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Inspections, Compliance, Enforcement, and Criminal Investigations
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Press Releases
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Recent Press Releases
- November 13, 2009: Operators of Burien Salon Plead Guilty in Case Involving Bribe and Illegal Import of Cosmetic Equipment
- November 12, 2009: Computer Salesman Pleads Guilty to Misbranding a Drug and Copyright Infringement
- November 6, 2009: Health Care Professional Sentenced to Prison for Product Tampering Demerol Diverted at Bellevue Surgery Clinic
- November 4, 2009: Doctor Sentenced for Writing Prescriptions Over the Internet for People Whom He Had Never Met or Examined
- October 30, 2009: Boca Raton Man Convicted in Nutritional Supplement Scam
- October 19, 2009: Charity Operator Pleads Guilty in a Scheme Involving Prescription Drugs That Had Been Donated to Assist the Poor in Developing Countries
- October 8, 2009: Pine Bluff Doctor Indicted on Misbranding, Health Care Fraud, & Money Laundering Charges
- October 5, 2009: California Man Receives Sentence for Falsifying Records for Harvesting and Selling Human Tissue for Medical Implants
- September 30, 2009: Veal Company Charged in Case of Tainted Feed
- September 29, 2009: W. Scott Harkonen Former Biotech CEO, Convicted of Wire Fraud
- September 21, 2009: Woman Charged in Website Drug Scheme
- September 2, 2009: U.S. Attorney News Release: Justice Department Announces Largest Health Care Fraud Settlement In Its History
- August 17, 2009: Local Pharmacist Sentenced to 1 Year and 3 Months for Healthcare Fraud and Campaign Contributon Faud; also Enters into $300,000 Civil Settlement Agreement for Healthcare Fraud
- August 10, 2009: Miami Prescription Drug Wholesaler Convicted
- July 27, 2009: Massachusetts Resident Sentenced For Nationwide Internet Prescription Drug Scheme
- July 23, 2009: Former Rose Medical Center Surgery Technician Named In Forty-Two Count Indictment Returned by Federal Grand Jury
- July 6, 2009: Former Rose Medical Center Surgery Tech Charged by Complaint For Product Tampering and Related Drug Crimes
- July 2, 2009: Michigan Business Owner Pleads Guilty to Fraudulently Marketing Dietary Supplements
- June 29, 2009: Ringleader Sentenced to Nine Years In Federal Prison For Allergy Testing Health Care Fraud Scheme That Bilked Insurance Companies and Deceived Thousands of Patients
- June 26, 2009: Scottsdale Man Pleads Guilty to Multiple Federal Charges Related to Marketing of Sexual Enhancement Drug
- June 19, 2009: Howard County Pharmacy Owner Indicted for Health Care Fraud
- June 18, 2009: Former Oakland Resident Pleads Guilty to Distributing Drugs Without a Prescription
- June 18, 2009: Pharmaceutical Company Manager Sentenced for Off-Label Marketing
- June 16, 2009: Business Owners Plead Guilty to Distributing Tainted Ingredient Used in Pet Food
- June 16, 2009: International Medical Device Maker and Four Executives Charged in Connection with Unlawful Clinical Trials
- June 4, 2009: California Man Sentenced For Prescription Drug Diversion
- May 20, 2009: Robert McFadden Palms Springs Attorney Sentenced for Prescription Drug Diversion
- May 19, 2009: President of Company That Illegally Imported Catfish Sentenced to More Than Five Years in Federal Prison
- May 11, 2009: Doctor Found Guilty of Smuggling Foreign Cancer Drugs into the United States
- May 11, 2009: Federal Officials Announce the Filing of Obstruction of Justice Charge Against Baltimore Area Physician
- April 23, 2009: Pharmacist Is Sentenced For Illegally Buying And Selling Pharmaceuticals, Defrauding Health Insurers
- April 15, 2009: Quest Diagnostics Incorporated To Pay $302 Million To Resolve Allegations That A Subsidiary Sold Misbranded Test Kits
- April 14, 2009: Former Medical Device Company Manager Pleads Guilty To Felony Misbranding
- March 30, 2009: Pharmaceutical Company Manager Pleads Guilty To Off-Label Marketing
- March 30, 2009: Las Vegas Doctor And Wife Sentenced To Prison For Botox Fraud Scheme
- March 17, 2009: Former Lake Havasu City Couple Pleads Guilty To Fraudulently Distributing Drugs From India
- March 9, 2009: California Man Pleads Guilty in Human Tissue Implant Case
- March 9, 2009: New Jersey Woman Pleads Guilty To Mail Fraud And Causing Prescription Fertility Drugs To Be Dispensed Without A Prescription
- February 23, 2009: Employees of Pre-Filled Syringe Manufacture Sentenced for Misbranding Medical Devices
- February 17, 2009: James Folsom Found Guilty of Twenty-Six Felony Counts Relating to His Sale of An Unapproved Medical Device.
