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Texas Doctor Convicted for Illegally Distributing More than a Million Pills

A federal jury in the Southern District of Texas convicted a Texas physician yesterday for unlawfully distributing more than a million pills of opioids and other dangerous controlled substances. “Medical physicians who exploit their prescribing authority for profit over patient care break an...

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Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Selling Over $8 Million of Dangerous Recreational Drugs Known as “Poppers” That Were Mislabeled as Tape Cleaner

A Texas man pleaded guilty yesterday to two counts of criminal conspiracy related to misbranding volatile alkyl nitrites, known by their street name as “poppers,” and selling them as inhalants in violation of federal law. Although the labeling for poppers products often misleadingly claims they...

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2026 NADDI of Texas Training Conference

The NADDI of Texas Training Conference is an annual training that provides valuable tools and knowledge regarding current trends in the evolving illegal drug epidemic. This is the perfect training event designed for individuals working in the areas of law enforcement, state regulatory,...

 06-25-2026 | 07:30 - 17:00 CT
 Dallas TX

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Texas Fugitive Apprehended and Sentenced to Over 12 Years in Prison for $61M Telemarketing Fraud Scheme Targeting Medicare Beneficiaries

A Texas man was sentenced Wednesday to 150 months in prison and two years of supervised release for organizing and leading a $61.5 million health care fraud and wire fraud conspiracy in which thousands of Medicare beneficiaries who were the victims of deceptive telemarketing were sent thousands...

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Owner of Durable Medical Equipment Company Sentenced for $59M Medicare Fraud

A Texas man was sentenced Friday to 90 months in prison for his role in a $59.9 million conspiracy to pay kickbacks and submit claims for medically unnecessary durable medical equipment (DME) to Medicare. According to court documents, Patrick Cassells, 65, of Fulshear, Texas, owned and...

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Texas Doctor Sentenced to 8.5 Years in Prison for $145 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme

An orthopedic surgeon was sentenced today to 102 months in prison and ordered to pay over $13 million in restitution for his role in a $145 million scheme to defraud the Department of Labor through the submission of fraudulent claims for prescription compound creams. “The Department is...

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Former NFL Player and Laboratory Owner Convicted in $328M Genetic Testing Fraud Scheme

A federal jury in Dallas convicted a Texas laboratory owner and former NFL player yesterday for his role in a $328 million cardiovascular genetic testing fraud scheme. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Keith J. Gray, 39, of McKinney, Texas, orchestrated a scheme to...

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Over 1200 pounds of meth found hidden in shipment of lettuce, two suspects arrested

Two suspects have been arrested on drug trafficking charges after over 555 kilograms of meth (1223.57 pounds) were found hidden in a shipment of lettuce. On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced the arrests of Gerardo Pineda-Gallegos and Jose Lopez-Ruiz, who are accused of...

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Texas Man Charged with Conspiracy to Obtain Controlled Substances by Fraud

A federal grand jury in the Middle District of Louisiana returned an indictment today charging a Texas man with a scheme to obtain controlled substances from multiple pharmacies using fraudulent prescriptions and then sell those drugs on the street. According to court documents, Darrion Denard...

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Pharmacy Owner and Pharmacists Sentenced for Pill Mill Scheme Involving Hundreds of Thousands of Opioid Pills

A Texas pharmacy owner and three Texas pharmacists were sentenced today in Houston for unlawfully distributing more than half a million opioid pills and other commonly abused prescription drugs, including to individuals paid to pose as patients by black market drug traffickers. “While I served...