Tag: January 2024
Gary Cederquist, Prescription Pill Trafficking, Massachusetts 2023
GRIMY TIMES EXCLUSIVE Boston, MA – In a major crackdown on prescription pill trafficking, federal authorities have taken down a Massachusetts man accused of leading a massive scheme to distribute fake and misbranded prescription pills. Gary Cederquist, a 54-year-old from Worcester, Massachusetts, was arrested and charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, including fentanyl, oxycodone,…
Gary Cederquist, Money Laundering, Massachusetts 2023
Boston, MA – In a move that will send shockwaves through the city’s financial underworld, a federal judge has slammed 64-year-old Gary Cederquist with a 10-year sentence for masterminding a massive money laundering operation. According to court documents, Cederquist, a longtime resident of Boston, orchestrated a scheme that funneled millions of dollars through a complex…
Uchenna Nwadavid, Federal Charges, Massachusetts 2024
BOSTON, MA – Charles Uchenna Nwadavid is now embroiled in a federal criminal case in the District Court of Massachusetts, docket number 1:24-cr-10022. Details surrounding the specific cause of action remain tightly guarded, but the U.S. Attorney’s office has confirmed an investigation is underway. Nwadavid, whose age and city of residence were not immediately available,…
Chukwunonso Obiora, $1.2M Pill Mill Scheme, Massachusetts 2018
Braintree pharmacist Chukwunonso Obiora, 36, has been accused of running a brazen pill mill operation, swindling Medicare out of $1.2 million in illicit profits. A federal grand jury indicted Obiora on charges of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, wire fraud, and conspiracy to launder monetary instruments. The scheme allegedly took place between 2018 and…
Asim Muhammad Ali, Ketamine Distribution Scheme, St. Louis MO, 2024
Two St. Louis-area doctors ran a ketamine clinic like their own personal drug distribution operation – and the feds finally caught up with them. Dr. Asim Muhammad Ali and Dr. Mohd Azfar Malik were indicted on January 11, 2024 on 22 felony counts including conspiracy to illegally distribute controlled substances, maintaining a drug-involved premises, and…
Wyndham Corporation, Sex Trafficking, USA, 2023
Major hotel chains including Wyndham, Choice Hotels, Red Roof Inn, and others are facing federal civil litigation brought by sex trafficking survivors who allege the hotels knowingly profited from the exploitation occurring on their properties. The cases were consolidated before the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation as In Re: Hotel Industry Sex Trafficking Litigation…
Elizabeth Holmes Banned from Healthcare for Life, Palo Alto CA, 2022
Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of Theranos Inc., has been banned for life from participating in federal healthcare programs by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG). The exclusion follows her 2022 conviction for wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud against investors. Holmes was sentenced to 11 years…
