| Man Who Sold Expensive
Pharma to the Community Got 36
Month Now Month Delay
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
June 4 รข€“ A man who
pled guilty to fraudulently
obtaining sophisticated
pharmaceuticals and reselling
them to "the community" is up
for sentencing on April 15.
His Federal Defender, citing
crystal meth and a disease
repeatedly redacted, is asking
for a 24 month sentencing,
below the 70 to 87 month
guideline. The defense
memo describes a (very)
difficult childhood, a two
year period of sex work ending
in a redacted diagnosis, and a
previous conviction for
identity theft and health care
fraud. It says
that the more than $2 million
loss amount was not to
patients or medical providers,
but rather insurance companies
and co-pay programs. Then the US
Attorney's Office wrote in
asking for 52 months in
prison. He got 36 months,
the last 10% of which are to
be served on home detention,
starting June 5. On June 4 defense
counsel wrote it asking for an
extra month, citing a need to
relocate the family due to
retaliation threats. The same
day, Judge Vargas granted the
extension to July 5. The case is USA v. Torres, 1:25-cr-560 (Vargas)
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Man Who Sold Expensive Pharma to the Community Got 36 Month Now Month Delay
