Florida Man Arrested for Distributing $230 Million Worth of Adulterated HIV Medication

Florida Man Arrested for Distributing $230 Million Worth of Adulterated HIV Medication
Prescription drugs are seen on shelves at a pharmacy in Montreal on March 11, 2021. The Canadian Press/Ryan Remiorz
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Lazaro Hernandez, 51, of Miami, was arrested on June 17 for allegedly distributing millions of dollars worth of adulterated drugs for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that were eventually distributed to patients throughout the United States.

Hernandez and co-conspirators established licensed wholesale drug distribution companies in New York, Florida, Connecticut, and New Jersey to distribute “adulterated and misbranded” prescription drugs at steep discounts to other co-conspirators at wholesale pharmaceutical distributors in Maryland, Mississippi, and New York, according to a June 17 press release from the Department of Justice (DOJ).