Two Florida men have pleaded guilty to a multimillion-dollar scheme to illegally ship to China thousands of reference drugs and toxins for laboratories, the Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced.
Pen Yu, also known as Ben Yu, a U.S. citizen residing in Gibsonton, Florida, fraudulently purchased highly discounted biochemical products from MilliporeSigma between July 2016 and May 2023, according to U.S. prosecutors. MilliporeSigma is a subsidiary of Germany-based Merck KGaA.
