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The owner of a Utah pharmacy that was poised to sell millions of dollars worth of hydroxychloroquine to the state has pleaded guilty to illegally importing the drugs before the state canceled the controversial contracts.
Dan Richards, CEO of Draper-based Meds in Motion, was charged this week with a federal misdemeanor for receiving bulk amounts of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine from an unregistered manufacturer in China, in shipments that were labeled as an herbal supplement.
Richards pleaded guilty to the charge Friday.
“At the time it was kind of a vaunted product, and it would have been very difficult to get that locally,” said Richards’ attorney, Greg Skordas.
Utah fraudster sentenced to 60 months for $10 million fraud scheme
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SALT LAKE CITY â A man authorities described as a classic example of a Utah fraudster has been sentenced to 60 months in federal prison after admitting to defrauding victims out of more than $10 million.
Back in July, Thomas Robbins, 65, of Heber City plead guilty to securities fraud and money laundering for his part in a scheme that drew 66 investors into a fake foreign currency day-trading business.
Robbins lied to prospective investors, telling them he had developed an algorithm for foreign currency trading that saw average returns of up to 30 percent per month. Robbins also told people he had previously worked for a German bank and investors would never lose more than 5 percent of their equity.
Greenwood Man Charged Federally in Alleged $14 Million Fraud Scheme
Allegedly spent stolen funds from a Kentucky investor on Ferraris, horses, Rolex watches, and escorts
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Indianapolis, IN-(ENEWSPF)- Acting United States Attorney John E. Childress announced Thursday that Daniel R. Fruits, 46, of Greenwood, Indiana, was charged by a federal grand jury for his alleged role in three separate fraud schemes, including a nearly $14 million fraud on an investor, an attempted mortgage fraud, and a vehicle title-washing scheme.
“This financial investor gave his hard-earned money to someone whom he thought he could trust,” said Childress. “Instead, the victim’s money ended up in the hands of a self-absorbed thief who only cared about his interests. Living a life of fraud is inexcusable and always comes to an end.”
Former ECHO head sentencing postponed Stephanie TenBarge By Jill Lyman | December 14, 2020 at 4:01 PM CST - Updated December 15 at 10:37 AM
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) - The sentencing hearing for former Echo Housing Corporation Executive Director, Stephanie TenBarge, has been postponed.
It was set for Tuesday at 10 a.m.
TenBarge pleaded guilty in August. She was indicted in Feb. 2019 on federal theft charges.
Officials say she embezzled funds from ECHO from 2015 to 2017 by making unauthorized payments to herself, using Echo funds to pay for personal goods, services and property taxes, and issuing unauthorized payroll checks to herself.
A new date is expected to be set Tuesday.
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Domenico Sandalo, a 46-year-old Norwalk resident, pleaded guilty in federal court Friday to one count of possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, according to officials. (Shutterstock)
NORWALK, CT Domenico Sandalo, a 46-year-old Norwalk resident, pleaded guilty in federal court Friday to one count of possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, announced United States Attorney John Durham.
Sandalo was previously convicted of federal drug trafficking offenses in 2011 and 2013; on Friday he pleaded guilty to the latest charge before U.S. Magistrate Judge Donna F. Martinez via videoconference.
According to court documents and statements in June 2019, the Drug Enforcement Administration s Bridgeport High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Task Force, Stamford Police Department and Norwalk Police Department received information that Sandalo was in possession of a large quantity of cocaine, oxycodone pills and marijuana.