On August 22, 2018, civil enforcement actions under the Controlled Substances Act were unsealed against two physicians alleging the illegal distribution and dispensing of opioids and other controlled substances. Court Orders Oklahoma Company to Stop Selling Silver Products as a COVID-19 Treatment. Cal. Between 2012 and 2016, Ressler designed fraudulent sweepstakes and prize notification solicitations sent by co-conspirators to victims in the United States and other countries. Docket Number: 3:15-CR-496 (N.D. On March 1, 2016, David Romeo pleaded guilty to a an information charging mail fraud and introduction of misbranded food into interstate commerce with an intent to defraud or mislead, both in relation to a scheme in which he directed the sale of diluted and adulterated dietary ingredients and supplements sold by his three companies: Global Nutrients, Stella Labs, and Nutraceuticals International. United States v. WeCare Pharmacy, et al. There are three ways to look at court records: Go to the courthouse and ask to look at paper records. The court denied Arbors motion, holding that it could not conclude that Arbor would most likely prevail in the litigation and expressing skepticism regarding Arbors claim of irreparable harm. On April 23, 2020, Judge Timothy Kelly of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted the United States' motion to enter a stipulated order against Facebook, Inc. (respectively). In March 2015, the district court granted partial summary judgment in the United States favor on the DNC Registry, oral disclosures, and caller ID claims. The Seventh Circuit upheld the lower courts ruling here in May 2019. According to the indictment, the aegeline-containing product was associated with a 2013 outbreak of severe liver injuries before being pulled from the market. In pleading guilty, Parks admitted that, from approximately June 2017 to September 2019, he and his company, MedFitRX, unlawfully distributed selective androgen receptor modulators (SARMs) and other substances that the FDA has not approved, including Ostarine (MK-2866), Ligandrol (LGD-4033), and Testolone (RAD-140). The complaint alleged the schemes targeted the elderly and generated approximately $4.8 million in annual victim losses. Defendants Sentenced in Connection with Internet Pharmacy SchemeUnited States v. W. Scott HarkonenDocket Number: 15-16844 (9th Cir./N.D. On June 1, 2016, the district court entered a temporary restraining order against an individual and two Dutch companies that allegedly engaged in multiple international mail fraud schemes that have defrauded elderly and vulnerable U.S. victims out of approximately $18 million annually. MediNatura v. FDA, Ill.). The injunction prohibits defendants from manufacturing and distributing unapproved drugs, and, among other measures, requires Sonar to cease manufacturing until the company implements remedial measures, including establishing a quality assurance and quality control program and retaining an expert to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of Sonars operations. The issue of corrective statements to appear at retail locations where cigarettes are sold is being litigated on a separate track before the district court. Elderly victims of the scheme were contacted and falsely told that they had won millions of dollars in a lottery or sweepstakes. The decision was the culmination of eight years of litigation and a five-week trial arising out of an investigation by the Federal Trade Commission into Dishs violations of the FTCs Telemarketing Sales Rule. On March 16, 2021, U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss denied plaintiff MediNatura Inc.s motion seeking a temporary injunction pending appeal of the courts decision on a previous motion for preliminary injunctive relief. Fraudulent Call Center Operator Pleads Guilty to Overseeing Call Centers that Threatened and Defrauded Spanish-Speaking Consumers. PCA president Stewart Parnell, sales manager Michael Parnell, and quality assurance director Mary Wilkerson all were convicted in September 2014 and sentenced to 336 months, 240 months, and 60 months of imprisonment, respectively. Affected customers interested in refunds can contact My Doctor Suggests LLC at (1-866-660-9868) or refunds@mydoctorsuggests.com. Fla.). United States v. Kimura, Case No. The complaint alleges that the defendants send fraudulent solicitations styled as notifications that the recipient has won a large package of cash and prizes, typically worth more than $350,000. The defendants attempted to conceal their smuggling by using shipping labels that misrepresented the contents of their shipments, including customs declarations falsely describing the contents as gifts or toys with low declared monetary values, and by using multiple addresses in an effort to reduce the likelihood of seizures by U.S. Customs and Border Protection authorities. On March 31, U.S. District Judge James Jones denied Indiviors motion to dismiss a 28-count indictment alleging the company engaged in healthcare fraud, wire fraud, mail fraud, and conspiracy to commit the same. In 2013, Long began to simply charge