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San Antonio Physician Agrees to Pay $350,000 to Resolve Allegations that he Pre-Signed Prescriptions and Issued Prescriptions Without Appropriate Examinations

March 09, 2021
SAN ANTONIO - Doctor Hugo A. Rojas, owner of Hugo A. Rojas, M.D., P.A., and Family Clinics of San Antonio, has agreed to pay $350,000.00 under a civil settlement to resolve allegations he violated certain provisions of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) and the False Claims Act (FCA), announced Drug...
March 09, 2021
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Jury Convicts Richmond Fentanyl, Heroin, and Cocaine Trafficker

March 08, 2021
RICHMOND, Va. – A federal jury convicted a Richmond man today for possessing with the intent to distribute a mixture of heroin, cocaine, and fentanyl. According to court records and evidence presented at trial in May 2019, law enforcement initiated an investigation into certain heroin and cocaine trafficking activities in...
March 08, 2021
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DEA Warning: Scammers Impersonating DEA Agents Are Stealing Identities, Money

March 08, 2021
DETROIT – The Drug Enforcement Administration is warning the public of a widespread fraud scheme in which telephone scammers impersonate DEA agents in an attempt to extort money or steal personal identifiable information. A new public service announcement aims to raise awareness that DEA will never phone demanding money or...
March 08, 2021
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Two Buffalo Men Arrested on Fentanyl Conspiracy Charges

March 05, 2021
BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, New York Division announced today that Alexis Lopez, 27, and Ivan Irizarry-Ramos, 35, both of Buffalo, NY, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with conspiring to possess with intent...
March 05, 2021
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Owner and Employees of Alleged Pill Mill Facing Federal Indictment

March 05, 2021
GREENBELT, Md. – A federal grand jury has indicted the owner and operator of a purported pain management clinic, as well as two nurse practitioners who were employed at the clinic, on federal charges for conspiracy to distribute and dispense oxycodone and for distribution and dispensing of oxycodone. Charged in...
March 05, 2021
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Four Ecuadorian Nationals Trafficking Over 700 Kilos of Cocaine, Intercepted

March 05, 2021
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – A federal grand jury returned an indictment yesterday charging four Ecuadorian nationals after they were intercepted on the Pacific Ocean while traveling on unflagged vessels with over 700 kilograms of cocaine. According to the indictment and to a criminal complaint filed earlier this year, Julio Luis...
March 05, 2021
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DEA Warning: Scammers Impersonating DEA Agents Are Stealing Identities, Money

March 05, 2021
DEA Warning: Scammers Impersonating DEA Agents Are Stealing Identities, Money LOS ANGELES – The Drug Enforcement Administration is warning the public of a widespread fraud scheme in which telephone scammers impersonate DEA agents in an attempt to extort money or steal personal identifiable information. A new public service announcement aims...
March 05, 2021
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Dominican National Sentenced to more than 15 Years in Prison for Fentanyl and Heroin Trafficking

March 05, 2021
BOSTON – A Dominican national was sentenced yesterday in relation to the seizure of over 10 kilograms of fentanyl and heroin in December 2018. Carlos Soto-Villar, 34, a Dominican national formerly residing in Lawrence, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Patti B. Saris to 188 months in prison and...
March 05, 2021
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Pharmacist Sentenced to More Than 14 Years in Federal Prison for a Drug Distribution Conspiracy and for Murder for Hire

March 04, 2021
BALTIMORE, Md. – U.S. District Judge George L. Russell, III today sentenced David Robinson, age 51, of Baltimore, Maryland, to 171 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for the federal charges of conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and alprazolam and for murder for hire. Robinson, formerly...
March 04, 2021
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2 get combined 197 years in federal prison

March 04, 2021
McALLEN, Texas – Two men have been ordered to federal prison for decades following their more than a dozen convictions of drug crimes, carjacking, robbery and firearms offenses, announced Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery and Special...
March 04, 2021
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