dent" into a federal crime. "Not every accident, and not every tragedy,
are caused by criminal conduct," said Mr. Singal in a statement.
Mr. Chin's lawyer, Stephen Weymouth, said he was stunned that
prosecutors charged his client with second-degree murder under the
racketeering law. "He feels hugely remorseful for everything that's
happened — for the injuries and the deaths — but he never intended
to cause harm to anybody," said Mr. Weymouth.
Neither lawyer returned calls from Outpatient Surgery seeking
comment.
Greg Conigliaro is charged with conspiracy to defraud the United
States, a felony. Last year, in a memorandum of law, his attorney
argued that the laws regulating compounding pharmacies are "unclear
and ambiguous" and so Greg cannot be liable for a conspiracy to
defraud the FDA.
Carla and Doug Conigliaro are charged with criminal contempt. The
complaint charges that in early 2013, they "willfully and knowingly"
transferred $33 million from their bank accounts, even though the
bankruptcy judge had barred it. In a legal brief, the couple claims that
Carla made a "full and complete" disclosure of her assets to the bank-
ruptcy court, and says that she paid $24 million into the bankruptcy
fund, more than the litigants could have recovered from her at trial.
The transfers were between accounts owned by the Conigliaros, and
were not an attempt to hide assets, the brief says. Their case is sched-
uled to be tried next month.
Congress swings into action
In 2013, U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich) introduced the Drug Quality
and Security Act. In the NECC outbreak, Michigan suffered 19 deaths,
the most of any state. The bill sailed through Congress and President
Obama signed it into law on Nov. 27, 2013. The new law amends the
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