the bank accounts of consumers whose personal and financial information he had acquired during his time as a payment processor, as well as others whose information he purchased in the form of lead lists. On March 6, 2019, the court unsealed the guilty pleas of two defendants as well as an 18-count indictment against a third individual alleged to have operated a massive mail-fraud scheme for more than 20 years. As part of the permanent injunction, the district court ordered equitable disgorgement with refunds to consumers to be administered by a court-appointed special master. On Feb. 21, 2018, the district court issued a temporary restraining order pursuant to 18 U.S.C. In pleading guilty, Burrow admitted that she and her co-conspirators used fraudulent prize notices to mislead victims into believing that they could claim a large cash prize if they paid a fee of $20 to $30. This is called "remote access Defendant Sentenced in Connection with a Lottery Scam Based in JamaicaUnited States v. Claude Shaw Press Release United States v. Yabe, Hisao, Press Release In pleading guilty to money laundering last December, Crawford admitted that from 2017 to 2019, he recruited at least 30 money mules to facilitate the receipt of millions of dollars taken from Department of Defense and Veterans Affairs benefit programs using personally identifying information stolen from victims. Clients made monthly payments expecting the money to go toward settlements. On August 19, 2020, Shmuel Gali pleaded guilty to conspiracy, conspiracy to commit money laundering, securities fraud, and false odometer statement charges in connection with an odometer fraud scheme involving more than 690 used vehicles and approximately $4.1 million in consumer fraud loss. ); 2:14-CV-1156 (D.N.J. A noncriminal lawsuit, usually involving private property rights. On March 24, 2020, U.S. District Judge Robert N. Scola sentenced Rodolfo Hermoza to serve 88 months imprisonment in connection with his supervision of call centers in Peru that threatened American consumers into paying fraudulent settlements for nonexistent debts. Final proceeds from the sale of these properties will go toward restitution payments in the fraud case. Robinson also was ordered to pay $320,797.82 in restitution to the victims of the scheme. Docket Number: 5:12-CR-0141 (N.D. Ga.). As part of the settlement, PharMedium may not manufacture, hold, or distribute its drugs from its Tennessee facility unless PharMedium complies with specific remedial measures set forth in the consent decree. The resolution also includes a civil settlement with the federal government, including a payment of approximately $2.158 million, to resolve allegations that Baxter submitted false claims to the Department of Veterans Affairs in violation of the False Claims Act. Contrary to these agreements, Turner sold the drugs to drug wholesalers at higher prices. Several FDA inspections since 2011 revealed violations of seafood Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) regulations and current Good Manufacturing Practice regulations. According to the indictment, Reyes then took these shipments to a Dallas vaping shop, where the counterfeit cartridges would be filled and passed off to the public as legitimate THC vaping paraphernalia. Many alleged victims were elderly or otherwise vulnerable. California Man Indicted in Transnational Fraud and Extortion SchemeUnited States v. Adrianzen, Press Release Favorite Pants In 2007, when Custom Cleaners, a neighborhood dry cleaner, returned what Judge Roy Pearson claimed to be the wrong pair of pants, Pearson, an administrative law judge, decided to take action and sue for $67 million. In a complaint filed with the consent decree, the United States alleged that the fish at defendants facility was processed under insanitary conditions, chiefly because the defendants failed to adequately control the growth of Listeria monocytogenes. What is a Civil Case? Argument on the remaining claims in the case, regarding the proper analysis of certain environmental risks, is expected to take place in May. The decree against Lyman was filed on July 12, 2016, and is subject to court approval. Facebook Agrees to Pay $5 Billion and Implement New Protections of User Information in Settlement of Data-PrivacyClaimsUnited States v. Facebook, Inc. Press Release On March 3, 2021, U.S. District Judge Edward R. Korman enjoined dietary supplement firm Confidence USA and its operators from continued violations of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. The United States alleged in a complaint filed January 26, 2021, that WeCare Pharmacy, its pharmacist owner Qingping Zhang, pharmacy technician Li Yang, and another related corporate entity, L&Y Holdings LLC, repeatedly dispensed opioids in violation of the Controlled Substances Act. Long was charged with multiple counts of wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and money laundering for a scheme that victimized hundreds of thousands of account holders throughout the United States. Court of Appeals Upholds Civil Penalty and Injunction Against Spectrum Brands for Failure to Report Defective