Counterfeit Ovulen-21 case

Executive Summary

According to FDA's March/April Case News the last defendent in the counterfeiting case, Sheldon Harwin, was sentenced on May 1 in Miami Federal Court to "11 consecutive years of incarceration." On March 14, Harwin was found guilty on five counts, which include conspiracy, causing the printing of counterfeit labels, and distribution of a counterfeit drug, FDA said. A total of seven persons have been prosecuted by FDA for distributing counterfeit Ovulen-21, the agency said. Two other defendents that were found guilty in 1987 are serving sentences of 24 years apiece ("The Pink Sheet" Dec. 5, 1988, T&G-17).