September 5, 2014

Massachusetts Pharmacist Arrested At Logan Airport



CHARGED: NECC pharmacist Glenn Adam Chin, right, leaves court yesterday with his lawyer Paul Shaw after his arraignment in connection with the ongoing criminal investigation of the New England Compounding Center.

[From article]
A Canton druggist arrested yesterday at Logan Airport while trying to board a flight to Hong Kong with his family is just part of a large-scale criminal probe into a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy responsible for a deadly nationwide meningitis outbreak, according to prosecutors.
Glenn Adam Chin, 46, was ordered held in home confinement with an unsecured $50,000 bond by U.S. Magistrate Judge Jennifer Boal yesterday after a brief hearing in Boston.
Chin was in charge of a sterile clean room at the New England Compounding Center — the Framingham-based company that is being investigated after 64 people who used tainted steroids produced by the company died. Authorities said Chin didn’t sterilize or test equipment and willfully hid the unsafe practices.
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Prosecutors said Chin and others are the focus of the investigation, and Chin is the first person to be charged in the inquiry.
“We are looking at Mr. Chin for a host of other criminal conduct,” Varghese said.

http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/2014/09/pharmacist_at_deadly_lab_busted_at_logan_sent_home

Pharmacist at deadly lab busted at Logan,
Friday, September 5, 2014
By: Bob McGovern
Boston Herald

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