Jul 31, 2008 9:12 pm US/Eastern
2 Men Convicted Of Selling Pills On Internet
BALTIMORE (AP) ―
A federal jury has convicted two men of selling nearly 10 million hydrocodone pills over the Internet.
Steven Sodipo, 51, of Forest Hill and 49-year-old Callixtus Nwaehiri of Jarrettsville will be sentenced on Oct. 21.
According to testimony in the six-week trial, Sopido and Nwaehiri took part in a nationwide conspiracy to illegally sell hydrocodone through the Internet to any customer with a valid credit card.
Prosecutors say the pair engaged in agreements with Web site operators to fill hydrocodone prescriptions e-mailed to them that were signed by a small group of doctors.
Authorities say the doctors never saw or spoke to customers, and routinely authorized the prescriptions, which were then wired to NewCare Pharmacy, which Sopido and Nwaehiri owned, for filling and shipment.
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