Laboratories is set for Aug. 12, 2019. In addition to seeking injunctive and civil monetary penalty relief for violations of the CSA, the complaint also contains allegations under the False Claims Act for falsely billing Medicare for illegally dispensed controlled substance prescriptions.
A restitution order required the defendant to pay restitution of more than $3.8 million, and the court repeatedly ordered the defendant to sell his condominiums in Costa Rica and apply the funds to his restitution obligations. Jonathan Doyle, the president of USPlabs, and Jacobo Geissler, the CEO of USP Labs, pleaded guilty February 21 and February 28, respectively, to conspiracy to introduce misbranded food into interstate commerce. According to an indictment returned by a Miami grand jury, the defendants supervised call centers in Peru that placed calls to Spanish-speaking consumers across the United States. Long did not have authorization to charge any of these victims’ accounts. The injunction follows a temporary restraining order entered on allegations that the defendants sent fraudulent notifications to consumers promising large cash prizes pending payment of small fees.On August 6, 2018, the District Court permanently enjoined a group of entities and individuals alleged to have been involved for more than a decade in predatory mail fraud schemes that targeted primarily elderly victims throughout the world.On July 25, 2018, Lawson Basnight of Norfolk, Virginia, was sentenced to serve 18 months in prison and three years of supervised release in connection with an odometer and title fraud scheme.
Many victims made monetary payments based on these threats. Sitesh Patel, the vice president of S.K. Harkonen was convicted of wire fraud in 2009 for distributing a fraudulent press release designed to boost sales of his company’s main drug.On October 6, 2017, Jonathan Wall was sentenced to probation and Onochie Aghaegbuna was sentenced to time served related to their roles in RX Limited, a fraudulent Internet pharmacy scheme.
The Dutch authorities also took control of the Dutch postal boxes used by the defendants to receive victim funds. Downing and its immediate predecessor, NuVision Pharmacy, Inc., adulterated compounded sterile injectable drugs by preparing them under insanitary conditions, and by using methods or controls that did not comply with current good manufacturing practices. The complaint alleged that the defendants continued to make such claims in violation of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act despite receiving a March 6 joint warning letter from the Food and Drug Administration and the Federal Trade Commission.In an order entered May 4, 2020, U.S. District Judge David O. Carter enjoined Innovative BioDefense, Inc., of Lake Forest, California, along with company CEO Colette Cozean and distributor Hotan Barough, from distributing “Zylast” hand sanitizer products until the company removes disease-specific claims from product labeling or obtains FDA approval. ); 2:12-CV-2264 (D.N.J. The fine represents Akinyoyenu’s pecuniary gain from the crime. L.A. Star processed and distributed a variety of ready-to-eat fish products.
The consent decree requires Neptune to cease all manufacturing operations and requires that, in order for defendants to resume distributing seafood products, the FDA first must determine that Neptune’s manufacturing practices have come into compliance with the law. Basnight pleaded guilty in January to one count of conspiracy to commit odometer tamping and securities fraud.On June 25, 2018, Michael Rossi was sentenced to 63 months in prison plus three years of supervised release in connection with a telemarketing scheme that defrauded thousands of victims, many of whom were elderly, out of more than $2.7 million. According to the complaint, the defendants issued thousands of prescriptions without apparent regard for patient harm, including prescriptions for a dangerous combination of an opioid, short-acting benzodiazepine, and a muscle relaxer.
Pursuant to the decree, the defendants must cease all operations and obtain FDA’s approval before resuming the manufacture of dietary supplements in the future.On June 30, 2015, former Quality Egg marketing manager Tony Wasmund was sentenced to four years’ probation for his participation in a conspiracy to bribe a USDA Inspector, to sell restricted eggs with intent to defraud, and to introduce misbranded food into interstate commerce with intent to defraud and mislead regulators and customers. The decree against Lyman was filed on July 12, 2016, and is subject to court approval.On May 18, 2016, drug and medical device company B. Braun Medical Inc. (B. Braun) agreed to pay $4.8 million in penalties and forfeiture and up to $3 million in restitution to resolve its criminal liability for selling contaminated B. Braun pre-filled saline flush syringes in 2007.
