“I fought La Roche and the law won”
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Vallejo, Calif. couple faces five counts of mail fraud, in addition to multiple money laundering and conspiracy charges, following an Indianapolis grand jury indictment for allegedly defrauding Roche of $1.5 mil. in diabetic test strips. Shirley Mendoza purportedly obtained the strips by having them shipped on false pretenses to a Berkeley, Calif. Roche facility where she worked. The strips then were sold to a Massachusetts-based pharmacy, according to the indictment. "We simply will not tolerate the illicit diversion of legitimate medical products from the regulated distribution chain," FDA Acting Director Lester Crawford maintains in an April 21 release...