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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 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, 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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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 Thursday, 25th September 2008 by dcooley

The DEA’s Diversion Control website provides a list of doctors convicted or with pending trials under The Controlled Substances Act.  Unfortunately, it is nowhere near exhaustive.  Moreover, the list includes offline prescription convictions.  The list, for example, also would include a local doctor who might blindly write prescriptions for his or her patients.  In fact, [...]

Tags: Controlled Substances, Criminal Appeals, Criminal Defense, Doctors, Indictment, Internet Pharmacy Law, Non-Controlled Substances, Plea, Sentence, Trial
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