The Michigan Attorney General's Office has charged 10 Lansing-area residents in connection with an prescription drug ring.(Photo: LSJ file photo) EAST LANSING - Ten Lansing-area residents have been charged in connection with an opioid prescription drug ring, the Michigan Attorney General's Office said in a release. The AG's office alleges that Jennifer Bicego, 30, of Lansing, obtained [...]
A Henderson man has pleaded guilty to fraudulently distributing more than $100 million worth of prescription drugs that came from the black market. Randy Crowell, 56, pleaded guilty last week in the federal court’s Southern District of New York to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud. The case stretches from Utah, where [...]
LONDON, Ky. (WYMT) - One Clay County woman is facing charges in Laurel County for forging a prescription from the place she worked at. Friday, leaders at London Women's Care received a call from a pharmacy in Manchester, concerning the legitimacy of a prescription. Arresting officer Gary Proffitt told WMYT, "They were able to find [...]
A plea / trial setting hearing in the case of Anne Marie Coke, 36, of Marshall, has been set for Monday, Feb. 27, at 11 a.m. Coke appeared before the Division IV Circuit Court Monday, Jan. 9, facing charges of 134 felony counts of fraudulently attempting to obtain a controlled substance. The instances of oxycodone [...]
BUFFALO, N.Y (WKBW) - Doctor Albert Cowie, a board-certified radiologist from Amherst, is scheduled to be sentenced in U.S. Federal District Court in Buffalo for illegally prescribing narcotics. Last year, Dr. Cowie pleaded guilty to obtaining controlled substances by fraud and health care fraud before U.S. District Judge Lawrence Vilardo. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 10 years [...]
Donnie Joe Goodman III, Dawn Marie Lecuyer's mug shot was unavailable.(Photo: Submitted) A Maryland man and woman were found in possession of 75 false prescriptions in November, according to affidavits filed with District Judge James Miner. Police were called to Giant Food Stores in the 800 block of Baltimore Street in Hanover after a pharmacist [...]
By Stewart Bishop Law360, New York (January 6, 2017, 6:09 PM EST) -- The owner of a Utah-based wholesale distribution company on Friday admitted to fraudulently distributing to pharmacies over $100 million worth of prescription drugs that he bought on the black market. Nevada resident Randy "Roger" Crowell pled guilty before U.S. District Judge Edgardo [...]
Two Detroit residents are now jailed after, investigators say, they tried to fill a fake prescription for narcotics at a local drug store. Oakland County Sheriff’s deputies were sent at 8:46 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 4, to the CVS Pharmacy in the 3400 block of Baldwin Road to investigate a report of prescription fraud. Arriving officers [...]
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A former physician who practiced in Barboursville pleaded guilty to a federal drug charge, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Gregory Donald Chaney, 52, entered his guilty plea to obtaining a controlled substance by fraud. Chaney was the owner of Tri-State Medical Center, which is now out of business. On December 1, [...]
Hickory Police have released more information regarding the arrest of 21-year-old Fantazia Iesha Weeks of Morrow, Georgia. She was arrested at about 11:40 a.m. yesterday (December 29) on two felony counts of attempting to obtain a controlled substance by forgery or fraud. She was arrested after Police responded to the Viewmont Pharmacy on 13th Avenue [...]