Prescription Pill Distributor in Middleburg Va Sentenced to 10 Years – Loudoun News
Joseph George Ecker, 53, of Middleburg, Va., was sentenced today to 120 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally distributing prescription drugs he obtained as a Medicare beneficiary.
Neil H. MacBride, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, and Shawn Henry, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, made the announcement after sentencing by United States District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema.
Ecker pled guilty on June 16, 2010, to conspiracy to distribute Schedule II prescription narcotic drugs and health care fraud. As part of his sentence today, Ecker was ordered to repay Medicare $201,465, the amount he defrauded from it. Ecker will also be required to repay to the United States the $200,000 that he profited from his illegal prescription drug sales. Ecker also consented to the forfeiture of his residence as property used to facilitate his drug trafficking activities….
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on Aug 27 2010. Filed under Loudoun County.
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