The civil penalties include $168 million payable to the United States related to at least 66 million illegal calls by Dish and its retailers. During the course of the scheme, Rodis Law Group and Americas Law Group obtained more than $9,000,000 from over 1,800 homeowners. 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. South Dakota Man Pleads Guilty in QLasers Medical Device ScamUnited States v. Ronald D. Weir, Jr. Press Release 401(3), in connection with his role in several fraudulent business opportunities. Laboratories is set for Aug. 12, 2019. Docket Number: 2:18-CR-0046 (E.D.N.Y.). On August 20, 2018, the United States filed a civil complaint for permanent injunction against Foo Yuan Food Products Company, Inc., its owner and president Hsing Chang, and its secretary Susan Chang. Pentax was charged in a criminal complaint with failing to file timely reports of two hospital infection outbreaks associated with its duodenoscope and with shipping four other types of endoscopes for 18 months without FDA-approved instructions for use. A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States. This is called "remote access According to court filings, Devon Luna purchased high-mileage vehicles through his company, Pioneer Auto Finance. Cal.). Blue Bell Creameries Pleads Guilty in Ice Cream Listeria Contamination Case, United States v. Blue Bell Creameries Okla.). The defendants attempted to conceal their smuggling by using shipping labels that misrepresented the contents of their shipments, including customs declarations falsely describing the contents as gifts or toys with low declared monetary values, and by using multiple addresses in an effort to reduce the likelihood of seizures by U.S. Customs and Border Protection authorities. Each defendant was charged with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and at least one substantive count of mail fraud. In the lawsuit, the United States alleged that the defendants violated the FTCs Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR) by (1) making deceptive claims to, among other things, induce consumers to purchase the defendants DVDs, (2) placing numerous calls to phone numbers on the National Do Not Call (DNC) Registry, (3) ignoring consumers prior do-not-call requests, (4) failing to make required oral disclosures, (5) failing to transmit accurate caller ID information, and (6) abandoning calls answered by consumers. Podesta and Polo admitted that they managed and supervised call centers for the scheme. District Court Enters Permanent Injunction Against Illinois Caviar Supplier United States v. Mary ParrishPress Release Docket Number: 1:20-cv-21601 (S.D. U.S. District Court Judge Robert Pitman has scheduled the sentencing hearing for Blue Bell Creameries for September 17, 2020. Ltd., Aurora Jouffroy-Brandtner, Chantal Seguy, Marion Elchlepp, Macromark, Inc., Mary Ellen Meyer, Mail Order Solutions India Pvt. 19-cv-03073 (E.D.N.Y.). According to the complaint, Parrish failed to ensure the temperature of ready-to-eat caviar remained at a level low enough to control Clostridium botulinum growth and toxin formation, which can cause botulism. The firm sold their soups to various distributors after receiving seafood from other states including Florida. United States v. All Articles of Other-Sonic Generic Ultrasound Transmission Gel;United States v. Pharmaceutical Innovations, Inc. Press ReleaseDocket Number: 2:14-CV-6139 (D.N.J. On November 4, the United States filed an injunction action against Scilabs and Edalat seeking this relief. Press Release The courts order permanently enjoins the defendants from violating the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and requires Gold Star and Pincow to implement consumer safety measures before continuing to process, pack, or distribute any fish or fishery products. Long previously operated as a third-party payment processor, creating and depositing checks on behalf of numerous merchants. Docket NO. In addition, S.K. Following a hearing, the court entered an order allowing the government to seek liquidated damages for further violations and imposing other restrictions aimed at curtailing Kimuras participation in the schemes. Docket Number: 1:20-cr-20190 (S.D. In the course of authorizing drug orders for RX Limited, the defendant had no face-to-face contact with customers, performed no mental or physical examinations, did not take patient histories or perform any diagnostic or laboratory testing, did not check the accuracy of the information customers provided, and did not monitor, or provide any means to monitor, medication response. They are expected to enter guilty pleas to the informations, which were filed in the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern District of Louisiana and Middle District of Florida. Docket Number: 2:17-CR-00004 (E.D. Medical Doctor Pleads Guilty in Clinical Trial Fraud Scheme. The permanent injunction prohibits the defendants from distributing Miracle Mineral Solution, an industrial bleach product the defendants touted as a cure for COVID-19 and a plethora of other serious diseases. Ronald Rodis was paid for the use of his law license in an effort to lend legitimacy to the operation. The drugs were authorized and dispensed without any valid doctor-patient relationship; the websites linked to RX Limited focused on selling Soma, tramadol, and Fioricet directly to customers. Yabe was formerly the top regulatory official at the Japanese company, which also was convicted and in December was ordered to pay $85 million in criminal fines and forfeiture. A civil attorney, commonly known as a litigator, is a lawyer hired by a client to pursue or defend a civil lawsuit in a court of law. The order also imposes a civil penalty of approximately $45.4 million, of which all but $487,735 is conditionally suspended based on the defendants