Uncovering the Hernandez counterfeit drug operation sheds light on a burgeoning global crisis, with annual revenues reaching $431 billion....
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US: How Counterfeit Drug Diversion Operations Worth $431 Billion Are Putting Lives at Risk
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertLives at risk from counterfeit drugs Counterfeit drugs linked to criminal operations, drug networks, and gangs have become a...
OK: Two Tulsa Men Indicted for Introducing Misbranded Drugs Into Interstate Commerce
Lisa McElhaney / / / Press ReleasesTwo Tulsa men were indicted for introducing misbranded drugs into interstate commerce and were arrested today, announced U.S. Attorney...
NY: NYS DoH Issues Warning that Synthetic Cannabinoids Sold in the Mohawk Valley Contain Laboratory Confirmed Synthetic Opioids that Can Create a Deadly Cocktail
Lisa McElhaney / / / Press ReleasesIncreased Risk of Overdose and Death Associated with Rare Opioid Contamination of Products Known as K2, Spice The New...
MI: Colorado Man Sentenced To 24 Months For Drug Smuggling And Money Laundering Offenses
Lisa McElhaney / / / Press ReleasesU.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten announced that Colorado resident Brendon Gagne, 27, was sentenced...
TX: Pharmaceutical President and Company Sentenced in Counterfeit Drug Trafficking Conspiracy
Lisa McElhaney / / / Press ReleasesA Florida-based pharmaceutical president has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of...
US: National Enforcement Action Results in 78 Individuals Charged for $2.5B in Health Care Fraud
Lisa McElhaney / / / Press ReleasesHealthcare Facility Rx Drug Diversion – Healthcare Fraud The Justice Department, together with federal and state law enforcement partners,...
TX: HSI agents seize counterfeit, smuggled Mexican medicines at El Paso swap meet, shops
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertShould you buy medication at a swap meet? Probably not. Agents with Homeland Security Investigations seized more than 10,600...
CA: Doctor Pleads Guilty to Using Misbranded and Adulterated Products Sold as Botox and Juvederm
Lisa McElhaney / / / Press ReleasesHealthcare Facility Rx Drug Diversion – Adulterated & Misbranded Drugs A San Francisco-area doctor pleaded guilty on Nov. 22...
MA: Justice Department Files Complaint to Enjoin Massachusetts Beverage Seller from Distributing Unapproved New Drug
Lisa McElhaney / / / Press ReleasesHealthcare Fraud – Unapproved New Drug The United States filed a complaint to enjoin a West Boylston, Massachusetts, defendant...