A Havertown doctor pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to charges that he imported foreign, non-FDA approved injectable medications, then falsely billed health care benefit programs for approximately $2.3 million. Rheumatologist Dr. Thomas J. Whalen, 65, pleaded to a criminal information charging him with one count of health care fraud, one count of importation contrary [...]
A Wolcott man pleaded guilty to charges that he tampered with pharmaceutical drugs intended to be used for patients, according to a statement from federal prosecutors. Carl Mancini, 43, pleaded guilty to one count of tampering with a consumer product. Mancini was employed as a pharmacist by a Connecticut company that prepared home or hospice [...]
A paramedic working at the Hamilton County Justice Center briefly appeared in court for allegedly stealing prescription medication. M. Taylor, 60, is charged with felony theft. According to court papers, Taylor stole six Oxycodone pills from a medical cart at the jail on Saturday, Dec. 14. Sheriff's investigators say Taylor admitted to taking the pills [...]
An Oklahoma City man has been sentenced to six months in prison for tampering with fentanyl and ketamine vials while working as a paramedic for an emergency air evacuation company, U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Downing announced this week. In November 2017 while working in Weatherford, Colin Andrew Davis, 34, removed fentanyl and ketamine from vials [...]
Taniko Hampton, 38, plead guilty to tampering with a consumer product. A Jacksonville nurse has pleaded guilty to tampering with a consumer product after she replaced painkillers with saline and then returned them supposedly unused, according to the United States Attorney’s Office. According to the plea agreement, on multiple occasions in 2017 and 2018, while [...]
A former pharmacist who worked at a half-dozen grocery store pharmacies in central Pennsylvania — including one in Mifflin County — is facing drug charges in Altoona. C. Edwards, 28, of Altoona, appeared before Magisterial District Judge Daniel DeAntonio on Wednesday for arraignment on a felony count of acquiring a controlled substance through misrepresentation, fraud, [...]
A warrant has been issued for a now-former Presbyterian Hospital employee accused of swiping drugs on the job. And according to court documents, he tried to beat the system to pull off his scheme. First, 30-year-old E. Newland lost his job at Presbyterian Hospital. Now, he’s facing criminal charges. An arrest warrant was issued this [...]
A 44-year-old Kansasville woman is accused of stealing prescription medications from patients at a Burlington rehabilitation center. The accused is J. Anderson — and she faces five counts of misdemeanor theft. According to the criminal complaint, Burlington police were dispatched to The Bay at Burlington on Tuesday, Dec. 3 to investigate a [...]
A Columbia Heights home health nurse was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison Tuesday for allegedly stealing medication from a patient. Documents filed in United States District Court say 26-year-old La Vang plead guilty to obtaining a controlled substance by fraud. According to a criminal complaint, suspicions were raised after blood tests from Vang’s [...]
53-year-old, Rhonda Ison, was sentenced on Wednesday, November 20, after allegedly stealing nearly 200 prescription pills from Manderley Healthcare in Osgood.In June, while working as the Director of Nursing at Manderley Healthcare in Osgood, Ison was accused of taking prescription pills, including Hydrocodone and Oxycontin. Family members that own and operate Manderley Healthcare testified the details [...]