DoJ Cracks Down on Internet Pharmacy
Grant Gross writes on InfoWorld:
Six men face charges of illegally distributing drugs through an Internet pharmacy, and the U.S. Department of Justice is seeking forfeiture of more than $40 million in profit from the operation.More here.
The men, from the U.S. and Puerto Rico, were indicted Thursday in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa in Cedar Rapids, according to the DOJ.
The men, allegedly connected with BuyMeds.com, were charged with conspiring to illegally distribute more than 12 million narcotic pain pills and other controlled-substance medications through more than 246,000 prescriptions. They also face charges of maintaining a drug-involved premises and employing minors in a drug offense, the DOJ said in a news release.
The BuyMeds.com site was down Friday morning.
posted by Fergie @ 11/09/2007 10:44:00 AM
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