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DEA testifies at Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hearing

March 20, 2019
… drug cartels. In addition, pharmaceutical and counterfeit pain killers and heroin comprise the majority of illegal …
March 20, 2019
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Reno Doctor And Eight Others Charged In Illegal Prescription Drug Distribution Case

April 29, 2016
… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Brian M. Clark … For information on opioid overdose and how you can manage pain without prescription drugs, go to the website. This …
April 29, 2016
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Reno Doctor Robert Rand And Eight Others Indicted On Federal Prescription Drug Distribution Charges

May 11, 2016
… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Brian M. Clark … For information on opioid overdose and how you can manage pain without prescription drugs, go to the . This case is …
May 11, 2016
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Operation Snake Oil Pill Mill Doctor Sentenced

January 08, 2014
… earned as a result of his involvement as a physician at All Pain Management in Dania Beach. Between February 16 and … 17, 2010, Becker was employed as a clinic doctor at All Pain Management which, at the time, was owned by … According to a review of medical records, while at All Pain Management, Becker prescribed 932,259 oxycodone, 30 …
January 08, 2014
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Doctor Arrested For Providing Prescriptions In Exchange For Sex Acts

August 31, 2016
… SAN DIEGO - Physician Naga Raja Thota, a pain specialist with an office in El Cajon, was arrested … to treat her but documented that his treatment was for pain even though this victim did not suffer from any medical condition that caused chronic or ongoing pain. This victim also stated that Thota kept increasing the …
August 31, 2016
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State and federal authorities dismantle major Philadelphia gun trafficking ring that sold guns and methamphetamine in Camden

January 27, 2020
… traffickers profit from a trade that brings nothing but pain, suffering, and death, whether it’s from the bullets of … obtained guns illegally by paying “straw purchasers” to buy guns in Pennsylvania at dealerships and gun shows. …
January 27, 2020
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DEA’s Ninth And Final Prescription Drug Take Back Day Being Held Saturday September 27 New Disposal Rules In Effect Next Month Provide For Convenient, Ongoing Disposal Opportunities For Patients’ Unwanted Pharmaceuticals

September 22, 2014
… of prescription medications, including 16,651 from narcotic painkillers, says the Centers for Disease Control and …
September 22, 2014
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DEA Nashville District Office Heads Up Ninth And Final Prescription Drug Take-Back Event Saturday, September 27, 2014

September 26, 2014
… of prescription medications, including 16,651 from narcotic painkillers, says the Centers for Disease Control and …
September 26, 2014
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DEA Atlanta Divisional Office Heads Up Ninth And Final Prescription Drug Take-Back Event Saturday, September 27, 2014

September 26, 2014
… of prescription medications, including 16,651 from narcotic painkillers, says the Centers for Disease Control and …
September 26, 2014
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DEA’s Ninth And Final Prescription Take-Back Day Being Held Saturday September 27

September 23, 2014
… of prescription medications, including 16,651 from narcotic painkillers, says the Centers for Disease Control and …
September 23, 2014
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Father And Son Charged With Running Prescription Drug Trafficking And Forgery Ring

March 09, 2016
… Red Ribbon: Ciara A. Gregovich 720-431-8836 $1.5 million in painkillers funnelled onto black market NEW YORK - James J. … $1.5 million in oxycodone, a highly addictive opioid painkiller. An indictment filed by the Office of the Special …
March 09, 2016
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Saratoga County drug dealer sentenced to 20 years for overdose death

August 31, 2020
… avoidable and senseless death of a young man, and the daily pain and suffering of that man’s wife and parents. Heroin … for his actions.   While this does not remove the pain that the family of B.L. has gone through, I can only …
August 31, 2020
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Fair Haven Residents Indicted for Drug Trafficking, Gun Possession Offenses

June 07, 2023
… told the Vermont Drug Task Force (VDTF) that they could buy cocaine base from Muzzy. Thereafter, on September 23, … from Muzzy. The CS negotiated with Muzzy a third time to buy cocaine base, on May 3, 2023. When the CS went to …
June 07, 2023
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Buffalo Man Going to Prison for More than 20 Years for Selling Heroin and Fentanyl that Resulted in Two Deaths

November 09, 2023
… investigators conducted a combined total of 13 controlled buys of suspected controlled substances from Spain. Following each controlled buy, the suspected controlled substance was analyzed and …
November 09, 2023
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Charlotte Car Dealership Owner and Sales Manager Plead Guilty to Money Laundering Conspiracy

August 16, 2024
… Martin further facilitated the fraud by allowing G.D. to buy the vehicles using the names of straw purchasers in … and received at least $100,000 in cash from G.D. to buy The Scorpio nightclub, while concealing G.D.’s ownership …
August 16, 2024
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Georgia man sentenced to 10 years for trafficking lethal synthetic opioid he purchased on dark web using cryptocurrency

