Online Drug Sales Scheme Allegedly Tied to Warren Pharmacist
Peter Riccio part of interstate operation selling medications without prescriptions, U.S. Attorney says.
A Warren resident has been charged in connection to an online drug sales scheme federal prosecutors say sold medications without prescriptions. Peter Riccio, 59, has been charged with narcotics conspiracy, narcotics distribution, conspiracy to misbrand, misbranding, mail and wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy. The charges were announced Thursday in a joint statement by Preet Bharara, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Robert G. Koval, the Acting Special Agent-in-Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration, following a raid on a pharmacy in Hellertown, Pa., one of three owned by Riccio. He also owns the Towne Pharmacy on South Washington Road, in Dunellen. According …
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Jim
3:58 am on Friday, January 18, 2013
Yeah Lynn innapropriate - God forbid you speak badly about any Riccio even though this one is going to jail for a long time. interesting they are prosecuting him in the southern district of NY. Just an FYI Petey SDNY has a 98.9 confiction rate. Better practise holding onto the soap - This guy has been an @$$ h0le since I first saw him screaming as a coch in Little League. And I'm sure we'll here … more ›