A restitution order required the defendant to pay restitution of more than $3.8 million, and the court repeatedly ordered the defendant to sell his condominiums in Costa Rica and apply the funds to his restitution obligations. Jonathan Doyle, the president of USPlabs, and Jacobo Geissler, the CEO of USP Labs, pleaded guilty February 21 and February 28, respectively, to conspiracy to introduce misbranded food into interstate commerce. According to an indictment returned by a Miami grand jury, the defendants supervised call centers in Peru that placed calls to Spanish-speaking consumers across the United States. Long did not have authorization to charge any of these victims’ accounts. The injunction follows a temporary restraining order entered on allegations that the defendants sent fraudulent notifications to consumers promising large cash prizes pending payment of small fees.On August 6, 2018, the District Court permanently enjoined a group of entities and individuals alleged to have been involved for more than a decade in predatory mail fraud schemes that targeted primarily elderly victims throughout the world.On July 25, 2018, Lawson Basnight of Norfolk, Virginia, was sentenced to serve 18 months in prison and three years of supervised release in connection with an odometer and title fraud scheme.
Many victims made monetary payments based on these threats. Sitesh Patel, the vice president of S.K. Harkonen was convicted of wire fraud in 2009 for distributing a fraudulent press release designed to boost sales of his company’s main drug.On October 6, 2017, Jonathan Wall was sentenced to probation and Onochie Aghaegbuna was sentenced to time served related to their roles in RX Limited, a fraudulent Internet pharmacy scheme.
The Dutch authorities also took control of the Dutch postal boxes used by the defendants to receive victim funds. Downing and its immediate predecessor, NuVision Pharmacy, Inc., adulterated compounded sterile injectable drugs by preparing them under insanitary conditions, and by using methods or controls that did not comply with current good manufacturing practices. The complaint alleged that the defendants continued to make such claims in violation of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act despite receiving a March 6 joint warning letter from the Food and Drug Administration and the Federal Trade Commission.In an order entered May 4, 2020, U.S. District Judge David O. Carter enjoined Innovative BioDefense, Inc., of Lake Forest, California, along with company CEO Colette Cozean and distributor Hotan Barough, from distributing “Zylast” hand sanitizer products until the company removes disease-specific claims from product labeling or obtains FDA approval. ); 2:12-CV-2264 (D.N.J. The fine represents Akinyoyenu’s pecuniary gain from the crime. L.A. Star processed and distributed a variety of ready-to-eat fish products.
The consent decree requires Neptune to cease all manufacturing operations and requires that, in order for defendants to resume distributing seafood products, the FDA first must determine that Neptune’s manufacturing practices have come into compliance with the law. Basnight pleaded guilty in January to one count of conspiracy to commit odometer tamping and securities fraud.On June 25, 2018, Michael Rossi was sentenced to 63 months in prison plus three years of supervised release in connection with a telemarketing scheme that defrauded thousands of victims, many of whom were elderly, out of more than $2.7 million. According to the complaint, the defendants issued thousands of prescriptions without apparent regard for patient harm, including prescriptions for a dangerous combination of an opioid, short-acting benzodiazepine, and a muscle relaxer.
Pursuant to the decree, the defendants must cease all operations and obtain FDA’s approval before resuming the manufacture of dietary supplements in the future.On June 30, 2015, former Quality Egg marketing manager Tony Wasmund was sentenced to four years’ probation for his participation in a conspiracy to bribe a USDA Inspector, to sell restricted eggs with intent to defraud, and to introduce misbranded food into interstate commerce with intent to defraud and mislead regulators and customers. The decree against Lyman was filed on July 12, 2016, and is subject to court approval.On May 18, 2016, drug and medical device company B. Braun Medical Inc. (B. Braun) agreed to pay $4.8 million in penalties and forfeiture and up to $3 million in restitution to resolve its criminal liability for selling contaminated B. Braun pre-filled saline flush syringes in 2007.