Tag: FDA
Joshua Joseph Walden, Prescription Medication Tampering, Virginia 2026
⏱ 2 min read A Fluvanna County pharmacist, Joshua Joseph Walden, 52, has been charged with stealing prescription opioids and tampering with consumer products in Virginia. According to court records, Walden worked at Jefferson Pharmacy in Palmyra, Virginia, from July 2023 until his resignation in February 2025. During his employment, he allegedly stole liquid opioids…
Shiloe Devanglo Nixon, Fentanyl Trafficking, Minnesota 2023
⏱ 2 min read A massive fentanyl trafficking operation in Minnesota has been dismantled, with six defendants sentenced to a total of 540 months in prison. The conspiracy, which lasted from September 2023 to March 2024, involved the distribution of nearly 30 kilograms of fentanyl pills from Arizona to Minnesota. The defendants, including Shiloe Devanglo…
Matthew Kawa, Unapproved Drugs, Illinois 2026
⏱ 2 min read Matthew Kawa, 48, of Grant Park, Illinois, and his sister Jennifer Stechkober, 32, of Michigan City, Indiana, were sentenced to prison for selling unapproved drugs in interstate commerce. The siblings pleaded guilty to introducing unapproved new drugs into interstate commerce with the intent to defraud and mislead. Kawa also pleaded guilty…
Bryce Cleveland, Mail Fraud, Virginia 2026
⏱ 2 min read Bryce Cleveland, the 42-year-old CEO of Scalpa, Inc., has pleaded guilty to faking medical devices and drugs, including skincare products, in a scheme that put public health at risk in Virginia. Between 2018 and 2020, Cleveland sold unapproved devices like ScalpaJECT Hyaluronic Acid and Hyaluron Pen, as well as the unapproved…
Yanci Lissbeth Amaya Aguiluz, Clam Smuggling, Arkansas 2026
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Brandon Piper, Drug Trafficking, Michigan 2026
⏱ 2 min read Brandon Piper, a 35-year-old from Gobles, Michigan, was sentenced to 21 months in prison for his role in a scheme to import and sell unapproved, misbranded prescription drugs from China. The drugs, including peptides like semaglutide and tirzepatide, were sold to customers in the US through a Canadian website and later…
Matthew Ryan Elkins, Narcotics Tampering, Kentucky 2024
⏱ 2 min read A Crestwood nurse anesthetist, Matthew Ryan Elkins, 41, was sentenced to 6 years and 5 months in federal prison for narcotics-related offenses. The crimes occurred in Louisville, Kentucky, where Elkins worked at a pain treatment center, and were committed over a period of at least three months. Elkins was caught by…
David Ralph Webber, Misbranded Drug Introduction, Nevada 2026
⏱ 2 min read David Ralph Webber, a Henderson, Nevada man, pleaded guilty to smuggling misbranded erectile dysfunction drugs from India into the United States. Webber, who owned and operated Passion Plus Enterprises Inc. and Whole Science Health, imported hundreds of thousands of prescription drug capsules and tablets containing sildenafil and tadalafil, the active ingredients…
Scott Robinson, Drug Adulteration, Florida 2022
⏱ 2 min read Scott Robinson, a 51-year-old from Pace, Florida, has been sentenced to 20 months in federal prison for selling adulterated animal drugs online. From 2022 to 2025, Robinson advertised and sold the animal drug toltrazuril to customers across the United States via his website, despite knowing it was deemed an adulterated new…
Jia Bei Zhu, COVID Test Fraud, California 2026
⏱ 2 min read A California biolab operator, Jia Bei Zhu, 64, has been found guilty of selling over a million fake COVID tests for nearly $4 million to customers across the US. The scheme, which involved Zhu’s company Universal Meditech Inc. (UMI), was uncovered in Fresno, California, where Zhu lied to the FDA about…
