Five pharmaceutical distributor executives and five pharma sales representatives have been charged by the Department of Justice for the unlawful distribution of about 70 million opioid pills and 30 million doses of other prescription drugs, worth more than $1.3 billion on the black market.
The charges were unsealed in the Southern District of Texas, Southern District of Florida, Eastern District of Missouri and Eastern District of North Carolina.
Three Houston-area pharmacy operators were also charged in the Southern District of Texas for their role in the schemes.
Nine of the 10 individuals charged have pleaded guilty, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
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