Coffeemaker CarafeUnited States v. Spectrum Brands Press Release v. Rhinebeck Central School District and Thomas Mawhinney, a sexual harassment case brought against the Rhinebeck Central School District and the former high school principal Thomas Mawhinney.The case was filed in the United States District Court for the . In fact, there are currently no legitimate COVID-19 vaccines in existence. The government alleged that Bencosme and the other defendants fabricated the clinical trial by falsely representing in medical charts and other sources that subjects were participating in the trial when, in fact, they were not participating or taking the study medication. Fla.). Bethel sold a wide variety of dietary supplements. Tex.). On April 29, 2021, Omar Cuzcano Marroquin pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud in connection with a series of Peruvian call centers that used Internet-based calls to contact Spanish-speaking consumers in the United States to threaten and defraud them. Cal. Pedersen allegedly posed as a doctor to promote ingestible silver-based products as a cure for COVID-19 despite having no evidence that his products could treat the disease. In addition, the company produced fish products under insanitary conditions based on its failure to comply with Current Good Manufacturing Practices. Peruvian Man Sentenced to 88 Months of Imprisonment for Overseeing Call Centers that Threatened and Defrauded Spanish-Speaking U.S. Consumers, United States v. Rodolfo Hermoza The FDA had specifically refused Acclarents request to clear the Stratus for marketing as a drug delivery device without further submissions to support that use. Indiana Resident Charged with Sending Fraudulent Collection Letters to Mail FraudUnited States v. Sherry Gore )(related to United States v. Indivior Inc. et al., Docket Number: 19-CR-16 (W.D. Before it, Gerald Groff had been happy with his work as a rural mail carrier and happy to be able to have Sundays off. The shipments contained bogus imitations of Xanax, Valium, sibutramine, Cialis, Viagra and Stilnox (marketed in the United States as Ambien). Docket No. Trial for the remaining defendants is scheduled to begin June 13, 2017. RX Limited sold prescription drugs online to U.S. consumers using U.S. physicians and pharmacies. Through multiple websites, the defendants promoted the miracle solution as a cure and treatment not only for COVID-19 but also for other serious diseases including Alzheimers, autism, brain cancer, HIV/AIDS, and multiple sclerosis. On May 9, 2019, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a civil penalty and injunction imposed by the district court against Spectrum Brands, Inc., a multinational consumer products distributor based in Madison, Wisconsin. The complaint alleged that Neptune prepares, processes, packs, holds and distributes ready-to-eat smoked and salt-cured seafood including pickled herring, smoked steelhead trout, smoked halibut, smoked whitefish, smoked salmon and smoked mackerel. Link Copied! The Law of the Soviet Union was the law as it developed in the Soviet Union (USSR) following the October Revolution of 1917. Vendstar sales representatives with the knowledge and encouragement of Weaver and other managers misrepresented the businesses likely profits, how its past customers were doing, the availability of high-profit locations, and the services that locating companies would provide. The governments complaint alleges that the pharmacies and pharmacists violated the Controlled Substances Act ("CSA") by filling numerous prescriptions for controlled substances outside the usual course of professional practice and in violation of the pharmacists corresponding responsibility to ensure that prescriptions were written for a legitimate medical purpose. For more information, please visit Maven Infotech - The Summons and Complaint. Docket Number: 1:19-CR-20658-RNS (S.D. According to the complaint, the defendants all played roles in the schemes, which involved solicitations claiming victims had won large cash prizes. Long used the proceeds of his fraud scheme to purchase a ranch in Texas, three airplanes, cars, buses, ATVs, and a fire truck, as well as to pay other personal expenses. Press Release The victim did not win a lottery prize and did not collect any winnings. Court Restrains Tampa Pharmacy and Two Employees from Dispensing Opioids or Other Controlled Substances. The government filed a complaint alleging that the companys dietary supplements are manufactured under conditions that are inadequate to ensure the quality of its products. Defendant Sentenced in Multi-Million-Dollar Prize Promotion Scams Targeting Elderly Victims United States v. Burke and RossiPress Release Under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, the failure to follow cGMP renders drugs manufactured under such conditions adulterated. Permanent Injunction Entered Against Seller of Dietary SupplementsUnited States v. Bethel Nutritional Consulting, Inc., Felix Eamirez, and Kariny Ramirez, Press ReleaseDocket Number: 2:15-CV-8046 (D.N.J.). On January 8, 2016, the district court entered a consent decree of