- February 12, 2009: Bowling Green Pharmacist Pays $495,606 To Settle Federal False Claims Act And Civil Fraud Claims
- February 2, 2009: Owner of Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals and Co-Conspirators Sentenced in Prescription Drug Importation Ring
- January 27, 2009: Robert McFadden, Palm Springs Attorney, Convicted in Prescription Drug Diversion Trial
- January 15, 2009: Distributor of Counterfeit Pharmaceutical Drugs Sentenced
- January 15, 2009: Pharmaceutical Company Eli Lilly to Pay Record $1.415 Billion for Off-Label Drug Marketing
- December 18, 2008: Guilty Plea in YouTube “Poisoned Baby Food” Hoax
- September 29, 2008: Pharmaceutical Company Cephalon to Pay $425 Million for Off-Label Drug
- July 31, 2008: Manhattan Man Arrested for Posting Threatening Videos on the Internet Claiming to Have Poisoned Baby Food
- Hollywood Wildlife Dealer Convicted and Sentenced for Illegal Turtle Sales
- June 19, 2008: Medical Director of Serono Labs Charged with Causing the Dissemenation of Adulterated Computer Software Devices to Promote the Sales of AIDS Drug
- April 11, 2008: Arthur VanMoor Sentenced to 210 Months in Jail for Selling Fake Cancer Cure
- April 4, 2008 Greek National Indicted for Selling Counterfeit, Misbranded and Unapproved Prescription Dugs to Internet Pharmacies and Undercover Agents
- March 27, 2008 Otsuka to Pay More than $4 Million to Resolve off-label Marketing Allegations Involving Abilify
- February 6, 2008: Chinese, American Business Owners Indicted for Importing Tainted Ingredient Used in Pet Food
- November 9, 2007: Defendant Sentenced to 15 Months for Scheme Involving Adulterated and Misbranded Food
- September 31, 2007: Bristol-Myers Squibb to Pay More Than $515 Million to Resolve Illegal Drug Marketing and Pricing Allegations
- September 4, 2007: Nellysford, Virginia Man Receives 54 Months In Prison For Mail Fraud And Perjury
- May 10, 2007: The Purdue Frederick Company, Inc. And Top Executives Plead Guilty to Misbranding Oxycontin; Will Pay Over $600 Million
- March 8: 2007: Four Managers of Now-Defunct N.J. Generic Drug Maker Admit Fraud that Led to Collapse and Bankruptcy of Company df
- February 16, 2007: FDA Alerts Consumers to Unsafe, Misrepresented Drugs Purchased Over the Internet
- September 7, 2006: Healthcare Fraud Convictions Result In $39 Million In Forfeiture, $33 Million In Fines, $27 Million In Restitution, And Substantial Prison Time
- March 30, 2006: Pharmaceutical Wholesale Distributor And Its Owners Convicted Of Racketeering And Money Laundering
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