Prosecution for White Collar Drug Dealing
Laurence Doud is charged with a conspiracy to violate the Controlled Substances Act – drug trafficking – in the Southern District of New York. Doud is not your typical narcotrafficker. He is the CEO of a pharmaceutical company. This is a novel prosecution seeking to pierce the corporate boardrooms and pressure pharmaceutical executives in the […]
Two new PPP fraud indictments this week
This week brought two new Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) fraud indictments. The first indictment is out of the Southern District of Texas. The case is United States v. Amir Aqeel, et al., Case No, 4:20-cr-583 (S.D. Texas). In Aqeel, seven individuals were charged with filing over 80 fraudulent loan applications worth $16 million. The defendants […]
DOJ Indicts Opiod Distributor and Executives
Alleged Improper Opioid Sales Yesterday, a federal grand jury returned an indictment accusing Ohio- based Miami-Luken, former President Anthony Rattini, and former compliance officer James Barclay of conspiring to distribute controlled substances without a legitimate medical purpose. Also indicted were two pharmacist, Devonna Miller-West and Samuel “Randy” Ballengee, who each owned a pharmacy in West […]
Back to blogging after the Esformes trial
Sale of Durable Medical Equipment & Telemedicine After two months trying the Esformes case, I come back to big news in health care fraud prosecutions. Yesterday, the Department of Justice and various U.S. Attorneys offices announced prosecutions against 24 individuals involved in the sale and distribution of Durable Medical Equipment and Telemedicine. “…one of the […]
Government mined data released in opioid litigation