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David Beckford was one of 5 California residents charged in a scheme to produce and sell fake Xanax from bulk medication imported from China. A Northern California Federal Court has sentenced Oakland resident David Beckford to ten years in prison after his guilty plea on counterfeit drug, money laundering, and weapons charges, The Department of Justice (DOJ) reports. According to…
Read MoreNYC Couple Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Illegally Distribute and Dispense Fake Cosmetic Injectable
Brooklyn, New York residents Bu Young Kim and Chan Hui Cho pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiring to dispense and administer cosmetic drugs and treatment without being a licensed medical professional, import of misbranded drugs and attempting to smuggle $79,986 from the United States to South Korea. According to the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), neither Kim nor…
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Counterfeit Drugs In America: Crimes, Victims & Solutions (2017), is The Partnership for Safe Medicines’ 60-page primer about the threat counterfeit medicines pose to Americans. The “fact pack” explains where counterfeit drugs come from, why they’re dangerous, how they get to American patients, and how we can protect ourselves.
Read MoreA clandestine fake drug factory in Colombia washes empty medication bottles before filling them with counterfeit Tazocin, a prescription antibiotic. Photo courtesy of Pfizer. On February 10th, 2017, the National Association of Boards of Pharmacies wrote a letter to the U.S. Congress about the risks associated with Canadian online pharmacies. The letter, below in text and in pdf link, highlights…
Read MoreThe United States Senate is currently considering proposals that could open our nation’s drug supply to unsafe and counterfeit drugs. These proposals could dramatically increase the number of counterfeit medicines that enter the U.S. and reach patients, putting their lives at risk. Contact your legislators and tell them to oppose dangerous proposals like importation that endanger the U.S. drug supply…
Read MoreThe United States Senate is currently considering proposals that could open our nation’s drug supply to unsafe and counterfeit drugs. These proposals could dramatically increase the number of counterfeit medicines that enter the U.S. and reach patients, putting their lives at risk. Contact your legislators and tell them to oppose dangerous proposals like importation that endanger the U.S. drug supply…
Read MoreThe United States Senate is currently considering proposals that could open our nation’s drug supply to unsafe and counterfeit drugs. These proposals could dramatically increase the number of counterfeit medicines that enter the U.S. and reach patients, putting their lives at risk. Contact your legislators and tell them to oppose dangerous proposals like importation that endanger the U.S. drug supply…
Read MoreJuan Gallinal, a former Virginia police officer, acted as the head of a Florida conspiracy that used a valid brick-and-mortar pharmacy as a cover for series of fake pharmacy websites that sold misbranded and addictive drugs. The owner of a fake online pharmacy business in Florida has been sentenced to eight years in prison, the Department of Justice (DOJ) reports.…
Read More28 year old Oakland resident David Beckford has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in producing and selling counterfeit Xanax pills. Beckford and his co-conspirators imported bulk medication and pill presses from China and other countries that they then turned into real-looking Xanax pills. Authorities found that he intended to put more than 150,000 fake pills…
Read MoreThe Justice Department, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) are concerned about Americans illegally purchasing prescription medicines from foreign sources. According to News Channel 10, investigations are underway to protect Americans from these potentially dangerous substances. The Justice Department has been looking at the data and as more American order prescriptions drugs…
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