DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Former pharmacist sentenced for prescription fraud

BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., and DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced today that Patrick R. McQuade, 29, of North Tonawanda, N.Y., who was convicted of obtaining controlled substances through fraud, was sentenced to two years’ probation and ordered to pay...
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Upper East Side doctor convicted in Brooklyn Federal Court of causing overdose death of a patient

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - A federal jury in Brooklyn today, following two weeks of trial, convicted Dr. Martin Tesher of 10 counts of unlawful distribution of oxycodone without legitimate medical purpose to five patients, one of whom died as a result two days after his last visit with the defendant. When...