DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Pharmacy Pays $250,000 to Resolve Controlled Substances Act Violations

ATLANTA – Caduceus USA Medical Pharmacy, LLC (“Caduceus”) has agreed to surrender its DEA registration and pay $250,000 to resolve allegations that it failed to keep proper records of the controlled substances that it purchased, maintained and dispensed in violation of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). These requirements are designed...
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DA Sini & DEA: Suffolk County Legislator arrested for allegedly offering to illegally supply a prostitute with narcotics in exchange for a sex act

Central Islip, N.Y. – Today, Ray Donovan, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), New York Division and Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy D. Sini announced the arrest of a Suffolk County Legislator for allegedly offering to illegally supply narcotics to a prostitute in exchange for...
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Ft. Worth Doctors Leave Patients Wasted and Dazed in a Pill Mill Operation; 49 Arrested

FORT WORTH, TX - Forty-nine defendants, including two doctors and five pharmacists, have been charged with participating in an $18 million pill mill scheme, announced by the DEA Dallas Field Division. “Medical professionals hold the public’s trust to provide what is in the best interests of their patients,” said DEA...
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Queens pharmacist indicted for illegal distribution of oxycodone and filing false tax returns

BROOKLYN, N.Y. – A 12-count indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Daniel E. Russo, a pharmacist, with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute oxycodone, distribution and possession of oxycodone, distribution of oxycodone by a pharmacist without legitimate prescription and filing false tax returns...
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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...