Shreveport, LA - The United States of America charged Melissa W. Richardson with stealing drugs from mail-out prescriptions.

A licensed pharmacist, who was formerly employed with the Overton Brooks VA Medical Center (VAMC) in Shreveport, was found guilty today by a federal jury for stealing controlled substances from mail-out prescriptions.

Following a one-week trial and four hou... More...   $0 (02-05-2020 - LA)

Raleigh, NC - The United States of America sued Robert L. Crocker and Farmville Discount Drug, Inc. seeking a permanent injunction ordering the Defendants to never again sell opioid drugs.

A consent judgment and permanent injunction was entered requiring a North Carolina pharmacy, FARMVILLE DISCOUNT DRUG, INC., as well as its owner and pharmacist-in-charge, ROBERT L. CROCKER, to pay $600,... More...   $0 (02-04-2020 - NC)

Savannah, GA - The United States of America charged Demetrius Lamar Jackson, a/k/a "Meechy" with armed robbery and carjacking.

A convicted felon faces up to life in prison after pleading guilty to planning and executing a string of armed robberies and carjackings across Georgia and South Carolina in November 2018.

Demetrius Lamar Jackson, a/k/a “Meechy,” 30, of Savannah, pled gui... More...   $0 (01-31-2020 - GA)

Casper, WY - The United States of America sued Albertsons, LLC d/b/a Osco Pharmacy in Caspar, Wyoming with numerous violations of the Controlled Substances Act

Osco pharmacy located at 1076 CY Avenue in Casper, Wyoming, which is owned and operated by Albertsons LLC. Albertsons agreed to pay one million dollars to resolve allegations that its Casper-based pharmacy had committed numerous v... More...   $0 (01-30-2020 - WY)

Boston, MA - The United States of America charged John Kapoor with conspiracy to bribe medical practitioners to prescribe pain medication manufactured by his company.

The founder of Insys Therapeutics, John Kapoor, was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for orchestrating a scheme to bribe practitioners to prescribe Subsys, a fentanyl-based pain medication, often when medically unn... More...   $0 (01-24-2020 - ma)

San Diego, CA - Nicole Johnson sued CVS Pharmacy, Inc. on a personal injury negligence theory.... More...   $0 (01-22-2020 - CA)

Defendants and appellants Sony Music Entertainment
(Sony), John Branca, as co-executor of the estate of Michael J.
Jackson (the Estate), and MJJ Productions, Inc. (collectively
Appellants) appealed from an order of the superior court partially
denying their motion to strike under the anti-SLAPP statute.
(Code Civ. Proc., § 425.16.)
1 We previously issued an opinion in
t... More...   $0 (01-09-2020 - CA)

Alexandria, VA - The United States of America charged Lawrence B. Ryan with:

Title 18, United States Code, Section 371 - CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD THE UNITED STATES/Title 21, United States Code, Section 853, and Title 28, United States Code. Section 2461(c)- Criminal Forfeiture
(1)

A Norfolk man pleaded guilty to conspiring to unlawfully sell prescription drugs to consumers witho... More...   $0 (01-08-2020 - VA)

Pittsburgh, PA - The United States of America charged Mohammed Jibril and Arthur Lee Worthy, II with conspiracy to commit armed pharmacy robbery, conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances and armed pharmacy robbery.

Mohammed Jibril, age 19, of Reynoldsburg, Ohio, and Arthur Lee Worthy, II, age 21, of Columbus, Ohio, each pleaded guilty to three counts.

... More...   $0 (01-01-2020 - PA)

Pittsburgh, PA - The United States of America charged Mohammed Jibril and Arthur Lee Worthy, II with armed robbery.


Two Ohio men pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit armed pharmacy robbery, conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances and armed pharmacy robbery.

Mohammed Jibril, age 19, of Reynoldsburg, Ohio, and Arthur Lee Worthy, II, a... More...   $0 (12-27-2019 - PA)

Washington, DC - Arlette Louden sued District of Columbia CVS Pharmacy, LLC on a personal injury premises liability theory claiming to have suffered $3 million in injuries and/or damages on as a direct result of an accident the Defendant's store.... More...   $1 (12-13-2019 - DC)

Philadelphia, PA - The United States of America charged Anmol Sing Kamra with conspiracy to distribute oxycodone.

Anmol Singh Kamra, 27, of Upper Darby, PA was convicted of conspiracy to distribute oxycodone outside the usual course of professional practice and with no legitimate medical purpose.

Kamra, a pharmacy technician at Campus Pharmacy in West Philadelphia, conspired wit... More...   $0 (12-03-2019 - PA)

Kansas City, KS - United States of America charged Jeffrey P. Wilson with wire fraud.

A Kansas man pleaded guilty to swindling the buyer of an online pharmacy business.

Jeffrey P. Wilson, 37, Olathe, Kan., pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud. In his plea, Wilson admitted he placed an ad on Craigslist offering to sell Medx1.com, an online pharmacy business he claimed used a ... More...   $0 (11-30-2019 - KS)

Jackson, MS - The United States of America charged Fallon Deneem Page with health care fraud in connection with a compounding pharmacy fraud scheme.

Fallon Deneem Page, 37, of Hattiesburg, pled guilty yesterday before Senior U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett to mail fraud in connection with a compound pharmacy fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge M... More...   $0 (11-25-2019 - MS)

Louisville, KY - The United States ex rel. Stone v. Jewish Hosp. & St. Mary’s Healthcare, Inc., et al., on qui tam theories claiming they submitted false claims for Medicare reimbursement.

Jewish Hospital & St. Mary’s Healthcare Inc., doing business as Pharmacy Plus and Pharmacy Plus Specialty (collectively, Jewish Hospital), of Louisville, Kentucky, have agreed to pay $10,101,132 to res... More...   $10101132 (11-21-2019 - KY)

In July 2013, the Executive Officer of the California State Board of Pharmacy (the
Board) filed an accusation against pharmacist Solomon Oduyale, citing 20 charges for
discipline and seeking revocation of his pharmacist license. By August 2016, Oduyale
had successfully challenged all but nine of the charges for discipline against him. The
Board then ordered Oduyale's pharmacist lic... More...   $0 (10-16-2019 - CA)

Does “regular rate of compensation” for calculating meal
or rest break premium payments mean the same thing as
“regular rate of pay” for calculating overtime premium payments,
and does facially neutral “rounding” of employee work time
systematically undercompensate Jessica Ferra and a class of
employees of Loews Hollywood Hotel, LLC (Loews)? We agree
with the trial court th... More...   $0 (10-10-2019 - CA)