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L.A. Health Care Fraud Takedown Results in 15 Defendants Charged, Including Six Medical Professionals, with $2 Billion in Losses Alleged

LOS ANGELES – The Justice Department today announced charges against 15 defendants, including six medical professionals, for health care fraud schemes that collectively resulted in $2 billion in fraudulent claims to government and private health care programs, including sham substance abuse treatment programs, unnecessary artery treatments, and bogus hospice services...
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Pensacola Area Doctor Pleads Guilty to Illegally Prescribing Opioids & Stimulants

Pensacola, Fla. – Dr. Edward Scott Morrison, 58, of Pensacola Beach, pleaded guilty in federal court to nineteen counts of unlawfully distributing or dispensing controlled substances. John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida announced the plea. U.S. Attorney Heekin said: “This defendant repeatedly abused his...
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DEA RMFD Hosts the 31st National Prescription Drug Take Back Day this Saturday, October 24th

CENTENNIAL, CO – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's Rocky Mountain Field Division, in collaboration with more than 120 enforcement partners, will host the 31st National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, October 24, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. More than 4,400 collection sites will be set up across...
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DEA Hosts the 31st National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, October 24th

SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, in collaboration with more than 4,300 law enforcement partners, will host the 31st National Prescription Drug Take Back Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, October 24. More than 4,400 collection sites will be set up across the country to...
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DEA Hosts the 31st National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, October 24th

SEATTLE – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, in collaboration with more than 4,300 law enforcement partners, will host the 31st National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, October 24, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The DEA Seattle Field Division is working with more than 90 law enforcement partners...
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CVS Agrees to Pay $315M for Illegally Filling Unlawful Opioid Prescriptions and for Submitting False Claims to the Federal Government

CVS Pharmacy Inc., a Rhode Island-based pharmacy chain, and its related corporate entities (collectively, CVS) have agreed to pay $315 million to resolve allegations that, from October 17, 2013 through December 2, 2025, CVS illegally filled prescriptions for opioids and other controlled substances in violation of the Controlled Substances Act...
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Washington, DC Man Sentenced for Role in Multi-State Pharmacy Burglaries

Baltimore, Maryland – A Washington, DC, man received a federal-prison term, today, in connection with a conspiracy to commit burglaries of multiple pharmacies spanning three different states. U.S. District Judge Stephanie Gallagher sentenced Deontae Britton, aka Deaundre Blount, to 80 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release...
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DEA to Host 31st National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, October 24th

WASHINGTON, DC –The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, in collaboration with more than 4,300 law enforcement partners, will host the 31st National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, October 24, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. More than 4,400 collection sites will be set up across the country to dispose...
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Pharmacist Pleads Guilty To Drug Diversion From National Pharmacy Chain

BOSTON – A Pittsfield pharmacist pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to diverting Adderall and Dextroamp-amphetamin (generic Adderall) from a national pharmacy chain. Joshua Bradley, 30, of Pittsfield, pleaded guilty to five counts of acquiring a controlled substance by fraud, deception and subterfuge. U.S. Senior District Court Judge William...
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Former Connecticut Resident Guilty of Operating Websites to Illegally Sell Misbranded and Unapproved Drugs

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that on September 18, 2026, a federal jury in New Haven found RYAN FIELDS, 52, of Port Neches, Texas, guilty of federal offenses related to illegally selling misbranded and unapproved prescription drugs. According to...

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