permanent injunction against Downing Labs, LLC, Ashley Downing, Christopher Downing, and Roger Mansfield. On July 17, 2018, Gao Mei Fang (aka Amy Gao), a Chinese citizen, was sentenced to 12 months and a day of imprisonment on mail fraud and smuggling charges in connection with a scheme to sell mislabeled dietary supplements containing hidden synthetic stimulants. Thousands of vulnerable victims paid the conspirators money because of these threats, which caused more than $1 million in losses to victims in the United States. Hammock v. Jensen et al. As part of the consent decree, the defendants represented that they no longer engage in sterile compounding. ), Docket Numbers: 2:16-CR-0124 (E.D. On June 5, 2017, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois ordered Dish Network, LLC to pay $280 million in civil penalties and damages to the United States and the states of California, Illinois, North Carolina, and Ohio in connection with more than 100 million illegal telemarketing calls. The civil resolution has been entered in the Western District of Texas, where a whistleblower qui tam complaint had been filed. The court scheduled Armisteads sentencing for December 22. People typically sue to make up for some sort of loss or injury they've suffered. The $36 million global resolution relates to the medical device LC Bead, which is used to treat liver cancer. Docket No. Court Denies Drug Companys Motion for Emergency Relief in Case Involving Challenge to FDAs Drug Withdrawal Determination. The governments complaint, filed February 10, alleges that the companys fish products were manufactured under conditions that were inadequate to ensure their safety. District Court Enters Permanent Injunction to Stop New Jersey and New York Companies and Executives from Distributing Unapproved and Misbranded DrugsUnited States v. S Hackett Marketing LLC d/b/a Just Enhance, et al. Fla.). 1. Goodman served a prison term of 49 months. On January 13, 2020, the district court entered a consent decree of permanent injunction against Home Style Foods, Inc., its president, Michael J. Kowalski, and the companys quality manager, Juan Valesquez. Some of the defendants products also contained undisclosed active pharmaceutical ingredients. The scheme was disrupted before the elderly individual could be further victimized by the conspiracy. On July 23, 2020, Utah resident Gordon H. Pedersen was indicted on wire fraud, mail fraud, and drug misbranding charges in connection with an alleged scheme to fraudulently sell a purported COVID-19 treatment. As part of a guilty plea, Hermoza admitted that he and other callers he supervised falsely told victims that they were attorneys or government representatives. Usually, the purpose of bringing the case is to get a court order for the . Court Orders Non-Religious Florida Church to Stop Selling Unlawful Bleach Product as Coronavirus Treatment. The defendants agreed to be bound by a consent decree in which they stated that they no longer manufacturer or process fish or fishery products, and only distribute prepackaged items. Fla.). The settlement requires Facebook to pay a $5 billion civil penalty and amends the 2012 FTC order by requiring Facebook to implement comprehensive new privacy measures, including creating an independent assessor and independent privacy committee to oversee compliance with the order; conducting privacy reviews for all Facebook-owned products and services, including Instagram and WhatsApp; and committing to annual compliance certifications by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. An indictment is merely an allegation. In granting the governments motion, the court ruled that the FDA guidance document does not constitute final agency action because it provides guidance only and does not create any legal right and because FDA derives no enforcement authority from the [guidance document]. The court additionally compared FDAs public warning to an FDA warning letter, which the Court noted does not constitute final agency action ripe for judicial review. For more information about this case and any further updates, please see this page. On October 29, 2019, Fredrick Brown, a former civilian contractor stationed at Yongsan Garrison, a US Army installation in South Korea, pleaded guilty to one count each of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering in connection with the same scheme. On August 2, 2018, Karen Turner was sentenced to nine months in prison for wire fraud and money laundering in connection with two fraudulent pharmacies that Turner used to divert prescription drugs into the gray market. This case presents the following issues: (1) Is a grant of Epsilon further admitted that over the course of nearly a decade, the company knowingly sold 30 million American consumers data to clients engaged in fraud. The remaining three defendants are all in custody in the Philippines and awaiting repatriation/extradition. These contaminated syringes infected patients in California, Texas, New York and Nebraska. Docket Number: No. Until December 2014, RB Groups wholly owned subsidiary, Indivior Inc. (then known as Reckitt