New York, NY - LILIAN JAKACKI, a/k/a/ “Lilian Wieckowski,” was sentenced to four years in prison for illegally distributing 100,000 tablets of oxycodone, Medicare fraud, and money laundering. JAKACKI pled guilty on July 28, 2016, before Judge Rakoff.

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said: “Through her pharmacies in Queens and Brooklyn, Lilian Jakacki dumped 100,000 illegally diver... More...   $0 (11-30-2016 - NY)

Emanuel Dewayne Mitchell was tried by jury and convicted of Count I, Murder in the First Degree in violation of 21 O.S.Supp.2006, § 701.7(B); and Count II, Conspiracy to Commit a Felony (Robbery with a Dangerous Weapon), after former conviction of two or more felonies, in violation of 21 O.S.2001, §§ 421, 801, in the District Court of Oklahoma County, Case No. CF-2009-3297. In a consolidated actio... More...   $0 (11-27-2016 - Ok)

Houston, TX - Pharmacist Pleads Guilty to Role in Multi-Million Dollar Health Care Fraud Scheme

Nermin Awad El-Hadik, 40-year-old owner of Hope Pharmacy, Inc. in Houston, faces up to five years in federal prison and has agreed to pay more than $5 million restitution after pleading guilty to paying kickbacks in a health care fraud scheme.

Appearing before U.S. Magistrate Judge An... More...   $0 (11-11-2016 - TX)

On April 2, 2011, Temple arrived at the emergency department of St. Peter’s
Hospital complaining of back pain. A doctor prescribed Temple Oxycodone. Temple
filled the prescription that day at a CVS pharmacy. Although the record does not include
a copy of the prescription, it does include a prescription receipt, which states that the
prescription included an eight-day supply ... More...   $0 (11-11-2016 - MT)

New York, NY - Pharmacist Kian Gohari Convicted In Manhattan Federal Court For Conspiring To Distribute Oxycodone And Conspiring To Commit Healthcare Fraud

Kian Gohari was convicted of narcotics and healthcare fraud charges for his role in a conspiracy to distribute medically unnecessary oxycodone pills and fraudulently bill Medicaid for those oxycodone pills. The jury convicted GOHARI f... More...   $0 (11-10-2016 - NY)

In the late evening or early morning of July 23 and 24, 2009, the defendant broke into the house where his six year old daughter lived with the defendant's former girl friend and slit his daughter's throat, causing her death.

1 Justices Spina and Duffly participated in the deliberation on this case prior to their retirem... More...   $0 (11-04-2016 - )

On February 20, 2011, the defendant‟s employer, John Cote, who allowed the defendant and his girlfriend to live in a camper on his rural Carter County property, -2- called 911 to report that he had discovered a methamphetamine laboratory in the camper. Mr. Cote gave investigators permission to search the property, and they discovered evidence that led the Carter County Grand Jury to ret... More...   $0 (10-29-2016 - TN)

A grand jury indicted Hoff for driving while intoxicated, third or more. See Tex. Penal Code Ann. §§ 49.04, 49.09(b) (West Supp. 2016). The indictment also alleged that Hoff used a deadly weapon, namely, a motor vehicle, during the 2 commission of the offense. Additionally, the indictment included enhancements for two previous felony convictions. Hoff pleaded “[n]ot guilty[.]” Hoff stipulat... More...   $0 (10-25-2016 - TX)

On April 2, 2009, Benjamin Burdick was convicted by a jury of one count of manufacture of a controlled substance; one count of possession of ephedrine; one count of possession of methamphetamine; one count of possession of marijuana; one count of possession of drug paraphernalia; one count of use of drug paraphernalia; and two counts 2 of aggravated endangering of a child. He was sentenced to 32... More...   $0 (10-24-2016 - KS)

Tulsa, OK - Three Mexican Nationals Sentenced to 26 Years In Prison Before Deportation

The State of Oklahoma charged Paul Castaneda, 24, Cesar Delgadillo Cruz, 32, and Moises De Los Santos, 33 with

Count # 1. Count as Filed: DU8TH2, TRAFFICKING IN ILLEGAL DRGUS, in violation of 63 O.S. 2-415, which provides:



A. The provisions of the Trafficking in Illegal Dru... More...   $0 (10-21-2016 - )

Detective Bob Zaiden of the Maury County Sheriff‟s Office, Drug Unit, testified that on July 11, 2012, he received a phone call from a Walgreen‟s pharmacist in Columbia concerning a suspicious purchase of pseudoephedrine pills. Detective Zaiden drove to the store parking lot and observed a young man fitting the suspect‟s description exit the store and get into a small truck with... More...   $0 (10-16-2016 - TN)

The petitioner‟s convictions arose from a shooting on January 11, 2005, at the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) facility in Jackson, Tennessee, where the petitioner killed three people: Renee Jordan, his thirty-one-year-old wife who was employed at TDOT; Jerry Hopper, an employee of the Tennessee Division of Forestry who was at the TDOT office; and David Gordon, a motorist the ... More...   $0 (10-16-2016 - TN)

Except where indicated, the following facts are not in dispute. Brendan Higgins, Joshua Huggard, and
Jordan Tobins were members and managers of numerous limited liability companies operating a small chain of pizzerias known as The Upper Crust. On April 5, 2012, Higgins, Huggard, and The Upper Crust, all of whom were represented by Levy and his firm, L & W, filed a civil lawsuit against Tob... More...   $0 (10-06-2016 - MA)

Los Angeles, CA - Los Angeles Jury Convicts Medical Clinic Owner For Health Care Fraud and Tax Fraud

A federal jury in Los Angeles convicted the owner of a medical clinic for his role in a health care fraud scheme and for filing false income tax returns.

