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Local Pharmacist Sentenced To 10 Years in Federal Prison for Filling Hundreds of Fraudulent Oxycodone Prescriptions

Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge James D. Whittemore sentenced Emmanuel I. Mekowulu (56, Tampa) yesterday to 10 years in federal prison for conspiring with other persons to knowingly and intentionally distribute and dispense, and cause the distribution and dispensing of Oxycodone outside of a legitimate medical purpose and not in the usual course of professional practice. The court also ordered Mekowulu to forfeit his Florida pharmacist license, and the pharmacy license he held for the Felky Pharmacy, both of which he used to facilitate the offense.

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Action Details

  • Date:March 12, 2013
  • Agency:U.S. Attorney
  • Enforcement Types:
    • Criminal and Civil Actions