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Framed, Setup, Innocent!!! - A SAD STORY Buying Prescription Drugs Online Can Be Risky Especially When Buying From SomeOne Unknown or UnLicense Pharmacy or Your Identity Get Stolen

I was arrested about 6 weeks ago for 3rd Degree Felony, Prescription Fraud. SOMEONE for SOME reason wants to see me in Trouble, Well they Succeeded!!! I knew absolutley NOTHING about this, until 2 Detectives showed up at my house and Arrested me!! I see a Pscychiatrist once a month for Severe Depression, and Debilitating Anxiety Disorder, I am Prescribed 120 Valium, 4 A day for my crippling Anxiety. I have been under "treatment" for this, with This Dr. for well over 12 years!! I have NEVER abused my Medication in the 12 years ive been in "Treatment", and there has Never been a Problem!! Well SOMEONE, for SOME Reason has wanted to get me in BIG Trouble!!! Someone went through an "Online" Pharmacy and "Altered" a Prescription from MY Dr., it was in MY Name and had MY address on it. The "Phony" prescription was for 400 Valium, with 3 Refills!!! And like I said it apperantley had MY Name and Address on it!! "They" faxed this Phony Prescription to an online Pharmacy in Florida, I live in Utah. The Pharmacy seeing it was a Blatentley Altered prescription contacted my Local Sherrifs Dept. and they opened a Prescription Fraud Investigation on Me!!! This all supposedly happened last October. It is now April and I have saw my Dr. SEVERAL times since then, he has Always refilled my Valium and there has NEVER been mention of ANY "Problem"!! When the 2 Detectives arrived at my house and Arrested me I didn't have ANY idea what they where even talking about!! As I had NOTHING to do with this, and had NO Clue about it!! I was in "Custody" for over 2 hours before I was even read my Miranda Rights!! When they "Interrogated" me I was Told that the Prescription that was Faxed was in My Name and my Address!! I was also told that my Mothers Credit Card # was used to pay for the sale. And that they had traced the sale Directly back to my Computer Modem. When my Mother asked for the Credit Card # that was used to see if it was infact hers they Refused to tell her!!! I was interrogated for at least 2 hours, with the Detective's claiming they had an "Air Tight" case against me and were trying to get me to confess!!! I was NOT shown 1 single shred of Evidence that they Told me they had against me!! I Demanded to see this Prescription, I wanted to know WHERE it was Faxed from, and When, and I wanted the "Actual" Credit Card # used! The Detectives REFUSED to Tell me or SHOW me ANY Evidence at ALL!!!! They just "Claimed" to have ALL this "Damning" Evidence on me!! Told me I had NO chance of fighting the charges with the Evidence they had on me!! I probabley should add that I am 36 years old, and I Do have a "Criminal Record", but I have been off Probation for over 2 years, and have not had ANY legal "Trouble" in over 2 years!! I have NEVER had a "Drug" charge, I have NEVER had a "Drug Problem" and if I where going to Risk Prescription Fraud it sure as Hell wouldnt be for Valium!!!! There are MANY Stronger Meds. out there to get besides Valium!! and I Already get 120 a Month from my Shrink, that I Rarely use ALL of!!!! Okay the Detectives Claim that the "Altered" Prescription that was Faxed was in MY Name, with MY Address on it, they Claim that they traced it Directly back to MY Computer, AND they Claim my Mothers Credit Card # was used to pay for the so called Sale!!! I am just TOTALLY Blindsided by this!! I DID NOT have ANYTHING to do with it, Im NOT Stupid enough to think ANY Pharmacy is going to fill a Prescription for 400, YES 400 Valium, I mean come on, I am not a MORON!!!! And my "Criminal Days" are WAY behind me, or I THOUGHT???? My "Initial Appearance/Arraignment" is on April 16th, I STILL have NOT saw ANY of there "So Called" Evidence Yet, I called the Prosecuter and requested a Copy of my "Discovery" which I was Denied!! That is a Violation of MY Rights, as in the PAST I have Always Requested and Recieved a copy of my "Discovery", but in those cases I WAS Guilty and NEVER Denied it!!!! This Entire Case just Stinks to Hi Heaven from the Get Go!!! I was NEVER shown ANY Evidence that they "Claimed" to have against me Whatsoever!!! I was in Custody for well over 2 hours before I was even Read my "Miranda Rights" I also have NUMEROUS Health Problems, Including Severe Diabetes, and I had been having "Chest" pains for a week or so before my Arrest! I was taken to the E.R by the Detectives for "Medical Clearance" to make sure I was "Fit" to go to jail. My Blood Sugar level was over 400, and I told the E.R Doctor I had been having chest pains for over a Week!! The E.R Dr. TOTALLY ignored me and DID give Medical clearance for me to be in Jail!!! I suffered a Mild Heart Attack the night I had to spend in jail, before my Parents bailed me out!! And becuase of the Stress these "Trumped up Charges" put on me, I suffered a MAJOR Heart Attack 3 Days after Being "Bailed out" by my Family, wich resulted in a call to 911 and an Ambulance ride to a "Bigger" Hospital than my town has to offer. I had Surgery to repair the Damage to my Heart, and was Hospitalized for 5 Days!! I was only home for 3 Days from the Hospital when the Stress/Anxiety of these FALSE Charges sent me back in the Ambulance to the same ICU I had been in before, do to Further Heart Complications!!!! I am STILL recovering from my "Heart Attack" Symptoms and honestly do NOT know if I am going to be well enough to attend my Court date on the 16th!!

