NEWARK, NJ—(July 10, 2013)Seven men with access to two VA medical centers in New Jersey were arrested this morning by special agents of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs-Office of Inspector General and the FBI on federal charges alleging they sold illegal drugs to veterans being treated at the centers, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
The seven defendants were each charged in separate criminal complaints with various counts of distributing controlled substances—including heroin, crack, and hydromorphone—at the VA medical centers in East Orange and Lyons, New Jersey. Five of the men were arrested this morning at the Lyons facility, one was arrested at the East Orange facility, and one was arrested at his home. All are expected to make their initial appearances this afternoon before U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark Falk in Newark federal court.
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