DEA Archived Press Releases

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Amherst Doctor Sentenced For Obtaining Controlled Substances By Fraud And Health Care Fraud

(MINEOLA, N. Y. - - Dr. Albert R. Cowie, 38, of Amherst, NY, who was convicted of obtaining controlled substances by fraud and health care fraud, was sentenced to 24 months in prison today by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo. James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Drug...
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Sands Point Cardiologist Sentenced For Vicious Assault-for-Hire Plot Against Rival Doctor

(MINEOLA, N. Y. - - James Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) New York Division and Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Sands Point cardiologist who conspired to seriously injure a rival doctor was sentenced today to five years in prison with...
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Owner Of Columbus Southern Medical Center Pleads Guilty To Drug, Tax, Fraud Charges: $29 Million Forfeited

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Today the United States Attorney’s Office For the Southern District of Ohio unsealed a plea agreement with the owner and operator of Columbus Southern Medical Center, which provided unlawful prescriptions of controlled substances to numerous individuals who were addicted to drugs, in Ohio and surrounding states. The...
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Cocaine, Marijuana Trafficker In Kentucky Sentenced To 15+ Years

LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Tennessee man has been sentenced to 188 months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute massive quantities of marijuana and cocaine in central Kentucky, and conspiring to launder approximately one million dollars in illegal drug proceeds. On Thursday, January 26th, 2017, U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell...
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New York City Heroin, Cocaine Trafficker Found Guilty

(NEW YORK - - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced that Steven Williams was found guilty Friday of conspiring to distribute kilogram quantities of heroin and cocaine. Williams was convicted after a one-week jury trial before U.S. District Judge Lorna G. Schofield...
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2nd Major Narcotics Trafficker Extradited To US From Columbia

(NEW YORK - - James J. Hunt, Special Agent-in-Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Division, Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, New York City Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill, and George P. Beach II, Superintendent of the New York State Police, announced today the...
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Queens Man Sentenced To Life In Prison For Murder-for-hire

(MANHATTAN, NY - - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JOSE LUIS GRACESQUI was sentenced today to life in prison after having been convicted at trial of conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire, murder-for-hire, and murder in connection with a narcotics conspiracy for...
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Six Ohio Defendants Sentenced In Federal Court On Drug Related Murder And Racketeering Charges

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Six of the nineteen defendants charged in a gang-related racketeering and murder investigation, were sentenced this week in U.S. District Court. Timothy J. Plancon, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) Detroit Field Division, Benjamin C. Glassman, United States Attorney for the Southern District...
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Longtime Louisville Physician Convicted: Unlawful Distribution Of Controlled Substances

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - United States Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr., and Timothy J. Plancon, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Detroit Field Division, announced today that George Kudmani, a Louisville physician, was convicted in U.S. District Court on multiple counts including unlawful distribution of controlled substances...
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Two Syracuse Men Arrested On Federal Drug Charges

(SYRACUSE, N.Y. - - Saladin Hadid, 37, and Cory Ogletree, 43, of Syracuse, were arrested last night and charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of 500 grams or more of cocaine. United States Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt and United...