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Jury Convicts KC Man of Meth Trafficking at Camdenton Hotel

October 01, 2021
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – A Kansas City, Missouri, man has been convicted by a federal trial jury of possessing methamphetamine to distribute. Anthony Martinez Harris, 48, was found guilty on Wednesday, Sept. 29, of one count of possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute. On Sept. 26, 2019, employees at...
October 01, 2021
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Grocery Store Pharmacists Help Put St. Louis Man in Prison

September 28, 2021
ST. LOUIS – Derek J. Petty of St. Louis was sentenced today to a term of 91 months in federal prison. Petty was convicted by a jury in April of one count of conspiracy to obtain a controlled substance by fraud. The evidence presented at trial proved that Petty’s co-conspirator...
September 28, 2021
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Southeast Missouri Health Organization Pays $1.6 Million Settlement for Invalid Prescriptions

September 01, 2021
St. Louis, Mo. - Saint Francis Medical Center of Southeast Missouri has agreed to pay more than $1.6 million to settle a civil suit by the United States, resolving claims under the Controlled Substances Act. The U.S. government alleged that Saint Francis employed a Farmington, Missouri, physician, Brett Dickinson, who...
September 01, 2021
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More Charges Against State Lawmaker for $900,000 COVID-19 Fraud Scheme

March 26, 2021
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Additional charges have been returned by a federal grand jury against an elected Missouri state representative for a nearly $900,000 COVID-19 fraud scheme, following her indictment last month for a separate fraud scheme in which she made false claims about a supposed stem cell treatment marketed through...
March 26, 2021
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State lawmaker indicted for stem cell fraud scheme, illegally distributing prescription drugs

February 01, 2021
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – An elected Missouri state representative has been indicted by a federal grand jury for a fraud scheme in which she made false claims about a supposed stem cell treatment marketed through her clinics in southern Missouri, and for illegally providing prescription drugs to clients of those clinics...
February 01, 2021
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