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May 28, 2024: Feds arrest alleged dark web market owner at JFK Airport
The operator of Incognito is charged with engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise, narcotics conspiracy, money laundering and conspiracy to sell adulterated and misbranded medication.
[...]PSM launches social media public awareness campaign about dangers of fake Botox
PSM is launching a public awareness campaign about the dangers of fake Botox. The campaign includes a dozen slides with quotes from a fake Botox victim about her physical effects. You can view the campaign elements in the gallery below or on PSM’s instagram channel as it rolls out over the next few weeks.
[...]May 20, 2024: “I woke up and my arms had fully stopped working,” fake Botox victim says
A counterfeit Botox victim described her illness to a reporter at Glamour. Additional news, including medicine sales on TikTok; a California man who allegedly sold imported etizolam; counterfeit, contaminated injections in India; and pill press seizures in three states.
[...]A peek inside a prescription drug diversion ring
The indictment and pre-sentencing memo from the Southern District of New York’s prosecution of Boris Aminov offer a “how-did-they-do-it” guide to prescription drug health care fraud, capturing text messages, crime photos, and a step-by-step guide to the deceit.
[...]May 13, 2024: Fentanyl pill seizures tripled from 2021 to 2023, says the DEA
DEA seizures of fentanyl pills tripled between 2021 and 2023. The CDC narrowed the scope of the counterfeit Botox outbreak to nine states. Additional news about counterfeit medicine in seven states.
[...]May 6, 2024: Woman develops lesions from weight loss injectable sold to her via TikTok
A New York woman has been charged with selling illegally imported weight loss drugs on TikTok. The U.S. Senate is considering legislation to ban tianeptine. A counterfeit Xanax vendor in Missouri was sentenced. More news in California, Colorado, Louisiana, and Texas.
[...]April 29, 2024: Extradition challenges continue to hamper prosecution of dangerous pill traffickers
After lengthy waits, men in two separate cases were extradited and have been sentenced for illegal sales of controlled medicines. Courts are still waiting on a Canadian man accused of selling 15 million fake Xanax pills to U.S. buyers. Biden signed the FEND Off Fentanyl Act. NABP released a report about illegal sales of GLP-1 agonists.
[...]NABP RogueRx Activity Report examines illegal sales of injectable weight loss drugs
The NABP reports that illegal actors are selling desperate patients substandard and counterfeit versions of the new generation of weight loss medicine.
[...]FDA Alert: Florida Company’s Dietary Supplement Recalled for Containing Prescription Drug Ingredients
STOP CLOPEZ CORP is voluntarily recalling one lot of Schwinnng capsules to the consumer level. FDA analysis has found the Schwinnng products to contain Nortadalafil. Nortadalafil is an active drug ingredient known for the treatment of male erectile dysfunction. The presence of Nortadalafil in Schwinnng capsules makes it an unapproved new drug for which the safety and efficacy have not been established and, therefore subject to recall.
[...]April 22, 2024: NY federal courts close cases involving fraud, second-hand HIV meds
The Southern District of New York sentenced criminals from two separate HIV drug diversion rings.
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