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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 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 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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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 Friday, 10th October 2008 by dcooley

As I reported in September, the criminal charges against an internet pharmacy, Signature Compounding Pharmacy, were dismissed with prejudice by an Albany, NY judge because of, among other things, inadequate grand jury instructions.
Now the operators of Signature Pharmacy have filed a civil rights complaint in Orange County, Florida against Albany District Attorney David Soares, assistant prosecutor Christopher P. [...]

Tags: Internet Pharmacy Law, Pharmacies, Signature Pharmacy, State Law, Steroids
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Posted on Monday, 22nd September 2008 by dcooley

Dr. Joyce Wong Buckley, a doctor in Watertown, NY, of New Concepts Obstetrics & Gynecology was found to be grossly negligent for writing 75,000 online pharmacy prescriptions without prior physical examinations.  Dr. Wong Buckley was paid $150,000 for her services.  According to the Watertown Daily Times:
prescription drugs . . . received included Tramadol, generic of [...]

Tags: Administrative Hearing, Doctors, Hogan's Pharmacy, Internet Pharmacy Law, State Law
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