PBI former exec Raj Matkari

Executive Summary

Is first defendant to be sentenced in ongoing investigation of FDA Generics Drug Division. Matkari was fined $ 2,000 July 28 for giving a $ 2,000 illegal gratuity to former FDA Generics Review Chemist Charles Chang, who is also a defendant in the case. Matkari also was sentenced to five years probation and 500 hours of community service by Maryland federal court Judge Hargrove. The maximum sentence Matkari could have received was two years in jail and a $ 250,000 fine. Sentencing is pending for Chang, former FDA Review Chemist David Brancato, former FDA Review Chemist Walter Kletch, each of whom has been charged with accepting illegal gratuities, and former Par Senior VP Ashok Patel and former Quad President Dilip Shah, who have pleaded guilty to giving illegal gratuities to the chemists.