London Raid Finds $750K in Misbranded Drugs

April 23, 2013

View larger map A police raid in West London netted over $750,000 worth of misbranded and unlicensed prescription drugs. Investigators from the MHRA believe the stash were manufactured in India, and were packaged and stored in unsanitary conditions in the London flat. About 150,000 pills were seized. Most of the misbranded drugs were drugs for…

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Chicago Pharmacist Charged with Substituting Chinese Counterfeits for Genuine Medication

April 18, 2013

View larger map Michael Markiewicz, a Chicago area pharmacist, was indicted in Federal court April 18th 2013 on charges that instead of filling prescriptions with genuine ED medication, he purchased Chinese-made counterfeits and substituted them for the real drugs. Markiewicz was charged with eight counts of violating the federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act; four…

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Illinois Businessman Indicted for Selling Counterfeit Botox and Juviderm

April 3, 2013

View larger map Christopher Carstens, an Alton Illinois businessman, has been charged with nine counts in federal court related to his sales of counterfeit Botox and Juviderm through his company, Orthopaedic Soultions, Inc. It is alleged that Carstens distributed approximately 5,879 units of foreign versions of Botox and Juvederm via his sales representatives to doctors…

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4 Welsh Residents Sentenced in UK Counterfeit Drugs Case

March 27, 2013

View larger map In the United Kingdom, three men and one woman in southeastern Wales have been sentenced in a counterfeit drugs case involving a fake online pharmacy based in Pakistan. Andrew Luxton was sentenced to one year in jail. Samantha Steed was sentenced to 12 months in jail, suspended for 18 months. Carl Willis…

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Founder of Montana Healthcare Solutions Pleads Guilty in Counterfeit Cancer Drug Case

March 23, 2013

View larger map On March 21, 2013, Paul Bottomley, a citizen of the United Kingdom, signed a plea agreement acknowledging his guilt in distributing counterfeit versions of the cancer drug Avastin in the United States. He admitted that the business he founded, Montana Healthcare Solutions, played a significant role in distributing the counterfeit cancer medication…

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Portguese National Sentenced to 44 Months in Jail after $2.4 Million Worth of Unlicensed and Class C Drugs Seized by MHRA

February 25, 2013

View larger map Mahomed Bacai, a Portuguese national living in the United Kingdom, was sentenced to 44 months in prison for running an illegal mail order drug business out of his home. The investigation conducted by the Medicine Healthcare Regulatory Agency (MHRA) resulted in the seizure of approximately £1.6 million worth of unlicensed, prescription-only-medicines and…

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Brother of Lebanese State Minister Arrested in Counterfeit Drugs Case

February 15, 2013

View in larger map Abdul Latif Fneish, the brother of Lebanese Minister of State for Administrative Affairs, Mohammad Fneish, has had an arrest warrant issued against him in Lebanon as a result of his links to counterfeit drug importation. In November 2012, Abdul Latif was linked via media reports to the forging of laboratory test…

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7 Sentenced in China For Producing Toxic Gel Medicine Capsules

February 6, 2013

View in larger map 7 people in China have been sentenced up to 11 years in jail for producing chromium-laced gel medicine capsules. The case first came to light in April 2012 , when Chinese authorities arrested 72 people for producing drug capsules produced from industrial grade gelatin rendered from leather processing. Who: Chinese State…

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3rd Instance of Counterfeit Cancer Treatment Found in United States

February 5, 2013

View larger map A third instance of a counterfeit version of the cancer therapy drug Avastin, labeled Altuzan (as it is labeled in Turkey) has been found in the United States, announced the FDA. The FDA has conducted tests on samples of the drug and found them to be counterfeit. Medical practices obtained the counterfeit…

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