Michael Huynh, 57, of Encino, was convicted of one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and 11 counts of filing fals... More...   $0 (09-25-2016 - CA)

The trial court initially adjudicated Joseph Frye incompetent to stand trial and committed him for treatment. Although the specialists appointed to determine Frye's competency later opined that it had been restored, he was then tried without the court first adjudicating him to be competent. Frye appealed the resulting convictions,
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and we relinquished jurisdiction to give the tr... More...   $0 (09-20-2016 - )

Pierre, SD - Fort Thompson Man Sentenced for False Statements Relating to Health Care Matters

Bryce Damon Drapeau, age 42, was sentenced to 1 year of unsupervised probation, and a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund.

Drapeau was indicted by a federal grand jury on October 14, 2015, for False Statements Relating to Health Care Matters and Attempt to Obtain Co... More...   $0 (09-19-2016 - SD)

Las Cruces, NM - Roswell Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Methamphetamine Trafficking Charges

Gilbert Nick Montes, 36, of Roswell, N.M., pled guilty to federal methamphetamine trafficking charges under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Montes was arrested on Nov. 30, 2015, on a criminal complaint charging him with committing a methamphetamine trafficking offense in Ch... More...   $0 (09-16-2016 - NM)

Jefferson City Apothecary, LLC (“Apothecary”) and Mr. Uldis Pironis (“Pironis”) appeal
the judgments of the Circuit Court of Cole County (“circuit court”) affirming the joint decisions
of the Administrative Hearing Commission (“AHC”) and the Missouri Board of Pharmacy
(“Board”), which decisions found cause to discipline and imposed discipline on the Apothecary’s
pharmacy permit... More...   $0 (09-15-2016 - MO)

Oakland, CA - Contra Costa Resident Sentenced To 12 Years’ Imprisonment For Trafficking Methamphetamine And Illegally Possessing Firearms

Norteño gang member admitted selling drugs and firearms to undercover agents

Francisco Gonzalez was sentenced to 144 months’ imprisonment for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and for being a felon in possession of a firearm ... More...   $0 (09-14-2016 - CA)

Brownsville, TX - Texas Syndicate Gang Member Ordered to Federal Prison

A member of the Texas-based prison and street gang known as the Texas Syndicate was ordered to federal prison for narcotics trafficking. Juan Matias Trevino, 29, of Brownsville, pleaded guilty Feb. 2, 2016, to possession with intent to distribute one kilogram of methamphetamine.

U.S. District Judge Rolando Ol... More...   $0 (09-14-2016 - TX)

Dallas, TX - Pharmacist and Others Charged in Pill Mill Case Plead Guilty

A licensed pharmacist, Kumi Frimpong, who owned and operated the Cornerstone Pharmacy, located on Bolton Boone Drive in Desoto, Texas, pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge stemming from his involvement in a “pill mill” operation.

Specifically, Frimpong, 56, of Dallas, who was the pharmacist in charge at Co... More...   $0 (09-10-2016 - TX)

Chrissy Melinda Bradley sued William M Valuck D.O., Michael E Hume Pa, Dorothy June Hume, Patrick Reynolds, Good To Go Llc, D/B/A VISTA MEDICAL CENTER; Advanced Care Clinic Llc, Mcloud Clinic Pharmacy, Country Boy Pharmacy, REORGANIZED AS Matt's Country Boy Pharmacy Llc, AND Allcare Pharmacy Flowers And Gifts Inc. claiming to have received substandard care while a patient of Dr. William M. Valuck... More...   $0 (09-08-2016 - OK)

New Orleans, LA - Texas Woman Sentenced to 10 Years for Possession with Intent to Distribute Heroin

LORI BROADWAY, age 34, of Galveston, Texas, was sentenced after pleading guilty to one count of possession with the intent to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin.

Broadway was sentenced to 120 months imprisonment, to be followed by 5 years of supervised release.

Acco... More...   $0 (09-08-2016 - LA)

Boise, ID - Meridian Man Sentenced to 12 Months in Prison for Oxycodone Distribution

Theodore Pena, 66, of Meridian, Idaho, was sentenced to 12 months in prison and three years of supervised release for distributing oxycodone. Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered that Pena forfeit $3,200 in drug proceeds.

According to evidence presented at the entry of plea ... More...   $0 (09-06-2016 - ID)

This appeal stems from an exchange of prescription narcotics in a Walgreens Pharmacy parking lot in Bradley County. In relation to this offense, Evans and his girlfriend codefendant, Dava Martin, were indicted on one count of conspiracy to sell or deliver a Schedule III controlled substance, a Class E felony, and one count of the sale and delivery of a Schedule III controlled substance, a Class D... More...   $0 (09-04-2016 - TN)