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$8.2M Theft Of HIV Meds From Vets Hospital Gets NJ Man 2½ Years In Fed Pen $8.2M Theft Of HIV Meds From Vets Hospital Gets NJ Man 2½ Years In Fed Pen
$8.2M Theft Of HIV Meds From Vets Hospital Gets NJ Man 2½ Years In Fed Pen UPDATE: A Lyndhurst man was sentenced to 2½ years in federal prison for conspiring to steal $8.2 million worth of HIV medications from a New Jersey veterans hospital to sell on the black market. Wagner Checonolasco, 34, must serve out just about all of the plea-bargained sentence because there's no parole in the federal prison system. Checonolasco, better known as “Wanny,” had an accomplice in Lisa M. Hoffman of Orange, who worked in the pharmacy of the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in East Orange, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. Surveillance cameras helped show how Hoffman “plac…

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Man Admits Role In $8.2M Plot To Steal HIV Meds From NJ Vets Hospital Man Admits Role In $8.2M Plot To Steal HIV Meds From NJ Vets Hospital
Man Admits Role In $8.2M Plot To Steal HIV Meds From NJ Vets Hospital A Lyndhurst man admitted conspiring to steal $8.2 million worth of HIV medications from a New Jersey veterans hospital, federal authorities said Tuesday. Wagner “Wanny” Checonolasco, 34, had an accomplice in Lisa M. Hoffman, 48, of Orange, who worked in the pharmacy of the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in East Orange, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. Surveillance cameras helped show how Hoffman “placed large orders for HIV medication, purportedly on behalf of the VAMC,” then stole the excess once it was delivered, Honig said. Encrypted messages outlined how the scheme worked, …

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