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Federal Tipoffs Involving Ohio Newsletter for Saturday May 11, 2024 ( 2 items )  

Ohio U.S. Attorney: Mexican National Living in Columbus Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Role in Fentanyl Conspiracy
COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio issued the following news release on May 10, 2024: A Mexican national was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 120 months in prison for conspiring to distribute kilogram quantities of fentanyl in Central Ohio for a supplier in Mexico. According to court documents, Luis Martinez-Torres, 26, of Columbus, illegally entered the United States and distributed large quantities of narcotics at the behest o  more

Va. U.S. Attorney: Covetrus Sentenced for Criminal Misbranding of Prescription Drugs
ABINGDON, Virginia, May 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia issued the following news release: Covetrus North America LLC, a company based in Dublin, Ohio, which sells veterinary products to customers across the United States, was sentenced yesterday to one-year of probation for causing the introduction and delivery of misbranded veterinary prescription drugs into interstate commerce. In addition, the court ordered Covetrus to pay over $23 million in crim  more