DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Staten Island doctor pleads guilty to illegally distributing oxycodone

NEW YORK - United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey S. Berman and Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's New York Division, announced today that Carl Anderson, a state licensed doctor, pled guilty to writing medically unnecessary prescriptions for oxycodone...
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Staten Island brothers plead guilty to opioid distribution conspiracies

BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Joseph Calabria pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute oxycodone, and to being a felon in possession of a firearm. Last week, on Sept. 23, 2019, his brother, Michael Calabria, pleaded guilty to conspiring to...
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Pharmacy owner charged with illegally distributing oxycodone and operating a health care fraud and kickback scheme

NEW YORK CITY - Raymond P. Donovan, special agent in charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Scott J. Lampert, special agent in charge of the New York Office of the...
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Catskill obstetrician-gynecologist pleads guilty to illegal distribution of opioids, health care fraud, aggravated identify theft, and obstruction of justice

ALBANY, NY – Myra Mabry, 50, of Catskill, New York, pled guilty yesterday before United States District Judge Mae A. D’Agostino to conspiring to distribute controlled substances, health care fraud, aggravated identity theft, and obstruction of justice. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and Special...
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Doctor who operated oxycodone and fentanyl diversion scheme sentenced to 5 years in prison

NEW YORK - Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Ernesto Lopez, a New York-licensed medical doctor who wrote thousands of medically unnecessary prescriptions for oxycodone and fentanyl over an approximately three-year period, was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to...
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Physician pleads guilty to 16 felony charges: operated Brooklyn pill mills and directed fraudulent Medicaid/Medicare Billing

NEW YORK – Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor and Ray Donovan, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division today announced the guilty plea of Dr. Lazar Feygin, the operator of two medical clinics in Brooklyn, in connection with schemes to illegally...
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Doctor convicted on nine counts in connection with oxycodone and fentanyl diversion scheme

NEW YORK – DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan and United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey S. Berman announced the conviction yesterday of Ernesto Lopez, a New York-licensed medical doctor who wrote thousands of medically unnecessary prescriptions for oxycodone and fentanyl...