June 12, 2017
Federal prosecutors asked a Massachusetts federal court Friday to order a pharmacist convicted of fraud for selling deadly drugs in the 2012 fungal meningitis outbreak to forfeit $132.8 million.
May 30, 2017
The Massachusetts pharmacist convicted of fraud for selling deadly drugs in the 2012 fungal meningitis outbreak has ripped prosecutors for relying on an unusual verdict form in trying to uphold his conviction.
May 09, 2017
Evidence that the federal government provided to a jury before it convicted a New England Compounding Center pharmacist of a wide-ranging racketeering scheme related to a deadly meningitis outbreak should be entered into evidence when the court decides whether to grant an acquittal, a Massachusetts federal judge ruled Tuesday.
May 08, 2017
A Massachusetts pharmacist convicted of racketeering in the 2012 meningitis outbreak is making "unhinged" and unfounded arguments in his effort to get an acquittal or new trial, the federal government said in a filing.
April 25, 2017
A federal judge in Massachusetts on Tuesday delayed the trial for the second pharmacist charged with racketeering and second-degree murder in the 2012 fatal meningitis outbreak by a month, to September.
April 17, 2017
A part owner of the New England Compounding Center, the defunct Massachusetts pharmacy linked to the deadly 2012 meningitis outbreak, asked a federal judge Friday to dismiss the lone count against him, largely echoing the judge's previous skepticism about fraud on federal regulators in the sprawling criminal case.
April 11, 2017
The New England Compounding Center pharmacist convicted of racketeering in March over a deadly meningitis outbreak asked a federal judge on Monday for a new trial, saying that the government's focus on second-degree murder charges on which he was acquitted tainted the entire trial.
March 28, 2017
A Massachusetts federal judge on Tuesday set a date for the second trial over a 2012 fungal meningitis outbreak, locking down the agenda just days after the first trial resulted in a conviction on racketeering charges but an acquittal on murder charges.
March 22, 2017
A Massachusetts pharmacist was convicted Wednesday of a wide-ranging racketeering scheme for selling deadly drugs, but was cleared of murder charges stemming from the 2012 fungal meningitis outbreak.
March 20, 2017
A federal jury deliberating right now in the racketeering murder trial over a deadly 2012 meningitis outbreak linked to a Massachusetts drug compounder will have to decide whether its head pharmacist had the intent to defraud or mislead — or else must acquit the defendant on some counts.