Pharmacy visit pays off with nearly $200K prize in Pennsylvania
CLAIRTON, Pa. — A Pennsylvania Lottery player won a progressive top prize of $199,166 on Tuesday after purchasing a Fast Play Break the Ice ticket in Allegheny County, officials confirmed. The winning…
Rapper MoneyGangVontae Shot and Killed inside New York City Pharmacy During Robbery
NEW YORK, NY – Los Angeles drill rapper Avanti Frowner was gunned down during an attempted robbery Thursday at a Bronx pharmacy, the New York City Police Department reported. Frowner who goes…
Owner of Northeast Philadelphia Pharmacy Charged with Conspiracy to Distribute Oxycodone and Fraud
PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Mitchell Spivack, 62, of Collegeville, PA, was charged by Information with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and healthcare fraud. These charges are…
Defendants Sentenced In Tennessee For Multimillion-Dollar Nationwide Telemedicine Pharmacy Fraud Scheme
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. This week, a federal judge in Greeneville, Tennessee, sentenced seven individuals and seven related corporate entities for their roles in a multimillion-dollar health care fraud scheme. According to court documents…
Former South Florida Pharmacy Technician Pleads Guilty to $40 Million Kickback Conspiracy Targeting Military Health Care Programs
Miami, Florida – A former Palm Beach County pharmacy technician and high-level executive assistant has pleaded guilty to her role in a multi-million-dollar kickback conspiracy that defrauded Tricare and CHAMPVA through a…
Consent Decree Approved Between the United States and Baltimore-Based Pharmacy and Pharmacist Alleged to Have Illegally Dispensed Controlled Substances
Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett approved the United States’ consent decree with Ketan K. Dankhara, a Baltimore-based pharmacist, and Falls RX, LLC d/b/a Ultra Care Pharmacy Baltimore (“Ultra…
Former Mercer County Pharmacist Charged with Illegally Distributing Oxycodone and Other Opiates from Trenton Pharmacy
TRENTON, N.J. – A former pharmacist was arrested today for her role in distributing and dispensing outside the course of professional practice large quantities of oxycodone and other controlled substances from a…
NYT Promotes Foreign Online Pharmacy Peddling ‘Extralegal’ Abortion Pills
NYT Promotes Foreign Online Pharmacy Peddling ‘Extralegal’ Abortion Pills Laurel Duggan on May 9, 2022 The New York Times published an article Monday informing readers of where they could get abortion pills,…
U.S. Attorney Announces Settlement Of Fraud Lawsuit Against Online Pharmacy For Overdispensing Insulin
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Scott J. Lampert, Special Agent-in-Charge of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector…
Cadott Pharmacy to Pay Civil Penalty for Controlled Substance Dispensing and Recordkeeping Violations
MADISON, WIS. – Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced today that Cadott Miller Pharmacy, Ltd., located in Cadott, Wisconsin, entered into a settlement agreement to…
Century Pharmacy, Inc. Agrees to $100,000 Settlement Relating to Controlled Substances Act Claims
Louisville, KY – Century Pharmacy, Inc., doing business as Century Medicines of Elizabethtown, has agreed to pay $100,000 to resolve allegations that it failed to satisfy recordkeeping requirements of the Controlled Substances…
Columbia Falls man suspected in armed robbery of pharmacy appears in court
MISSOULA — A Columbia Falls man suspected of robbing a Columbia Falls pharmacy of drugs at gunpoint appeared in court today for an initial appearance on a criminal complaint, U.S. Attorney Leif…
United States Reaches Agreement with CVS Pharmacy, Inc., to Ensure Online Access to COVID-19 Vaccine Registration for People with Disabilities
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Rhode Island and the Justice Department announced today that they have reached a settlement agreement with CVS Pharmacy, Inc., (CVS)…
Federal Civil and Criminal Investigations Result in Six Convictions and Recovery of Over $8.7 Million in Connection with Compounded Medications Formulated by DelCo Pharmacy
PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced the criminal and civil resolutions of multi-year investigations of various health care fraud schemes involving prescriptions for compounded medications formulated by Heritage Therapeutics,…
Pennsylvania Man Admits Role in $35 Million Pharmacy Compounded Medication Scheme
NEWARK, N.J. – A Langhorne, Pennsylvania, man today admitted participating in a massive compounded-medication kickback scheme that he and others ran out of a pharmacy in Clifton, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Philip…
GDD Pharmacy Services, Inc. To Pay $70,000 In Recordkeeping Violations Of The Controlled Substances Act
HARRISBURG, PA —The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that GDD Pharmacy Services, Inc., located in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, has agreed to pay the United States $70,000 in…
Feds File Lawsuit Against Northeast Philadelphia Pharmacy for Illegal Distribution of Opioids
PHILADELPHIA, PA – Pharmacy workers at a Northeast Philadelphia pharmacy have been charged for illegally dispensing opioids to individuals who should not have been sold the medication. According to United States Attorney…
DOJ Adds Employee Defendants in Illegal Opioid Distribution and Health Care Fraud Lawsuit Against Northeast Philadelphia Pharmacy
PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that the United States filed an amended civil complaint against pharmacist Todd Goodman and pharmacy employees Eric Pestrack and Lee Kamp for their…
Indiana Native Sentenced For 2019 Attempted Armed Robbery of Uptown CVS Pharmacy That Resulted in Shooting of NOPD Officer
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced on Tuesday, February 22, 2022, that RICHARD SANSBURY, age 28, a resident of Indianapolis, Indiana, was sentenced for his participation in the…
Florida Man Admits Role in $35 Million Pharmacy Compounded Medication Scheme
NEWARK, N.J. – A Palm City, Florida, man today admitted participating in a compounded medication kickback scheme that he and others ran out of a pharmacy in Clifton, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney…
Owner Of Blair Pharmacy Sentenced to a Year and a Day in Federal Prison for Providing Illegal Payments to Independent Marketers to Induce Them to Refer Business to His Pharmacy
Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander today sentenced Matthew Edward Blair, age 48, of Timonium, Maryland, to a year and a day in federal prison, followed by 18 months…