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Nigerian pharmacist convicted for illegally dispensing over 300,000 oxycodone pills in US

A federal jury in the Southern District of Florida, United States (U.S) on Wednesday, July 22, convicted a Florida-based Nigerian pharmacist and pharmacy owner for illegally dispensing more than 300,000 oxycodone 30mg pills to pharmacy patrons who had no medical need for the drug.

According to court documents and evidence presented during the trial, 60-year-old Olushola Yusuf dispensed oxycodone to nearly all customers who visited her pharmacy.

Yusuf charged customers about 10 times the typical cost of the drug and required cash payments for the medication.

In total, Yusuf dispensed at least 335,351 pills of oxycodone 30mg during the conspiracy.

Oxycodone 30mg is the maximum strength available of the drug and is both sought after and potentially dangerous due to its potency.

It is typically prescribed to seriously ill patients, such as those suffering from chronic cancer pain or traumatic injuries.

Yusuf owned and operated two pharmacies: Boots LLC d/b/a Striderite (Boots) in Margate, Florida, and Chans Pharmacy Plus, Inc. (Chans) in Pembroke Pines, Florida.

Yusuf distributed oxycodone 30mg pills through these pharmacies.

Customers drove long distances across Florida to have Yusuf fill prescriptions they could not get filled at any other pharmacy.

Some customers paid as much as $1,000 a month in cash to Yusuf for the drugs.

Some customers were drug dealers who picked up oxycodone pills on behalf of dozens of patients at a time who were not present.

According to witnesses at trial, Yusuf kept the doors to her pharmacies locked during business hours, directing employees only to open the door for certain identified customers.

Yusuf continued to dispense the oxycodone in this way even after repeated warnings from her employees and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) about the dangers of her pharmacy operations.

The jury convicted Yusuf of conspiracy to distribute drugs illegally and five counts of illegal drug distribution.

Yusuf’s co-defendant, Saman Gimenez, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute drugs illegally and is scheduled to be sentenced in October of this year.

Yusuf faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison for each count.

A sentencing hearing will occur on October 14, 2026.

United State (U.S) attorney, Jason Reding Quiñones, for the Southern District of Florida, said, ” Olushola Yusuf did not simply ignore red flags. She built her business around them.

“She knowingly flooded South Florida communities with more than 335,000 high-dose oxycodone pills, even after her employees and the DEA warned her about the dangers of her conduct. Yusuf charged extraordinary cash prices, served drug dealers and customers who travelled long distances, and put profit ahead of patients, public safety, and her responsibilities as a pharmacist. Yesterday (Tuesday), a federal jury held her accountable.”

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) co-deputy director Christopher Raia, said, “By distributing dangerous and highly addictive narcotics, the defendant demonstrated a clear disregard for their community and endangered countless residents who should have been able to trust their pharmacist.

“The opioid epidemic continues to plague our nation, which is why the FBI, along with our partners, will continue to hold the criminals poisoning our communities with these drugs accountable.”

https://thestreetjournal.org/nigerian-pharmacist-convicted-for-illegally-dispensing-over-300000-oxycodone-pills-in-florida/

This one head no correct.

Nairaland is not allowing us to confirm the usual things. But no problem, I don't need to confirm.

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What greed can cause. She has a pharmacy but it isn't enough for her. It's doing shady business behind closed doors that would satisfy her?


Now she has thrown it all away, lost everything and faces time on jail.


I hope the money made from her illicit sales is enough to satisfy her during her prison term and was worth it.



She knew the consequences of her action.... she should accept to them.


Over 300 thousand pills no be today.


I don't feel no pity at all.


Ojukokoro


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Tinubu's protégé.

You are representing well

In future, she'll be deported like her master and try to contest for a political office.

brain54:
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What greed can cause. She has a pharmacy but it isn't enough for her. It's doing shady business behind closed doors that would satisfy her?


Now she has thrown it all away, lost everything and faces time on jail.


I hope the money made from her illicit sales is enough to satisfy her during her prison term and was worth it.



She knew the consequences of her action.... she should accept to them.


Over 300 thousand pills no be today.


I don't feel no pity at all.


Ojukokoro


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I don't know her true situation, but if one can resist the urge to show off or please people more than half of one's problem is solved.

Sophisticatedd again

Flangelo12:
This one head no correct.

Na yaba left dem suppose throw her

Flangelo12:
This one head no correct.

Her head no correct at all.

All these illegal migrantion and uncontrolled migrations is proof that alot of white people are so stupid

Fast money = fast road to jail

Something that has be done here in Nigeria and nothing will happen. I heard she is very wealthy. Almost close to a billionaire

Imagine being warned in your crime, and you still go ahead with the crime.

The criminal deserves the worst. Now even the money sef, the e no go fit chop am.

She wasted her life; she had a great business and blew it all away for illicit gains. 20 years in prison is a fair reward for her greed and corruption

Omoluwabi 😃

Twenty more characters needed.

