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Six indicted in drug conspiracy that included production and distribution of power synthetic opioid

June 12, 2019
… Harlem police officers found more than 5,200 counterfeit Xanax pills, marijuana and a sawed-off shotgun in the … also purchased punch dies used to create counterfeit Xanax pills, alprazolam as the main ingredient, and binding … on the dark web using cryptocurrency, with the counterfeit Xanax likewise sold on the dark web or through conventional …
June 12, 2019
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DEA Investigation Results In 114 Individuals Indicted For Drug Trafficking In Old San Juan’s La Perla Ward

June 29, 2011
… (commonly known as Percocet) and (commonly known as Xanax). Count five charges 30 defendants with using and … wholesale quantities of heroin, cocaine, marijuana, Xanax and Percocet to distribute the same in street quantity … and selling heroin, cocaine, marihuana, Percocet and Xanax, not only to the people in La Perla, but to people …
June 29, 2011
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RX Trafficking Ring Controlled Brooklyn Medical Practices: Nearly $3.4 Million In Pills Diverted

July 17, 2013
… type of narcotic painkiller, and nearly 12,000 pills of (Xanax), a highly addictive anti-anxiety medication. Evidence … approximately 100,000 pills of oxycodone and 5,000 pills of Xanax to these phony patients. These pills carry a combined … The phony patients then collected the oxycodone or Xanax pills and handed them over to the drug ring. In other …
July 17, 2013
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Fentanyl distributor who used the dark web and crypto currency sentenced to 30 years in federal prison

October 03, 2019
… of fentanyl, cocaine, methamphetamine, oxycodone and Xanax. The distribution of fentanyl-laced oxycodone pills, … pills laced with  methamphetamine, five kilograms of Xanax tablets, multiple industrial-size pill presses and …
October 03, 2019
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Former Doctor Sentenced To 46 Months In Prison For Illegally Prescribing Controlled Substances

May 27, 2022
… prescribing practices of various benzodiazepines, such as Xanax, and stimulants, such as Adderall.  During the … Ciancimino $200 during visits to receive prescriptions for Xanax or Adderall, or their generic equivalents, with little …
May 27, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Osteopathic Physician Sentenced for Illegally Prescribing Drug

September 07, 2022
… Miller, 43, wrote prescriptions for the anti-anxiety drug Xanax for six people who were not his patients between 2016 … not document the prescriptions and didn’t determine if the Xanax was contraindicated due to existing medical conditions …
September 07, 2022
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Former Jacksonville Beach doctor’s office employee pleads guilty to opioid distribution conspiracy

October 29, 2019
… oxycodone, hydrocodone and alprazolam, also known as Xanax. She faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal … controlled substances, including oxycodone, hydrocodone and Xanax to drug dealers. She also filled fraudulent …
October 29, 2019
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El Paso Area Doctor Indicted On Federal Drug Charges

April 11, 2018
… of El Paso, with two counts of conspiracy to distribute Xanax and other controlled substances outside the scope of … is charged with an additional 10 counts of distributing Xanax and other controlled substances outside the scope of …
April 11, 2018
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Leader Of Large Prescription Drug Trafficking Ring Sentenced To 15 Years In Federal Prison

July 09, 2015
… conspiracy that smuggled large quantities of Alprolazam (Xanax) from Mexico to Kentucky and Tennessee dating back to … to obtain large quantities of the controlled substance (Xanax). There, they obtained the drugs from conspirators who …
July 09, 2015
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Former Georgia Physician Pleads Guilty To Illegally Prescribing Controlled-Substances To Kentucky Residents

October 09, 2015
… Michael Johnston admitted to prescribing oxycodone and Xanax without conducting physical exams LONDON, Ky. - A … to illegally distribute large quantities of oxycodone and Xanax to residents of numerous Kentucky counties.  Johnston …
October 09, 2015
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Milford Psychiatrist Sentenced To 26 Months For Illegal Drug Distribution, Health Care Fraud Offenses

March 22, 2017
… in Milford, was a high-volume prescriber of Adderall and Xanax to patients, many of whom paid for office visits and … narcolepsy and attention deficit hyperactivity (“ADHD”).  Xanax, which is classified as a Schedule IV drug by the DEA, …
March 22, 2017
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Milford Psychiatrist And Office Employee Charged With Illegally Distributing Narcotics

November 12, 2015
… Kljusev has been a high-volume prescriber of Adderall and Xanax to patients who pay for office visits and … narcolepsy and attention deficit hyperactivity (“ADHD”).  Xanax, which is classified as a Schedule IV drug by the DEA, …
November 12, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Camouflaged Canadian Charged With Smuggling 182 Pounds Of Prescription Drugs Across Northern Border

January 14, 2016
… to distribute, 182 pounds of Aprazolam, commonly known as Xanax, a schedule IV controlled substance.  Michael J. … pills bear markings consistent with those used to identify Xanax, which is a brand name for Aprazolam. Aprazolam is a …
January 14, 2016
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Stamford Man Sentenced To 42 Months In Prison For Distributing Oxycodone

July 19, 2017
… marijuana and prescription pills, including Percocet and Xanax.  In May 2015, task force agents intercepted several … apartment revealed approximately 400 Valium tablets, 985 Xanax tablets, 15 grams of cocaine, two digital scales and …
July 19, 2017
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New Britain Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Distributing Fentanyl

