Pharmacist Sentenced to 3 Years for Tampering With COVID-19 Vaccines
A federal judge last week sentenced a Wisconsin pharmacist to three years in prison after he pleaded guilty on charges that he tampered with COVID-19 vaccines months ago.
Steven Brandenburg, who was a pharmacist based in Grafton, signed a guilty plea earlier in 2021 admitting that he removed hundreds of doses of Moderna’s CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus vaccine from refrigerators at the Aurora Medical Center. According to a Department of Justice news release, he removed the vaccines with the intent to destroy them.
Before receiving his sentence, Brandenburg said in a statement that he felt “great shame” and took responsibility. “I did not have the right to make this decision for them,” he said. “I’m tormented by it daily.”
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Miami, Florida - A California man has been sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for partnering with call centers in Peru that defrauded Spanish-speaking U.S. residents through lies and threats.
“The Department of Justice’s Consumer Protection Branch will vigorously pursue and prosecute fraudsters who prey on others through international telemarketing schemes,” said Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian M. Boynton of the Justice Department’s Civil Division. “The Consumer Protection Branch, working alongside the Postal Inspection Service and our U.S. Attorney’s Office partners, will bring to justice those who threaten and defraud consumers, including immigrants who may be vulnera