Florida Medical Clinic Owner and Pharmacy Technician Sentenced to Prison in Clinical Trial Fraud Scheme
(Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases)
Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases - December 4, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: DOJ Source Type: news

Operator of Central California Bio-Lab Indicted for Distributing Adulterated and Misbranded COVID-19 Tests and Lying to Authorities
FDA OCI, Jia Bei Zhu, aka, Jesse Zhu, Qiang He, David He, citizen, China, Clovis, CA, Reedley, distribute, adulterated, misbranded, medical, devices, Universal Meditech Incorporated, UMI, Prestige Biotech, COVID-19, test, kits, false, statements, (Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases)
Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases - November 17, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: DOJ Source Type: news

Brothers Sent to Prison for Operating $13M Multi-state Stolen Goods Enterprise
FDA OCI, Yasser Saleh Ouwad, Bilal Saleh Awad, Lebanon, U.S. citizens, Houston, organized, retail, crime, transport, stolen, fencing, multi-state, high-level, over-the-counter, OTC, medicine, diabetic, test strips, health, beauty, supplies, repackaging, boosters, remove, anti-theft, stickers, (Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases)
Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases - November 16, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: DOJ Source Type: news

Nampa Man Sentenced to 24 Months for Selling Over $4.4 Million in Unapproved Steroid-Like Drugs
FDA OCI, Michael Terry Little, Nampa, Idaho, Selective Androgen Receptor Modulators, SARMs, process, bulk, ingredients, China, sold, website, SARMTECH, synthetic, chemicals, mimic, effects, testosterone, anabolic steroids, intentionally, mispackaged, falsely, declared, vitamins, (Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases)
Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases - November 14, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: DOJ Source Type: news

Unlicensed Wholesaler Sentenced to Prison for Distributing Foreign Unapproved New Drugs and Mail Fraud
FDA OCI, Marina Sievert, Dunedin, FL, sentence, 2 years, prison, mail fraud, foreign, unapproved, new drug, Beauty Forever Florida, BFF, misbranded, Innotox, Medytox, Meditoxin, botulinum toxin type A, potent, toxin, botulism, Korea, drug trafficking, (Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases)
Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases - November 1, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: DOJ Source Type: news

Arizona Company and CEO Plead Guilty to the Distribution of Drugs Not Approved by the FDA and Will Pay $2.4 Million
FDA OCI, Centera Bioscience, d/b/a Nootropics Depot, Paul Eftang, CEO, guilty, plea, misbranded, drugs, tianeptine, adrafinil, phenibut, racetams, Nootropicsdepot.com, forfeit, $2.4 million, piracetam, aniracetam, coluracetam, phenylpiracetam, (Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases)
Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases - October 31, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: DOJ Source Type: news

New Braunfels Man Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Selling Misbranded Drugs
FDA, OCI, Evan Asher Field, New Braunfels, Michael Dominic Diaz, bulk, drugs, synthetic opioids, benzodiazepines, sold, website, China, toxic, fatal, overdose, fatal, (Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases)
Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases - October 30, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: DOJ Source Type: news

Man Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Selling Misbranded Drugs
FDA, OCI, Evan Asher Field, New Braunfels, Michael Dominic Diaz, bulk, drugs, synthetic opioids, benzodiazepines, sold, website, China, toxic, fatal, overdose, fatal, (Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases)
Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases - October 26, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: DOJ Source Type: news

Two Tulsa Men Indicted for Introducing Misbranded Drugs into Interstate Commerce
North (Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases)
Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases - October 25, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: DOJ Source Type: news

Cape Coral Man Sentenced to More Than 21 Years in Federal Prison for Manufacturing Counterfeit Pills Containing Fentanyl and Bank Fraud
FDA OCI, Brandon Albanito, Cape Coral, FL, sentence, fentanyl, distribute, possession, counterfeit, Rx, drugs, possess equipment, manufacture, sildenafil, Viagra, precursor, tryptamine, hallucinogens, methamphetamine, money laundering, pill press, oxycodone, Xanax, clonazolam , (Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases)
Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases - October 23, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: FDA Source Type: news

Imperial Valley Doctor Sentenced for Years-Long Use of Unapproved Cosmetic Drugs
FDA OCI, Tien Tan Vo, doctor, Imperial Valley, CA, sentence, foreign, unapproved, misbranded, cosmetic drugs, smuggle, Mexico, Flor Cham, injectable, botulinum, toxin, lip filler, Xeomeen, Probcel, (Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases)
Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases - October 23, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: DOJ Source Type: news

Arrest Made in Central California Bio-Lab Investigation
FDA OCI, Jia Bei Zhu, aka Jesse Zhu, aka Qiang He, aka David He, Clovis, CA, citizen, China, arrest, manufacture, distribute, misbranded, COVID-19, test kits, HIV, pregnancy, clinical urinalysis, false statements, medical devices, Universal Meditech Incorporated, UMI, Prestige Biotech, (Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases)
Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases - October 20, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: DOJ Source Type: news

California Lawyer Sentenced to Six Years in Prison for Racketeering Conspiracy, Mail Fraud, And Multiple Conspiracy Counts, Including Mail and Wire Fraud, Money Laundering, And The Illegal Distribution of $157 Million in Diverted Prescription Drugs
FDA OCI, David Miller, Santa Ana, CA, conspiracy, repackage, brand-name, prescription, Rx, drugs, falsified, FDA-required, documentation, mail fraud, Minnesota Independent Cooperative, MIC, racketeering, diverted, Mihran Stepanyan, Artur Stepanyan, (Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases)
Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases - October 17, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: DOJ Source Type: news

Pharmaceutical Production Manager Sentenced in Counterfeit Drug Trafficking Conspiracy
Willis Reed, Houston, TX, production manager, counterfeit, drug, trafficking, scheme, sentence, drug trafficking, money laundering, conspiracy, Adam Runsdorf, Woodfield Pharmaceutical , Boca Raton, Florida, Byron Marshall, drug trafficker, counterfeit, cough syrup, Organized Crime Drug Enforcement (Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases)
Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases - October 16, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: DOJ Source Type: news

Iowa Nurse Pleads Guilty to Stealing Pain Medication from at Least 50 New Mothers at Waterloo Hospital
FDA OCI, Christina Eileen Olson, Christina Eileen Hovey, Waterloo, Iowa, nurse, stole, pain, medication, adulteration, misbranding, false, statements, hydromorphone, oxycodone, and fentanyl, control, physical pain, birthing, process, (Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases)
Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases - October 16, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: DOJ Source Type: news