financial condition. In a complaint filed in February, the United States alleged the companys medicated feed labels did not list active drug ingredients or include adequate instructions for use. Docket Number: 6:18-CR-0004 (D. As part of the scheme, a victim in Maryland was contacted by an individual in Jamaica and told that she had won a multi-million dollar lottery prize, but that in order to collect her lottery prize, she first had to pay taxes and fees. Docket Number: 2:18-CR-00726 (D. N.J.). On September 15, 2020, the district court entered a consent decree of permanent injunction against Fortune Food Product, Inc., company president Steven Seeto, and supervisor Tiffany Jiang. Olympus pleaded guilty to three misdemeanor counts and Yabe to one misdemeanor count of violating the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act by failing to file the required reports with the U.S. Food & Drug Administration. On November 12, 2019, a grand jury charged six Las Vegas-area residents in connection with a fraudulent mass-mailing scheme that allegedly tricked hundreds of thousands of consumers into paying more than $10 million in fees for purported cash prizes. If your court offers it, look at electronic records over the internet. On January 22, 2020, two Mississippi men were sentenced on charges stemming from their participation in a conspiracy to roll back odometers on used vehicles. The complaint alleges that the two rural pharmacies are among the highest purchasers of opioids per capita in the entire country. 2:21-cv-00267 (D. Utah). The FDA had specifically refused Acclarents request to clear the Stratus for marketing as a drug delivery device without further submissions to support that use. In reality, these companies were telemarketing operations that did very little to help homeowners after they paid upfront fees ranging from $3,500 to $5,500. A civil action begins when a party to a dispute files a complaint, and pays a filing fee required by statute. Docket Number: 1:16-CR-20821 (S.D. The letters falsely claimed recipients had won money or valuable prizes, such as luxury cars. ); 2:14-CV-1156 (D.N.J. ), Docket Numbers: 2:16-CR-0124 (E.D. The order also compels the company to issue notices to its customers disavowing past COVID-19 claims, offer full refunds to affected customers, and enter a robust compliance plan to prevent future violations of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, among other statutes. Fla.). Tex.). Docket Number: 15-14400 (11th Cir.). MMS is a mixture of water and sodium chlorite, an industrial chemical used as a pesticide, for fracking and for wastewater treatment. Six defendants were convicted of conspiracy, mail fraud, and wire fraud charges following trial in 2015. Docket Number: 1:20-cv-493 (W.D. The Court also denied two motions to intervene in the case by a data privacy advocacy group and a private individual. The charges allege that the defendants defrauded more than 1 million victims of over $180 million dollars by sending letters purporting to be from world-renowned psychics and promising assistance in achieving wealth and happiness in return for a fee. Before B. Brauns quality department approved either of AM2PATs changes, B. Braun began selling syringes manufactured in AM2PATs new facility. Trial for the remaining defendants is set for July 13, 2021. District Court Issues First-of-its-Kind TRO to Stop Tennessee Pharmacies and Pharmacists from Dispensing OpioidsUnited States v. Oakley Pharmacy, Inc. et al. Sentencing before U.S. District Judge Beth Bloom is set for April 16, 2021, in Miami. Sixteen Defendants Have Pled Guilty to the Fraudulent Sale of Vending Machine Business Opportunities Fraud; Six Defendants Accused of Fraud Are Awaiting TrialVendstar (Multivend, LLC) (United States v. Edward Morris "Ned" Weaver, Lawrence A. Kaplan, Scott M. Doumas, Mark Benowitz, Richard R. Goldberg, Richard Linick, Paul E. Raia, Howard S. Strauss, Wallace W. Wally DiRenzo, and James P. Ellis, a/k/a Max Braddock, a/k/a Patrick Cosgrove, a/k/a Todd Parker," Theodore D. Heyman, Adam Abzug, Jeffrey T. Baird, a/k/a Jay Baird, Dennis Daniele, Jay A. Friedman, Steven Gralnick, a/k/a Robert Gralnick, Mark L. Harris, a/k/a Harris Marks, Iris Jumper; Michael C. Minotto, a/k/a Dean Minotto, Steven Rosenberg, Anthony Joseph Spinelli, and Barry Stern), Press Release In pleading guilty, Ryan admitted that from 2007 through 2010, he unlawfully authorized more than 158,000 drug orders placed by customers using websites to purchase prescription drugs, including Fioricet, a drug that contains butalbital, a controlled substance. Elderly victims of the scheme were contacted and falsely told that they had won millions of dollars in a lottery or sweepstakes. Ill.). Business Formation. The date of the sentencing hearing has not yet been set. Court Enters Preliminary Injunction in Case Involving Silver Products Touted as a COVID-19 Treatment, United States v. Xephyr LLC, et al. As charged in the information, amino acid used in compounding the TPN was adulterated in that it was contaminated with Serratia marcescens (S. marcescens) and was prepared, packed, or held under insanitary conditions. The hot coffee case in the United States has polarized the public, while the O.J. Charges Unsealed Against Three Individuals Alleged to Have Operated Massive Mail Fraud Scheme United States v. Thanos, United States v. Lett, United States v. Runner Ten of those defendants have been sentenced to prison, and 12 have been sentenced to probation. Victims of the scheme received telephone calls about substantial lottery prizes they supposedly had won. Many of the victims were elderly. BEK prepared, processed, packed, and distributed ready-to-eat seafood products, namely seafood soups sold under the names Shrimp Locksley and Mamas Gumbo. 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