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Posted on Wednesday, 3rd June 2009 by dcooley

Torino Jennings, a Virgnia doctor, faces Internet pharmacy charges in a Boston District Court.  A felony Information was filed on May 28, 2009 charging Jennings with seven (7) counts of allegedly introducing a misbranded drug into interstate commerce in violation of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act and four (4) counts of tax fraud for [...]

Tags: Doctors, Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act, Indictment, Internet Pharmacy Law, Misbranding, Motion to Dismiss, Non-Controlled Substances, Torino Jennings
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Posted on Saturday, 31st January 2009 by dcooley

Ohio pharmacist Gary A. Evankovich was indicted for his alleged involvement with an internet pharmacy by a Mahoning County grand jury on 24 counts of “reckless retail sale of drug[s].”  The drug sales allegedly originated from the internet, and the prescriptions were signed by a New York doctor.  Prosecuting Attorney Robert Bush stated that Evankovich “illegally filled prescriptions [...]

Tags: Indictment, Internet Pharmacy Law, Ohio, Pharmacies, State Law
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Posted on Friday, 30th January 2009 by dcooley

A federal district court unsealed a 198 count indictment of several individuals associated with an Alabama compounding pharmacy (Applied Pharmacy Services, Inc.) and extensive steroid distribution network alleged to have dispensed anabolic steroids between 2003-2006 “outside the usual course of professional practice.”  Those indicted include A. Samuel Kelley II, Jason R. Kelley, Jodi C. Silvio, J. [...]

Tags: Applied Pharmacy, Doctors, Indictment, Internet Pharmacy Law, Pharmacies, Steroids
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Posted on Tuesday, 23rd December 2008 by dcooley

I previously wondered whether the government would indict individuals involved in internet pharmacy operations after the passage of the Ryan Haight Act but before its 2009 effective date.  I now have my answer.  David A. Vogel, Jonathan Vogel and Carrie Demers were indicted in the U.S. District Court for East Texas for their alleged involvement in [...]

Tags: Indictment, Internet Pharmacy Law, Madison Pain Clinic, Ryan Haight Act
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Posted on Friday, 19th December 2008 by dcooley

Bond was set in late November by an Ohio judge for defendants Dr. Ramon Scruggs ($5,000), Craig Romey ($2,500), Angel Ortero ($1,000) and police lieutenant Anthony Tuleta ($1,500), according to Channel 5 Cleveland.  Scruggs was charged with prescribing steroids over the internet to his three co-defendants.  Tuleta, Romey, and Ortero were each charged with steroid [...]

Tags: Indictment, Internet Pharmacy Law, Ohio, State Law
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Posted on Tuesday, 25th November 2008 by dcooley

While most of the news coverage on the Ohio steroid possession indictment two weeks ago concerned the fact that the drug prescriptions were allegedly obtained online from Dr. Ramon Scruggs (i.e. an “internet pharmacy”), the method of obtaining drugs does not appear to be legally relevant under Ohio law (after a brief, cursory inspection of [...]

Tags: Drug Possession, Indictment, Internet Pharmacy Law, Ohio, State Law, Steroids
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