Abingdon, Virginia mail fraud and aggravated identity theft charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Leelynn Danielle Chytka, age 31.

“In the midst of a global pandemic, this defendant conspired with others to defraud the Virginia Employment Commission of nearly $500,000 intended for Virginians in need,” Acting United States Attorney Bubar said today. “This was money se... More...   $0 (06-14-2021 - VA)

Toledo, Ohio pharmacy and two of its pharmacists to pay a $375,000 civil penalty and imposed restrictions related to the dispensing of opioids and other controlled substances.

Pursuant to an agreed consent judgment and permanent injunction, the court enjoined Shaffer Pharmacy, along with pharmacist-owner Thomas Tadsen and pharmacist Wilson Bunton, from dispensing certain opioid prescripti... More...   $0 (06-08-2021 - OH)

Knoxville, Tennessee conspiracy to distribute drugs charged criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Michael LaPaglia, 49, who was conspiracy to distribute drug distribution.

LaPaglia, a medical doctor, who previously lost his authorization to write prescriptions for controlled substances, pleaded guilty to an information charging him with one count of conspiring to distribute cont... More...   $0 (06-06-2021 - TN)

Dallas, Texas running a pill mill charged criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Dr. Caesar Mark Capistrano, 61, was charged with three counts of conspiracy to dispense a controlled substance and two counts of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance.

“Doctors who run pill mills knowingly profit off of vulnerable people’s addictions,” said Acting U.S. Att... More...   $0 (06-05-2021 - TX)

Miami, Florida health care fraud charge criminal defense lawyer represented Erik Santos, age 51, who along with his co-conspirators ran the scheme that paid recruiters to convince Tricare beneficiaries to fill prescriptions for expensive, supposedly tailor-made, compounded medications that the beneficiaries did not need. Santos paid doctors to approve pre-printed prescriptions for large amounts o... More...   $0 (05-28-2021 - FL)

Buffalo, New York conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute oxycodone, hydrocodone, and amphetamine charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant.

James T. Keefe, 40, of Florida, was convicted of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute, and distributing, oxycodone, hydrocodone, and amphetamine.

“This case highlights the powerful grip of addiction,” stated... More...   $0 (05-24-2021 - NY)

Pensacola, Florida qui tam lawyer represented Defendant who charged with conspiring to defraud the United States.

Andrew E. Fisher, 35, of Gulf Breeze, was for conspiring to use his pharmacy to defraud TRICARE, a federal health care program for uniformed service members, retirees, and their families, and conspiring to launder the funds generated by the fraud. Fisher was also ordered to p... More...   $0 (05-21-2021 - FL)

Brooklyn, New York: The United States of America accused Maimonides Medical Center (Maimonides) of violating the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) by terminating Lieutenant Colonel Rego’s employment in the Pharmacy Department after he was called up to active military duty status. USERRA prohibits discrimination in employment based on an individual’s prior se... More...   $0 (05-12-2021 - NY)

Birmingham, Alabama criminal defense lawyers represented defendants who were charged with health care fraud and conspiracy to commit mail fraud.

John Jeremy Adams, 40, of Panama City Beach, Florida, the president and CEO of Global Compounding Pharmacy (Global), who directed the fraud and made millions from it, was sentenced to 170 months in prison on one count of conspiring to commit heal... More...   $0 (05-01-2021 - AL)

Montgomery, Alabama criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with illegal drug distribution.

Richard Allen Strickland, a 55-year-old resident of Hartford, Alabama, was charged with illegal drug distribution.

According to court records, Strickland, a licensed pharmacist, owned and operated Allen’s Pharmacy in Dothan, Alabama. In November of 2019, the Dot... More...   $0 (05-01-2021 - AL)

Lexington, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with violating the Controlled Substance Act ("CSA").

Public Drug Company, d/b/a Booneville Discount Drugs, a Booneville, Kentucky pharmacy agreed to pay the United States $250,000 to settle civil allegations that it failed to make and maintain complete and accurate records of its controlled substances, in violation... More...   $0 (04-26-2021 - KY)

Birmingham, Alabama conspiracy to commit mail fraud charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Brett Taft, 47, of Tuscaloosa, Ala., a Tuscaloosa pharmaceutical sales representative who was charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud in a scheme designed to fraudulently bill health insurance plans.

Taft was the owner and sole member of the sales company BTAFT Medical, LLC. He... More...   $0 (04-11-2021 - AL)

Pendleton, Oregon premises liability personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff, Shirley P. Teneyck, who sued Thrifty Payless, Inc., d/b/a Rite Aid Pharmacy on a negligence theory claiming to have suffered more than $137,000 in damages and/or injuries in an accident in one of Defendant's stores.

This case was filed in the Circuit Court of Oregon for the County of Umatilla, 20CV20115, an... More...   $1 (03-30-2021 - OR)

Birmingham, Alabama health care fraud charge criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants, Jessica Linton, agew 37, and John Gladden, age 50, who were charged with engaging in a prescription drug billing scheme involving a Haleyville, Ala.-based pharmacy, Northside Pharmacy doing business as Global Compounding Pharmacy.

A jury returned its guilty verdict against Jessica Linton, 37, of... More...   $0 (03-11-2021 - AL)

Cincinnati, Ohio drug distribution criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant.

George Griffin, M.D., 71, of Cincinnati, was charged with one count of unlawful distribution of controlled substances on Oct. 5, 2020.

According to court documents, Griffin prescribed controlled substances to patients in amounts and for lengths of time that were outside the scope of legitimate medic... More...   $0 (03-02-2021 - OH)

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma drug distribution charge criminal defense lawyer represented Dr. James Ferris, Katherine Dossey and Sherry Isbell, who were charged with unlawful distribution of controlled substances and corresponding health care fraud.

On June 20, 2018, a federal grand jury returned a 103-count Indictment charging Ferris, Dossey and Isbell with crimes related to the distribution ... More...   $0 (02-12-2021 - OK)

Columbus, Ohio drug distribution charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Morris Brown, M.D., age 73, who was charged with illegally distributing opioids.

Brown was charged in an April 2019 indictment along with four co-defendants: Ismail Abuhanieh, 50, of Phoenix, Arizona; Mahmoud Elmiari, 44, of Bellbrook, Ohio; Yohannes Tinsae, 48, of Beavercreek, Ohio; and Mahmoud Rifai,... More...   $0 (02-09-2021 - OH)