July 19, 2017
… and distributed various prescription pills, including Xanax and oxycodone.  Casadei then supplied fentanyl and … of (commonly known as “ecstasy”), and more than 40,000 Xanax pills.  A search of Petersen’s residence revealed …
July 19, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Stamford Man Pleads Guilty To Federal Oxycodone Distribution Charge

April 12, 2017
… marijuana and prescription pills, including Percocet and Xanax.  In May 2015, task force agents intercepted several … apartment revealed approximately 400 Valium tablets, 985 Xanax tablets, 15 grams of cocaine, two digital scales and …
April 12, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Three Arrested For Heroin Distribution; Two Were Convicted Felons

February 05, 2014
… of powder cocaine valued at $200; Adderall, Clonazapam and Xanax tablets valued at $75; an expandable (billy club); … and CPCS (possessing cocaine, Adderall, Clonazapam and Xanax tablets) and criminal use of drug paraphernalia …
February 05, 2014
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Counterfeit Pills Factsheet

September 27, 2021
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… Percocet®), hydrocodone (Vicodin®), and alprazolam (Xanax®); or stimulants like amphetamines (Adderall®) – but …
September 27, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Former Wethersfield Resident Pleads Guilty to Meth, Fentanyl and Cocaine Distribution Charge

February 27, 2023
… in Illinois that was coordinating the sale and shipment of Xanax and crystal methamphetamine from California, and that … Farmapram, which is a Mexican brand of alprazolam (Xanax).  In April 2022, investigators conducted a …
February 27, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Southern Indiana Fentanyl Dealers Sentenced to a Combined Decade for Manufacturing Counterfeit Drugs Using a Pill Press

February 19, 2025
… die could be used to manufacture counterfeit Alprazolam (Xanax). On April 4, 2022, Parker was found in possession of … seizure of two pill presses capable of manufacturing fake Xanax pills and fentanyl pills. Taking two pill presses off …
February 19, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Malden Man Pleads Guilty to Trafficking Fentanyl and Methamphetamine

October 25, 2023
… fentanyl and methamphetamine disguised as Adderall, Xanax or oxycodone in and around the Malden area. Matthew … of methamphetamine pills pressed to resemble Adderall or Xanax; thousands of fentanyl pills (some mixed with …
October 25, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Former Wethersfield Resident Sentenced to Prison for Distributing Narcotics

October 14, 2023
… in Illinois that was coordinating the sale and shipment of Xanax and crystal methamphetamine from California, and that … Farmapram, which is a Mexican brand of alprazolam (Xanax).  In April 2022, investigators conducted a …
October 14, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Malden Man Pleads Guilty to Trafficking Fentanyl and Methamphetamine

September 05, 2023
… fentanyl and methamphetamine disguised as oxycodone and Xanax in and around the Malden area. Igor Desouza, 27, … of methamphetamine pills pressed to resemble Adderall or Xanax (some containing MDMA) and over 40 grams of fentanyl …
September 05, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Two Malden Men Indicted For Trafficking Fentanyl and Methamphetamine

December 02, 2021
… fentanyl and methamphetamine disguised as Adderall, Xanax or oxycodone in and around the Malden area. Igor … of methamphetamine pills pressed to resemble Adderall or Xanax; thousands of fentanyl pills pressed to resemble …
December 02, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Former Jacksonville healthcare worker sentenced to five years in federal prison for opioid distribution conspiracy

June 23, 2020
… to distribute oxycodone, hydrocodone, and alprazolam (Xanax). Rader had pleaded guilty on October 29, … substances, including oxycodone, hydrocodone, and Xanax, to drug dealers. She also filled fraudulent …
June 23, 2020
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Search of Concord warehouse leads to re-arrest of dark web vendor

May 15, 2020
… active ingredient in the brand-name anti-anxiety medication Xanax), announced United States Attorney David L. … charged in the 2014 indictment as “Jeremy Donagal, a/k/a/ “Xanax King”, a/k/a “XK”. According to the criminal …
May 15, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Milford Psychiatrist Pleads Guilty To Illegal Drug Distribution And Health Care Fraud Offenses

November 30, 2016
… in Milford, was a high-volume prescriber of Adderall and Xanax to patients, many of whom paid for office visits and … narcolepsy and attention deficit hyperactivity (“ADHD”).  Xanax, which is classified as a Schedule IV drug by the DEA, …
November 30, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

West Hollywood Doctor Indicted On Federal Charges For Writing Prescriptions For Narcotics After Being Ordered To Stop

May 13, 2013
… of a drug often best known as the brand-name OxyContin) and Xanax in exchange for $150 cash payments. The DEA judge also … hydrocodone and (the generic form of a drug best known as Xanax). A receptionist at Eisenberg's office asked the …
May 13, 2013
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West Hollywood Doctor Pleads Guilty To Distributing Painkillers After Being Ordered To Stop Writing Prescriptions By DEA

August 12, 2013
… of a drug often best known as the brand-name OxyContin) and Xanax in exchange for $150 cash payments. The DEA judge also … hydrocodone and (the generic form of a drug best known as Xanax). As a result of today’s guilty plea, Eisenberg faces …
August 12, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Yonkers Doctor Pleads Guilty to Illegal Distribution of More Than 100,000 Oxycodone Pills

October 19, 2022
… Laruelle often prescribed Oxycodone in combination with Xanax (alprazolam) and/or Adderall (amphetamine), controlled … to one count of distributing Oxycodone, Amphetamines, and Xanax, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in …
October 19, 2022

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