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 [...]
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Kansas pharmacist, Rick Kloxin, pled no contest to 14 misdemeanor counts in the Hogan’s Pharmacy internet pharmacy case. Kloxin was the lead pharmacist at Hogan’s Pharmacy and plans to cooperate in the prosecution of Jolane and Mark Poindexter, the owners of Hogan’s. In March, Kloxin lost his license and was fined $62,000. A discussion of the [...]
Many federal circuits permit a good faith jury instruction in cases in which doctors are prosecuted under the Controlled Substances Act. Internet pharmacy law cases involving doctors are no different. Below is an illustrative case:
U.S. v. Hurwitz, 459 F.3d 463 (2006): The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed Dr. William E. Hurtwitz’s conviction due to the [...]
According to the Orlando Sentential and the Daytona Beach News-Journal, JIVE internet pharmacy owner Jude Lacour was found guilty on all counts today, including conspiracy, distribution of a controlled substance and money laundering. Lacour represented himself at trial. Christopher Tobin was also found guilty on all counts charged. The other defendants (Akhil Baranwal, James Pickens and [...]
The jury began deliberating in the JIVE online pharmacy network trial yesterday at 3p.m.
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Jose Riopedre and Susana Mendez both pled guilty in the District Court for the District of Maryland today to conspiring to distribute more than two million doses of Phentermine via an internet pharmacy. Both agreed to forfeit $1,500,000. Sentencing is scheduled for July 15, 2009.
The indictment alleged that between March 2005 and December 2006, the two, [...]
