VA Doctor Pleads Guilty to Issuing Between 50K to 100K Prescriptions Online
Online pharmaceuticals are big business and, frequently big sources of violations of the Food and Drug Act, including criminal ones. Accordingly, Mechanicsville, Virginia, doctor Torino Jennings pled guilty last week in federal court to seven counts of introducing misbranded drugs into interstate commerce and four counts of tax evasion. Jennings was charged with issuing between 50,000 to 100,000 prescriptions between 2004 and 2007 to persons who filled out forms for online pharmacies.
Jennings was paid $5 to $7 per perscription. He failed to report the income to the Internal Revenue Service, however. Jennings will be sentenced in November and faces a maximum of five years in prison.