Richtaiwo:
Nairaland is not allowing us to confirm the usual things. But no problem, I don't need to confirm.

Keyamo can help you to confirm. You just have to ask him nicely. Can you do that

Racoon:
Festus Keyamo Defends Tinubu From Drug Trafficking, Says Tinubu Mistakenly Shared Flats With Drug Lords

The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Mr Festus Keyamo, has distanced the All Progressive Congress presidential candidata, Bola Tinubu, from being a drug baron who was involved in the traffic of narcotics in the United States.

Keyamo, who also doubles as APC Presidential Campaign spokesperson, noted that the former governor of Lagos State only shared a block of flat with drug barons about 30 years ago in the US.

His reaction is coming following documents of a Chicago District Court indicting and convicting Tinubu of drug dealings and money laundering in 1993.

The document which emerged online two days ago, described APC standard-bearer as a drug baron, adding that Tinubu entered a plea bargain, leading to the forfeiture of his assets to US authorities in 1993

It was also pointed out that Tinubu forfeited the sum of $460, 000 dollars in his bank account at First Heritage Bank to the US government.

Speaking on Wednesday on Channels TV, Mr Keyamo dismissed such claims, insisting that Tinubu was linked to drug peddlers who were his neighbours.

He said: “What happened was that Tinubu went to open an account. The address which he used in opening the account was the address used by these people. I think some blocks of flats. Maybe, he was happy to be in that block of flats too.

“So, they now link it that the other people they were investigating for narcotics are in the same address used by Asiwaju to open that account.’’

https://www.thenigerianvoice.com/news/313805/festus-keyamo-defends-tinubu-from-drug-trafficking-says-tin.html

 
U.S. court judgement indicts Tinubu for drug trafficking

https://www.google.com/amp/s/businessday.ng/amp/news/article/u-s-court-judgement-indicts-tinubu-for-drug-trafficking/

US Court Releases Documents Linking Tinubu to Largescale Drug Peddling


https://fij.ng/article/us-court-releases-documents-linking-tinubu-to-largescale-drug-peddling/

Nwaikpe:
Imagine being warned in your crime, and you still go ahead with the crime.

The criminal deserves the worst. Now even the money sef, the e no go fit chop am.

Do you think she would have been made to forfeit some money for her freedom, like Tinubu did in Chicago, according to his documentary filmmaker

swaggerjack:
Reno Omokri: I Challenge Tinubu To Prove If He Was Not A Drug Lord In Chicago


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DLrnL6rQ6M?si=uMMUVFfetODTr4Fw

This woman dey 60yr!
In Nigeria she will be looking like 90yr old granny.

anonimi:
Do you think she would have been made to forfeit some money for her freedom, like Tinubu did in Chicago, according to his documentary filmmaker

Forfeiture with freedom does not happen like that in legal matters.

You only forfeit when the crime is not directly tied to you. It’s like person A who is a criminal kept stolen money to person B. When the court finds grounds that person B is not a part of the crime, a competent court of law will execute forfeiture of those assets.

Every fraudster would have done same if it guarantees freedom!

brain54:
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What greed can cause. She has a pharmacy but it isn't enough for her. It's doing shady business behind closed doors that would satisfy her?


Now she has thrown it all away, lost everything and faces time on jail.


I hope the money made from her illicit sales is enough to satisfy her during her prison term and was worth it.



She knew the consequences of her action.... she should accept to them.


Over 300 thousand pills no be today.


I don't feel no pity at all.


Ojukokoro


:;;

She had 2 pharmacies, not one! Owning one alone is enough to serve her and her family. But trust Nigerians and greed na, she wanted excess! Now she got excesses!!

See money $1000×$335,000=335million

1k dolls a month from a single customer, imagine how much she has made. Truly the satisfaction of greed is insatiable.

Richtaiwo:
Nairaland is not allowing us to confirm the usual things. But no problem, I don't need to confirm.

Wetin concern your comment with the topic?
Abi, you are intoxicated with overdose of a substance?

anonimi:
Keyamo can help you to confirm. You just have to ask him nicely. Can you do that

Please stop quoting me. I always find it difficult to understand what you say.

If Nigeria was to get serious like developed countries, there wont be corner street chemists again let alone them having a chance to sell fake drugs. Heck, drugs are not meant to be dispensed drugs without a pharmacy degree and state license.

She should have made a plea deal and gotten a reduced sentence and or asset forfeiture. The fact she was earlier warned but refused to stop means there was most likely a threat to life from the drug dealing customers. But I like her guts sha, she ain't no snitch though 20 years in sanko at that age na gadus

ARISHEM:
Something that has be done here in Nigeria and nothing will happen. I heard she is very wealthy. Almost close to a billionaire

Right. Nigeria is not a normal country. When the government shut down a market selling illicit drugs. Guess who was pleading that it should be reopened.