I am Basically "Bed ridden" and EXTREMELY ILL!!!! Because of my "Financial" situation I am going to be Forced to Rely on the "Public Defender" and I KNOW he is NOT going to be able to put the Hours in that it will take to prove I am INNOCENT!!!! Okay there's my Story, WHAT on EARTH can I do to Help Defend myself, when the Detectives "Claim" to have A TON of Evidence saying im guilty, when I am 110% INNOCENT??? This is Completely a case of my Ex-Wife, or a Bitter Ex-Girlfriend who knows what Dr. I see for my Valium, that has done a REALLY GOOD Job at "Messing" with me!!! I am TOTALLY INNOCENT, but the State apperantley has some VERY strong Evidence saying Otherwise!!!!! If I am Convicted of this I am facing a Minimum of 0-5 in the State Prison!!!! I'm NOT GUILTY!!!! ANY ADVICE????? THANKS!!!!!

Source: WorldLaw.com

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38 Individuals in U.S. and Romania Charged
In Two Related Cases of Computer Fraud Involving International Organized Crime
May 19, 7thSpace – (National)

Thirty-eight (38) individuals with ties to international organized crime have been charged in two separate indictments involving computer and credit card fraud schemes, U.S. and Romanian officials announced Monday. A federal grand jury in Los Angeles charged the individuals in a 65-count indictment unsealed Monday for their alleged participation in an international racketeering scheme that used the Internet to defraud thousands of individual victims and hundreds of financial institutions. According to the indictment, the Romania-based members of the enterprise obtained thousands of credit and debit card accounts and related personal information by phishing, with more than 1.3 million spam emails sent in one phishing attack. Once directed to a bogus site, victims were then prompted at those sites to enter access device and personal information. The Romanian “suppliers” collected the victims’ information and sent the data to U.S.-based “cashiers” via Internet “chat” messages. The domestic cashiers used hardware called encoders to record the fraudulently obtained information onto the magnetic strips on the back of
credit and debit cards, and similar cards such as hotel keys. Cashiers then directed “runners” to test the fraudulent cards by checking balances or withdrawing small amounts of money at ATMs. The cards that were successfully tested, known as “cashable” cards, were used to withdraw money from ATMs or point of sale terminals that the cashiers had determined permitted the highest withdrawal limits. A portion of the proceeds was then wire transferred to the supplier who had provided the access device information. The individuals named in the indictment operated from locations in the United States and abroad including Canada, Pakistan, Portugal and Romania, and include both U.S. citizens and foreign nationals.

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http://7thspace.com/headlines/281614...zed_crime.html

Internet Called 'Biggest Culprit' in Prescription Drug Abuse

Prescription drug abuse is being fueled by easy access to pharmaceuticals on the Internet, often facilitated by shady doctors and pharmacies, CNN reported May 21.

Rusty Payne, a spokesman for the Drug Enforcement Administration, said pharmaceutical abuse "is one of the biggest drug problems we are dealing with. "The Internet is the biggest culprit," Payne said.

"These pharmacy people that are doing this and these doctors that are doing this, they don't give a dadgummit about people. It's just the almighty dollar; that's all it is," said one Wichita, Kansas women whose husband died from an overdose of the muscle relaxant Soma, which he bought online without ever visiting a doctor.

CNN reporters were able to easily buy the antidepressants Prozac and Elavil online by filling out a health survey and providing a credit-card number, even though an e-mail from the linepharmacy.com site said that "all orders made are still subjected to Doctor's evaluation." The drugs arrived with a doctor's name and a pharmacy name on the label, but the reporter never spoke to a doctor.

In another example, a women who tried to commit suicide with drugs bought online received a prescription for Soma written by a doctor on Long Island, Kareem Tannous, who she had never met. The doctor, who runs three health clinics, refused to answer questions about the prescription, as did workers at Roots Pharmacy in American Fork, Utah, which filled the prescription.

The DEA says that investigations of Internet pharmacies yielded $39 million in cash and other assets last year, up from $11 million in 2004.

Carmen Catizone, the executive director of the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy, likened illicit online pharmacies to drug dealers but said Congress has been reluctant to beef up enforcement. "'Show us the dead bodies,'" has been the typical response from lawmakers, said Catizone, "and if that was me or my family, that's a pretty sad statement for our legislators to give."

Source: Sober Resources