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Former Doctor Sentenced In White Plains Federal Court To 18 Months In Prison For Selling Oxycodone Prescriptions

November 18, 2016
(NEW YORK - - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, James Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), James P. O’Neill, Commissioner of the New York City Police (NYPD) George P. Beach II, the...
November 18, 2016
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Medical Doctor Convicted Of Federal ‘Structuring’ Charges

November 18, 2016
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles doctor has been convicted of federal “structuring” charges for making cash deposits totaling nearly a half million dollars in an effort to circumvent federal reporting requirements. Washington Bryan II, 48, of Westwood, was found guilty of 29 counts of structuring Thursday afternoon by a...
November 18, 2016
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Falmouth Doctor Convicted Of Tax Evasion, Illegal Drug Distribution And Health Care Fraud

November 18, 2016
NOV 18 - PORTLAND, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Maine announced that Dr. Joel A. Sabean, 69, of Falmouth, Maine, was found guilty today following a two-week jury...
November 18, 2016
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Tennessee Drug Trafficker Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison

November 18, 2016
(GREENVILLE, Tenn. - George Mooneyham, 57, of Cosby, Tennessee was sentenced on November 16, 2016, by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 120 months in federal prison. In July 2016, Mooneyham pleaded guilty to possession with the intent to distribute marijuana. At the time of...
November 18, 2016
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Ohio Man Convicted In 200 Kilo Cocaine Conspiracy

November 17, 2016
COLUMBUS, Ohio - A U.S. District Court jury convicted Oscar Collado-Rivera, 32, of New Albany, Ohio of conspiring with others to distribute nearly 200 kilograms of cocaine involving at least $4 million in U.S. currency over a six-month period in 2015. U.S. Attorney Benjamin C. Glassman of the Southern District...
November 17, 2016
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Dallas Man Sentenced For Role In Conspiracy To Transport, Or Assist In Transporting, A Substance Represented To Be Cocaine

November 17, 2016
DALLAS - A Dallas-area man who admitted to his role in transporting a substance that was represented to be cocaine on flights from Dallas-Fort Worth International (DFW) was sentenced today to a lengthy federal prison sentence, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas. Funaki Falahola, 35...
November 17, 2016
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Wallingford Woman Admits Distributing Heroin To Overdose Victim

November 17, 2016
NOV 17 - NEW HAVEN, Conn - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration New England Division and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Brittany Esposito, 27, of Wallingford, pleaded guilty before Senior U.S. District Judge Alfred V...
November 17, 2016
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Uncasville Man Pleads Guilty To Sex Trafficking Of A Minor, Distributing Heroin That Led To Her Overdose

November 17, 2016
NOV 17 - NEW HAVEN, Conn - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Ramon Gomez, also known as “B.I.,” 40, of Uncasville, pleaded guilty in New Haven...
November 17, 2016
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Alabama Doctor Charged With Illegal Drug Distribution

November 16, 2016
MOBILE, Ala. - A Fairhope, Alabama Doctor, Richard Snellgrove, M.D., has been indicted and arraigned on charges that he prescribed various Controlled Substances outside the usual course of professional practice and not for a legitimate medical purpose announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Stephen G. Azzam and United...
November 16, 2016
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Eight Charged In Federal Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

November 16, 2016
GALVESTON, Texas - A total of eight people are set to appear in federal court today in relation to a drug trafficking conspiracy involving cocaine and methamphetamine, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Houston Division, Special Agent in Charge, Joseph M. Arabit and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson Those charged include Agusto Lazo-Aguirre...
November 16, 2016
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