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Posted on Tuesday, 16th December 2008 by dcooley

Criminal defense attorneys in various federal internet pharmacy trials have recently, though unsuccessfully, sought to dismiss federal indictments (via Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 12b) utilizing somewhat similar arguments to the ones posited here, including the argument that the passage of the Ryan Haight Act indicates that pre-Ryan Haight Act law did not outlaw online consultations with extensive [...]

Tags: AffPower, Criminal Appeals, Criminal Defense, Internet Pharmacy Law, JIVE, Motion to Dismiss, Ryan Haight Act
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Posted on Tuesday, 9th December 2008 by dcooley

The fact that the DEA can still say with a straight face that internet pharmacy online consultation services under federal law are illegal prior to the effective date of the Ryan Haight Act simply amazes me.  Of course, when individuals are pleading guilty right and left, what they believe really doesn’t matter.  Both prior to and [...]

Tags: Criminal Appeals, Criminal Defense, Internet Pharmacy Law, Motion to Dismiss, Ryan Haight Act
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Posted on Thursday, 4th December 2008 by dcooley

Alexis Avello and Peter Colon Lopez, both involved in the Pharmacom International Corp. internet pharmacy prescription case, were sentenced November 25 in an Iowa District Court.  Lopez, who pled guilty to one count of illegally distributing prescription drugs and one count of money laundering, was sentenced to nearly two years in prison.  Avello received three years for [...]

Tags: Internet Pharmacy Law, Pharmacom, Plea, Sentence
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Posted on Wednesday, 3rd December 2008 by dcooley

A federal judge in Atlanta sentenced Dr. Vladimir Andries to three years probation on Monday for his role in an internet pharmacy operation.  Andries, who faced up to two years in federal prison, was indicted in 2006 along with six other doctors for their role in the online pharmacy scheme.  In his plea bargain, Andries admitted [...]

Tags: Doctors, Internet Pharmacy Law, Plea, Ryan Haight Act, Sentence
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