Criminal Prosecution, Drug Trafficking, Prescription Drugs

DOJ Announces Record-Breaking National Health Care Fraud Takedown Against 324 Defendants with Over $14.6 Billion in Alleged Fraud

BakerHostetler on 7/2/2025

The DOJ announced on June 30 an unprecedented Health Care Fraud Takedown resulting in criminal charges against 324 defendants (including 96 doctors, nurse practitioners, pharmacists and other licensed providers), with an...more

Refusing To Provide A Drug Test Sample Will Lead To Hefty Fines And Imprisonment

Awatif Mohammad Shoqi Advocates & Legal... on 4/18/2023

There is no flexibility when it comes to drug-related offences in the UAE, and they could lead to punishments as high as deportation from the country. According to the new federal law on narcotics, Federal Decree-Law No. 30...more

Prescription and Medication Counterfeiting Defense

Oberheiden P.C. on 2/22/2022

21 U.S.C. § 331: Selling Counterfeit Drugs - Under Section 331, it is illegal to sell counterfeit drugs in interstate commerce. Because this includes online sales, the “interstate commerce” element is very easy to...more

First of Its Kind: Drug Wholesaler Accepts DPA and Two Executives Face Criminal Charges in SDNY For Illegal Distribution of...

McDermott Will & Schulte on 5/7/2019

On April 23, 2019, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced it has entered into a deferred prosecution agreement with Rochester Drug Co-Operative, Inc. (RDC), one of the 10 largest wholesale distributors of pharmaceutical...more

Big Pharma firm, under fire in drug abuse epidemic, scales back opioid’s hype

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury... on 2/13/2018

Purdue Pharma, which built a multi-billion-dollar family empire, in part, by overcoming doctors’ resistance to prescribing powerful painkillers like its own powerhouse OxyContin, has decided to curb its quarter-century of...more

DOJ Folds Criminal Case Against Federal Express

The Volkov Law Group on 6/22/2016

In another set back last week, after a contentious criminal prosecution, the government dismissed its criminal charges against Federal Express. DOJ indicted Federal Express for drug trafficking relating to shipping of illegal...more