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Posted on Sunday, 15th February 2009 by dcooley

Kirtar Munshi was sentenced to one year in prison and ordered to pay a $6,000 fine and forfeit $219,000 in proceeds for his role in the sale of prescription drugs via an internet pharmacy.  Munshi pled guilty in July 2008 to conspiring to sell generic versions of Viagra, Cialis and Levitra, which were imported from India, over [...]

Tags: Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act, Misbranding, Non-Controlled Substances, Plea, Sentence
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Posted on Friday, 6th February 2009 by dcooley

Jared Wheat, CEO of Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals, and co-defendant Sergio Oliveira, a sales associate, were sentenced to 50 months and 20 months, respectively, after pleading guilty to an internet pharmacy conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud, and to introduce and deliver new and adulterated prescription drugs into interstate commerce under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.  Wheat [...]

Tags: Adulteration, Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act, Hi-Tech, Internet Pharmacy Law, Non-Controlled Substances, Plea, Sentence, Website Owners
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Posted on Monday, 2nd February 2009 by dcooley

Internet pharmacy owners Steven Abiodun Sodipo and Onigbo Nwaehiri were both sentenced to five years imprisonment by a Maryland District Court Judge earlier last month for their role in selling 9,936,075 hydrocodone (Vicodin) prescription pills online.  Both were pharmacists and owners of NewCare Pharmacy in Baltimore, Maryland.  Additionally, both were ordered to pay $11,870,119.39.  To satisfy [...]

Tags: Controlled Substances, Internet Pharmacy Law, Pharmacies, Sentence, Trial
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