Benckiser Pharmaceuticals Inc.) marketed and sold Suboxone throughout the United States. He also pleaded guilty to charges brought by the Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Section of the Criminal Division related to his sale of methamphetamine precursor chemicals. On December 10, 2018, Olympus Medical Systems Corp. and its former top regulatory official, Hisao Yabe, pleaded guilty to failing to file required adverse event reports involving infections connected to the companys duodenoscope device. ), Docket Number: 3:12-CR-922 (D.P.R. This makes the method by which laws are developed and enacted. As part of the scheme, a victim in Maryland was contacted by an individual in Jamaica and told that she had won a multi-million dollar lottery prize, but that in order to collect her lottery prize, she first had to pay taxes and fees. Calif.). On January 12, 2017, Baxter Healthcare Corporation (Baxter) agreed to pay $18.158 million to resolve criminal and civil liability arising from its failure to follow current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) when manufacturing sterile drug products. Court Denies Homeopathic Drug Companys Third Motion for Injunctive Relief in Case Involving Challenge to FDAs Addition of the Companys Products to an Import Alert. The complaint filed in the case alleges that Art Masters LLC, which does business as Palm Beach Liquidation Gallery, and its principal, Eugene Marotta, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and William Clutter, doing business as Edge Graphics of North Las Vegas, Nevada, committed mail fraud in connection with their scheme. The court sentenced Bearden to five months imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release, the first five months of which will be home detention. This case was initiated in 2011, alleging that the defendants, Feature Films for Families, Inc., Corporations for Character, L.C., Family Films of Utah, Inc., and Forrest S. Baker III, committed widespread violations of the FTC Act and Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR) in various telemarketing campaigns to sell DVDs and movie tickets, and in charitable solicitation call campaigns. Despite the fact that the company had told the FDA that the Stratus was intended to maintain an opening to a patients sinus, Facteau and Fabian launched the product intending it to be used as a steroid delivery device. According to the information, Dr. Bencosme served as the principal investigator for a clinical trial conducted at Unlimited Medical Research intended to investigate the safety and efficacy of an experimental asthma medication in children between the ages of four and eleven. NECC was the source of contaminated drugs that spawned the 2012 nationwide fungal meningitis outbreak, the largest public health crisis ever caused by a pharmaceutical product. 3:19-CR-00632 (N.D. On February 21, 2017, the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the sentence of Sirtaj Tosh Mathauda, who was convicted of conspiracy and multiple counts of mail and wire fraud in connection with a series of fraudulent business opportunities. A trial date has not yet been set. On June 1, 2020, U.S. District Judge David Counts issued a temporary restraining order under the anti-fraud injunction statute (18 U.S.C. On December 1, 2014, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California entered a consent decree of permanent injunction against Neptune Manufacturing Inc. of Los Angeles and its corporate officers, Alexander Goldring, Peter Oyrekh and Semyon Krutovsky, to prevent the distribution of adulterated seafood products. Indivior Inc. Indicted for Fraudulently Marketing Prescription OpioidUnited States v. Indivior Inc. Press Release On October 30, 2020, Lisett Raventos of Miami, Florida, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with an alleged clinical trial fraud scheme at a Miami clinical research company, Unlimited Medical Research. A civil court is a court of law that handles various types of civil cases. Dietary Supplement Companies Sentenced in Case Involving Alleged Link to Liver Damage, U.S. v. USPLabs, et al. United States v. Philip Morris USA, Inc., et al. These infections can cause serious medical complications, including death, because S. marcescens is resistant to many antibiotics. law presented in a matter pending in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. On Nov. 14, 2017, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction of Louis Daniel Smith, who is serving a 51-month sentence for conspiracy, smuggling, distributing misbranded drugs, and defrauding the United States. On October 23, 2018, the District Court enjoined Keystone Laboratories, Inc., its owner, Melinda Menke, and its operator, Elizabeth Jumet, from violating Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act by distributing hair care and skin care products that were not manufactured, processed, packaged, or held subject to current good manufacturing practices for drugs. The hot coffee case in the United States has polarized the public, while the O.J. 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