas County determined that the individual died from fentanyl toxicity. The following day, December 17, … Office and the Pasco Sheriff’s Office, with assistance from the Pasco and Pinellas County Medical Examiner’s …
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DEA to hold 20th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… indicating a majority of abused prescription drugs come from family and friends, including from home medicine cabinets, clearing out unused medicine is …
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Jury Convicts Cocoa Can of Conspiracy to Possess with the Intent to Distribute Fentanyl

… scales covered with fentanyl and cocaine, and firearms from Swanson’s bedroom.          This case was investigated … Administration Orlando District Office, with assistance from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Florida …
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Three Charged with Conspiring to Traffic Crystal Meth

… records, the defendants conspired to move methamphetamine from Atlanta, Georgia for distribution in West Palm Beach, … by the DEA West Palm Beach District Office with assistance from the DEA Milwaukee District Office, the Palm Beach …
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Pharmaceutical Distributor Vistapharm, Inc. Agrees To Pay $325,000 To Resolve Alleged Violations Of The Controlled Substances Act

… system of distribution and preventing dangerous drugs from being diverted and falling into the wrong hands,” said … falling into the wrong hands.” This settlement results from a coordinated effort by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for …
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Methamphetamine Distributors Sentenced to Federal Prison

… source to make a series of controlled purchases from Mattox, who is accountable for more than 600 grams of … revealed that Williams had purchased methamphetamine from Mattox. As a result, DEA and Clay County Sheriff’s …
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Dunedin woman pleads guilty to distributing heroin and fentanyl, causing death

… The individual injected himself with the substance from the bags and died. A medical autopsy revealed that the … and the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, with assistance from the Pinellas County Medical Examiner’s Office. It is …
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Colombian national sentenced to more than 24 years for conspiring to send more than 12,000 kilograms of cocaine to the Sinaloa Cartel

… that dispatched self-propelled semi-submersible vessels from Colombia into the Pacific Ocean, destined for Sinaloa … Enforcement Task Force comprised of agents and analysts from the DEA, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. …
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Seven arrested in connection to RX drug distribution operation

… Engage Ft. Lauderdale Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … Division Contacts Florida Jacksonville - 904-348-5225 Orlando - 407-333-7000 Tampa - 813-287-5160 West Palm Beach - … fraudulent identification to obtain multiple prescriptions from different doctors. The ring leader, Alexander …
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Two Colombian businessmen charged with money laundering in connection with Venezuela bribery scheme

… others to launder the proceeds of an illegal bribery scheme from bank accounts located in Venezuela to and through bank … Enforcement Administration Miami Division with assistance from the Federal Bureau of Investigation Miami Field Office …
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Winter Garden convicted felon pleads guilty

…   According to court documents, on Feb. 8, 2019, deputies from the Orange County Sherriff’s Office responded to a call … officers conducted an undercover purchase of cocaine from Smith. On March 6, 2019, officers executed a search …
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Pharmacist And Dentist Charged In Narcotics Conspiracy

… grand jury has indicted Beverly Wheatley, age 51, a dentist from Camp Springs, Maryland, and Emmanuel Thad Ereme, age … of Oxycodone. The indictment further seeks forfeiture from Ereme of up to $500'000. The maximum penalty for each …
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Fentanyl trafficker pleads guilty

… prescriptions in his own name, and in the names of others, from co-defendant Brandon Coburn, a nurse practitioner. … would also be paid for writing each prescription. In total, from July 2013 to May 2015, 253 prescriptions were issued by …
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District of Idaho Participated in National Health Care Fraud takedown

… in today’s arrests. In addition, HHS announced today that from July 2017 to the present, it has excluded 2,700 individuals from participation in Medicare, Medicaid, and all other …
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Georgia Opioid Abuse Prevention Public Service Announcement Released

… highlights Joseph Abraham, an 18-year-old teenager from Gwinnett County, Georgia, who struggled with drug addiction from an early age.  Joe began using drugs in middle school. …
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Georgia Opioid Abuse Prevention Public Service Announcement Released

… highlights Joseph Abraham, an 18-year-old teenager from Gwinnett County, Georgia, who struggled with drug addiction from an early age.  Joe began using drugs in middle school. …
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Daly City drug trafficker sentenced to 10 years prison

… City, pleaded guilty on January 31, 2018. He admitted that from June 6, 2016, through August 15, 2016, he participated … drug transaction.  The authorities saw Maturana walk from his house to his car while carrying a brown shopping …
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North Tonawanda pharmacist arrested, charged with prescription fraud

… McQuade was previously employed by the Rite Aid Corporation from January 2015 until his firing in December 2017. The … conditions. One of those conditions prevents the defendant from continuing to dispense controlled substances.      The …
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Man given five-year sentence for selling crack cocaine

… at the residence.  On November 9, 2016, Special Agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), along with … 2016, and November 8, 2016, Hopson obtained crack cocaine from Carrier and then sold it to an undercover officer. A …
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Cocaine dealer pleads guilty

… Falls and Lockport.  Bradberry regularly purchased drugs from co-defendant Ramone Westbrook for the purpose of … obtaining approximately an ounce of cocaine per week from Westbrook with the intention of distributing it to …
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Manchester man sentenced to 20 years in prison for heroin trafficking

… a Manchester-based heroin trafficker who purchased heroin from a Massachusetts-based drug trafficking organization run … On July 10, 2016, surveillance agents followed Gonzalez from Manchester to a restaurant in Lawrence, where Gonzalez …
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California man pleads guilty to heroin conspiracy in Mississippi

… Engage New Orleans Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute heroin from August 2017 through December 13, 2017. He will be … Newell’s arrest, agents learned that he received the heroin from Zamora Gomez and Vincente Manuel Ruiz. Agents had …
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Second Truck Driver Sentenced to Over 12 Years in Federal Prison for Delivering Drugs in Marijuana and Cocaine Conspiracy

… part of a drug conspiracy led by Ruben Lopez that operated from January 2004 to February 11, 2006, which was … of cocaine and thousands of kilograms of marijuana from Tucson, Arizona, to customers in Maryland, Ohio, …
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5 Arrested, Meth Lab Seized in Spotsylvania County

… the predawn hours of January 18th, law enforcement officers from the Spotsylvania Sheriff’s Office, the Drug Enforcement … between law enforcement agencies, five arrests were made from the houses that were the targets of the search …
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Fairfax County Man Pleads Guilty to Drug, Gambling Charges

… Operation Engage DMV Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … bought and sold cocaine to friends and business associates from January 2006 through May 2008. From September 2005 …
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Final Defendant in Oxycontin Ring Pleads Guilty During Trial

… of facts presented to the court at his guilty plea, from January 1, 1998 through December 31, 2003, Muldrow and … numerous documents relating to the fraudulent prescriptions from the defendant’s car. Muldrow faces a minimum sentence …
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Presentation of Asset Forfeiture Checks: Share the Wealth

… 23, 2007. The proceeds of all assets seized and forfeited from a DEA case are deposited into the Department of Justice, Assets Forfeiture Fund. Profits from drug-related crimes, as well as those profits properly …