IL: Wilmette retail thefts lead to multimillion-dollar bust of...
Healthcare Rx Drug Diversion – Supply Chain Criminal Enterprise A yearlong investigation resulted in eight arrests on Thursday, Oct. 6, in what police call a “sophisticated criminal enterprise”...
View ArticleIL: Psychologist Convicted of Health Care Fraud Scheme
A federal jury convicted a licensed Illinois psychologist of defrauding Medicare over the course of several years by causing the submission of fraudulent claims for psychotherapy services he never...
View ArticleUS: Justice Department Announces Charges Against Sinaloa Cartel’s Global...
“Chapitos” Charged in Department’s Latest Actions to Disrupt Flow of Illegal Fentanyl and Other Dangerous Drugs The Justice Department today announced charges unsealed in the Southern District of New...
View ArticleWA: Cases of marijuana laced with fentanyl increasing
Police claimed to find marijuana laced with fentanyl in Alabama, Illinois, Louisiana and New York There is an increase in cases of marijuana laced with fentanyl, according to a Washington doctor, with...
View ArticleIL: Pharmacist Convicted of Stealing and Selling COVID-19 Cards
A federal jury in Chicago convicted an Illinois pharmacist on Friday for stealing and selling COVID-19 vaccination cards. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, pharmacist...
View ArticleIL: Suburban Chicago Physician Sentenced to Federal Prison for Prescribing...
Healthcare Facility Rx Drug Diversion – Pill Mill A suburban Chicago physician has been sentenced to a federal prison term for prescribing opioids to patients without a medical examination and then...
View ArticleUS: States with the best, worst rates of nursing facility warnings
Illinois has the highest percentage of nursing facilities with actual harm or immediate jeopardy warnings while Maine has the lowest. KFF analyzed 2022 data from Nursing Home Compare to find the rates...
View ArticleIL: Pair Accused Of Stealing Thousands Of Pills From Walgreens Pharmacy
Police say Kionna Kemp, 23, and Devan Flax, 19, both of Chicago, led officers on a high-speed chase following Wednesday’s incident. Two Chicago residents are accused of stealing close to 8,000 pills...
View ArticleIL: Former Nursing Home Worker Charged with Wire Fraud in “Ghost” Employee...
Healthcare Facility Rx Drug Diversion – Embezzlement A federal grand jury in Chicago returned an indictment charging a former nursing home employee with seven counts of wire fraud. According to court...
View ArticleIL: New Jersey Man Admits to Conspiring with India-Based Company to Mail...
A New Jersey man admitted guilt in a U.S. District courtroom in southern Illinois Tuesday to acting as a middleman between an India-based pharmaceutical distribution company and customers in the United...
View ArticleIL: Fake Xanax Hospitalizes Three in Chicago
Three young adults were in intensive care after taking bromazolam they thought was alprazolam Three young adults in Chicago who thought they were taking alprazolam (Xanax) actually ingested the...
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IL: Drug Producing Devices Intercepted by Chicago CBP
Several shipments containing instruments drug traffickers use to manufacture illicit drugs were seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Chicago on January 7. A few shipments...
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