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April 24, 2019

Drug Company Executives Criminally Charged with Trafficking Opioids
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In New York City, federal prosecutors announced criminal charges Tuesday
against top executives of Rochester Drug Co-operative, a major producer
of opioids, charging them with a conspiracy to profit by illegally
distributing controlled substances. This is Geoffrey Berman, U.S.
attorney for the Southern District of New York.

Geoffrey Berman: "RDC's former CEO, Laurence Doud, is in custody and
will be presented to a judge in the Southern District of New York this
afternoon. Doud is charged with conspiring to distribute oxycodone and
fentanyl and with conspiring to defraud the DEA. Doud led RDC during the
entire period of the charged conspiracy and, as alleged, personally
directed and profited from much of its criminal activity."

The company's chief compliance officer also faces criminal charges. Both
executives face possible life in prison.


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