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Posted on Friday, 30th January 2009 by dcooley

The St. Petersberg Times reports that Florida doctor Juan Ibanez was sentenced to four years yesterday for his association with an internet pharmacy organization (foxfamilymeds.com, medsforpain.com, prescriptiondrugplanet.com, sunshinefamilymeds.com and online-scripts.com) which distributed “more than 50 million hydrocodone pills” nationwide.  Between 2003-2007, the online pharmacy grossed more than $85 million from its sales of Vicodin.  Doctors did not perform face [...]

Tags: Doctors, Internet Pharmacy Law, Plea, Sentence
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Posted on Thursday, 18th December 2008 by dcooley

Dr. Christian Ellis Hageseth was denied a bail reduction yesterday by a California judge in an internet pharmacy case in which the state alleges that Hageseth was “practicing medicine without a license in California.”  This case raises a number of unique jurisdictional issues with respect to online pharmacy operations.  Hageseth has, so far unsuccessfully, argued [...]

Tags: California, Doctors, Hageseth, Internet Pharmacy Law, State Law
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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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Posted on Wednesday, 12th November 2008 by dcooley

A Cuyahoga County grand jury in Ohio returned a state indictment against police officer Anthony Tuleta, former firefighter Craig Romey and former EMS paramedic Angel Otero for the possession of steroids purchased from an internet pharmacy.  Also indicted was Dr. Ramon Scruggs of California.  Dr. Scruggs faces 13 counts of drug trafficking.
According to Cleveland.com, “Tuleta, Romey and [...]

Tags: Doctors, Drug Possession, Indictment, Internet Pharmacy Law, Ohio, State Law, Steroids
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Posted on Wednesday, 29th October 2008 by dcooley

Doctor Juan Antonio Ibanez of Tampa, Florida pled guilty to selling over 50 million hydrocodone pills from 2003-2007 via a number of internet pharmacy websites, including foxfamilymeds.com, medsforpain.com, prescriptiondrugplanet.com, sunshinefamilymeds.com and online-scripts.com.
The Tampa Tribune recounts a portion of the plea hearing:
“During this process, did you act knowingly and intentionally with due disregard for the law?” U.S. Magistrate Mark [...]

Tags: Controlled Substances, Doctors, Internet Pharmacy Law, Plea, Ryan Haight Act
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Posted on Tuesday, 21st October 2008 by dcooley

One of the justifications for the Ryan Haight Act was that doctors performing face to face examinations can determine the veracity of a patient’s claim of chronic pain before prescribing medication much better than an internet pharmacy doctor performing an online consultation.  This is likely true with respect to internet pharmacies that do not require medical records [...]

Tags: Controlled Substances, Criminal Appeals, Criminal Defense, Doctors, Internet Pharmacy Law, Non-Controlled Substances, Ryan Haight Act
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