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New Jersey Pharmacy Admits Illegal Distribution of Prescription Opioids and Kickback Scheme

… that sent controlled substances and other prescription medications to patients via mail throughout the United … dangerous transmucosal immediate release fentanyl (TIRF) medications. Dunn Meadow had contracts with and received … that the prescriptions were not written for a legitimate medical purpose. Dunn Meadow knowingly filled prescriptions …
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DEA Holds 22nd National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to prevent addiction and reduce overdose deaths

… bi-annual event offers free, anonymous disposal of unneeded medications at more than 4,000 local drop-off locations … public may now use drop boxes at Veterans Administration medical centers to dispose of controlled substance …
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Idaho Doctor Pays $96,000 to Settle Allegations That He Wrote Unlawful Prescriptions

… for controlled substances that lacked a legitimate medical purpose and/or were issued outside the usual course … that the DEA and our partners will hold everyone, including medical providers, accountable for their actions when they …
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Jefferson City Man Charged with Heroin Trafficking

… of Bell’s car. Officers searched the vehicle and found a marijuana blunt and a Glock 9mm handgun. Officers also …
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Owner and Employees of Alleged Pill Mill Facing Federal Indictment

… Joyce Shawanda Edwards owned and operated Personal Touch Medical Spa, LLP (“PTMS”), formerly known as Holistic Health and Wellness Medical Spa LLP, a purported “pain management” clinic …
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Passaic County Doctor Charged in Conspiracy to Distribute Opioids

… with conspiring to distribute opioids without a legitimate medical reason, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug … course of professional practice and not for a legitimate medical purpose. Ferraro made an initial appearance today … in a conspiracy to prescribe oxycodone, an opioid pain medication, to individuals who posed as patients, but whom …
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Doctor and Office Manager Indicted in Scheme to Defraud Medicare, Manufacture and Distribute Fentanyl

… fentanyl citrate into vials, in a room at Smith’s principal medical practice, San Diego Comprehensive Pain Management … quantities of fentanyl, prescribing unnecessary oral opioid medications in conjunction with pain-pump medication, and …
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Convicted Felon on Supervised Release Pleads Guilty to Cocaine Charge

… recovered quantities of crack cocaine, cocaine, and marijuana, a digital scale, $2,900 in cash, a Rolex watch …
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Wisconsin Doctor Sentenced to 18 Months’ Imprisonment for Drug Crimes

… opiates, for years, in a manner outside of a professional medical practice and not for a legitimate medical purpose. At sentencing, the United States requested …
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Top Lieutenant and Head of Security for Rafael Caro Quintero Extradited from Mexico to Face Narcotics Trafficking and Firearms Charges

… from February 2015 through June 2018 and an international marijuana distribution conspiracy from January 1980 through …
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Man Pleads Guilty to Cocaine Charge

… residue, 207 grams of cocaine, approximately 33 grams of marijuana, and $12,000 in United States currency. The plea …
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DEA and Partners Announce Results of 20th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… pounds (419.7 tons) of unused, expired, and unwanted medications across the country.  Denver Field Division … and alleviate addiction by safely disposing of prescription medications that sit idle in the home,” said DEA Acting …
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Joplin, Webb City Man Indicted for Drug Trafficking, Illegal Firearms

… aggravated fleeing from law enforcement, possession of marijuana with the intent to deliver, and possession of a …
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Pensacola Women Plead Guilty to Illegal Drug Diversion

… records, between 2015 and 2024, McCray, while employed by a medical practice, forged controlled substance prescriptions …
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San Diego Man Sentenced to 18 Years for Supplying Fentanyl that Resulted in Deaths of Two in North Park

… individual were treated with Narcan and transported for medical attention and recovered. According to his plea …
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8-Time Felon Sentenced to 20 Years for Drug Trafficking and Firearms Charges

… convicted of felonies including dealing cocaine and marijuana, resisting law enforcement, and firearms offenses. …
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FL Man Who Allegedly Commandeered E-Prescribing Privileges of Doctors Charged with Criminal Sale

… Degree (a B felony), Criminal Diversion of Prescription Medication and Prescriptions in the Second Degree (a D … felony) and 15 counts of Criminal Diversion of Prescription Medication and Prescriptions in the Fourth Degree (an A …
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Federal health care fraud takedown in Northeastern U.S. results in 54 defendants charged and convicted

… claims made to federal payers, including 15 doctors or medical professionals, and 24 defendants are charged for … pharmacies improperly, to mis-prescribing unnecessary medications, to tricking patients – often the elderly or …
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Operation Avalanche

… to Medicaid, Medicare. Indicted on Nearly 500 Counts: 7 Medical Practitioners, Former New York State Assemblyman … diagnostic tests, the great majority of which were medically unnecessary. The Office of the Inspector General, …
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10-Time Felon from Indianapolis Sentenced to 12 Years for Meth Trafficking

… approached Lowe’s vehicle, he noticed the smell of burnt marijuana. A police K9 was called in to perform a narcotics …
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National Health Care Fraud and Opioid Takedown results in charges against 345 defendants responsible for more than $6 billion in alleged fraud losses

… including more than 100 doctors, nurses and other licensed medical professionals.  These defendants have been charged … equipment, genetic and other diagnostic testing, and pain medications, either without any patient interaction or with …
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New Hampshire Doctor Indicted for Unlawfully Distributing Opioids and Benzodiazepines

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … as relevant based upon the facts of the particular case. Medications obtained illicitly are very dangerous as they …
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West Haven Man Who Made and Trafficked Narcotic Pills Sentenced to More Than 11 Years in Prison

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … methamphetamine pills disguised as legitimate prescription medication, as well as other controlled substances. …
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Final Defendants Convicted in Complex, 20-Person Federal Fentanyl and Meth Trafficking Conspiracy

… of methamphetamine, six ounces of cocaine and 30 pounds of marijuana were seized. As of today, the other 18 defendants …
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Bathroom Shower No Place to Hide for Meth Trafficker Who Pleads Guilty

… in the laundry room and approximately 576 grams of packaged marijuana in the bedroom. According to court documents, …
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DEA Issues Public Safety Alert on Sharp Increase in Fake Prescription Pills Containing Fentanyl and Meth

… networks and are made to look like real prescription opioid medications such as oxycodone (Oxycontin®, Percocet®), … This alert does not apply to legitimate pharmaceutical medications prescribed by medical professionals and dispensed by licensed pharmacists. …
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High Desert Doctor Arrested on Federal Narcotics Charges

… often-abused controlled substances – including opioid-based medications – during telemedicine sessions with “patients” … 36, who resides in Llano and Palmdale and called his medical practice Happy Family Medicine, was arrested … this case. The California Department of Justice, Bureau of Medi-Cal Fraud and Elder Abuse provided substantial …
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Three Convicted for Fraudulently Billing Over $8 Million to Medicare and Medicaid Through Opioid Addiction Treatment Clinics in Kentucky

… and London, Kentucky. As part of his role as KAC’s medical director, Alzadon prescribed Suboxone, a controlled … health programs like Medicare and Medicaid for medical services that were not performed or were falsely …
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Mexican National Faces Federal Drug Trafficking Charges in New Mexico

… Ortega-Gallegos allegedly distributed over 100 kilograms of marijuana to be imported into the United States for the …
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International Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 8 Years

… large quantities of methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine, and marijuana from Mexico in the Kansas City area. According to …