A federal court in Puerto Rico entered a consent decree requiring Droguería Betances LLC (Betances), one of Puerto Rico’s...
Tag Archive for: Fentanyl
MA: Over 220 Pounds of Suspected Controlled Substances Seized Including Pills Shaped to Resemble Heart Shaped Candy
Lisa McElhaney / / / Press ReleasesBelieved To Be One of The Largest Single-Location Seizures in New England An estimated 10 million doses of controlled...
New data from the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has revealed an alarming trend towards potentially fatal doses of...
Justice Department Officials in Mexico Provide Capacity Building to Mexican Prosecutors to Counter Fentanyl Trafficking and Organized Crime
Lisa McElhaney / / / Press ReleasesTo further the Bicentennial Framework between the United States and Mexico, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Overseas...
FL: Tampa Pain Management Physician Edward Lubin Agrees To Pay $1.5 Million To Settle False Claims Act Liability For Receiving Bribes And Writing Unnecessary Fentanyl Prescriptions
Lisa McElhaney / / / Press ReleasesHealthcare Facility Rx Drug Diversion – Medically Unnecessary Prescriptions United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that pain management...
US: Government says it plans to go after legal goods tied to illegal fentanyl trade in new strategy
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertAs overdose deaths continue at a record pace, U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced a new government-wide strategy Thursday...
IL: New Jersey Man Admits to Conspiring with India-Based Company to Mail Illicit Pharmaceutical Meds to U.S.
Lisa McElhaney / / / Press ReleasesA New Jersey man admitted guilt in a U.S. District courtroom in southern Illinois Tuesday to acting as a...
FL: Cape Coral Man Sentenced To More Than 21 Years In Federal Prison For Manufacturing Counterfeit Pills Containing Fentanyl And Bank Fraud
Lisa McElhaney / / / Press ReleasesUnited States District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell has sentenced Brandon Albanito (37, Cape Coral) to 21 years and 10...
TN: Twenty-One Charged with Firearms, Illegal Drugs, and Conspiracy Offenses Following Multi-Agency Violent Crime Reduction Effort in Memphis, Tennessee
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertFederal and local law-enforcement officials announced today that 21 individuals were charged in connection with firearms-trafficking, drug-distribution, conspiracy, and...
LA: Forty-One Charged with Illegal Trafficking, Possession, and Use of Firearms, Drug Trafficking and Conspiracy Offenses as a Result of Summer Violent Crime Reduction Effort “Operation Big Easy” in New Orleans
Lisa McElhaney / / / Press ReleasesFederal and local law-enforcement officials announced today that 41 individuals were charged in connection with firearms-trafficking, drug-distribution, conspiracy, and...