February 01, 2019
… release on drug trafficking conspiracy charges, for buying the deadly synthetic opioid U-47700 on the dark web … lengthy sentence.” “As Armstrong can attest, traffickers buying deadly drugs on the dark web in hopes of avoiding …
February 01, 2019
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Two Green Bay Men Sentenced to Federal Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl Disguised as Percocet

June 08, 2023
… brother—had negotiated with an Arizona-based source to buy thousands of counterfeit Percocet® “M30” pills … fentanyl. James flew to Arizona in early January 2022 to buy at least 15,000 pills. While there, he sent a video to a large-scale buyer in the Green Bay area. The video showed that James had …
June 08, 2023
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35 Years for Second Drug and Weapons Conviction

August 12, 2021
… calling Mr. Lopez to schedule a $1,000, two-ounce meth buy. Two days later, equipped with an audio/video recording … Mr. Lopez was prohibited by law from possessing – including buying, borrowing, carrying, storing, or shooting – …
August 12, 2021
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East Bay Man Sentenced to More Than 5 Years for Sale of Fentanyl That Killed a Young Woman

August 22, 2022
… 2020, a former high school classmate came to his house to buy oxycodone pills.  He sold her thirteen M30 pills, which … disregard for her safety.  Pascoe told the victim he would buy the oxycodone pills from a street source he referred to …
August 22, 2022
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Indiana Man Sentenced to 300 Months for Trafficking Fentanyl, Meth

August 08, 2022
… methamphetamine and 98 grams of fentanyl in five controlled buys with law enforcement. Knox also provided a firearm to a felon during one of the controlled buys. In addition, Knox maintained a residence where …
August 08, 2022
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Former Miami-Dade County resident sentenced to more than 8 years in prison for bank fraud and money laundering schemes

September 27, 2018
… an FDIC-insured financial institution for the purpose of buying an apartment in Aventura, Florida. He submitted a … belonging to co-conspirators and accomplices, and by buying property through shell corporations, in order to …
September 27, 2018
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DEA Hosts the 29th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, October 25th

October 22, 2025
… are among the most frequently misused prescription pain medications.    Visit www.DEATakeBack.com for more …
October 22, 2025
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Thirty-Four Facing Federal And Tribal Charges Arising Out Of Methamphetamine Trafficking On Mescalero Apache Reservation

December 14, 2015
… I heard complaints from our Tribal Members and saw the pain and suffering caused by illegal drug use and sales on …
December 14, 2015
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Federal jury finds two Tampa doctors guilty

May 29, 2019
… and Santos were the medical directors at Health and Pain Center, a pain management clinic in Tampa, from June 2011 through …
May 29, 2019
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Former North Carolina physician pleads guilty to drug distribution, health care fraud and aggravated identity theft charges

June 05, 2018
… - (910) 815-4513 Defendant admitted to prescribing pain medication to female patients in exchange for sex acts … program, and treated a large number of patients with pain management and substance abuse issues.  According to … sexual encounters from female patients whom he treated for pain management and/or substance abuse. In exchange for the …
June 05, 2018
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Ohio Lawyer Steven Hillman, Indicted On Money Laundering And Conspiracy In Large Alleged Pill Mill Investigation

January 17, 2013
… Ohio, alleging that he conspired with the owner of three pain clinics in Ohio to illegally divert prescription drugs … illegal distribution of controlled substances issued by the pain clinics owned and controlled by Bias and others. The …
January 17, 2013
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Former Georgia Physician Pleads Guilty To Illegally Prescribing Controlled-Substances To Kentucky Residents

October 09, 2015
… federal court that he conspired with the owner of a Georgia pain clinic and others, to unlawfully distribute thousands … with Joel Shumrak, the owner of a Tucker, Georgia, pain clinic, and others, to illegally distribute large … had no formal training or experience in prescribing adult pain medication, prior to being hired by Shumrak. According …
October 09, 2015
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Operation Pill Nation II Doctor Sentenced To 20 Years In Federal Prison

July 24, 2014
… of 2011, Heromin was the prescribing physician at several pain management clinics in the Tampa Bay and Miami areas, including Gulfshore Pain Management on Habana Avenue, the Tampa Bay Medical …
July 24, 2014
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Husband And Wife “Pill Mill” Operators Sentenced To Prison

April 13, 2015
… in early 2010, the Golds became the owner-operators of a pain (“Clinic”) located in the Middle District of Florida. … Golds knew that many of the patients were not legitimate pain patients. Rather, most of these “patients” were seeking … They also used proceeds from the Clinic to promote their pain business. Among other ways, the Golds used profits to …
April 13, 2015
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Equitable Sharing Funds Distributed To Participating Law Enforcement Partners

May 07, 2015
… to court documents, Rose opened and operated illegitimate pain clinics in Jacksonville and elsewhere. At these … clinics, purported patients were prescribed high dosages of pain medications without appropriate medical examinations … were traveling from Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee to obtain pain pills. Pursuant to the Department of Justice Equitable …
May 07, 2015