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Feds Arrest Lyndhurst Man In $7.85M Plot To Steal HIV Meds From Vets Hospital Feds Arrest Lyndhurst Man In $7.85M Plot To Steal HIV Meds From Vets Hospital
Feds Arrest Lyndhurst Man In $7.85M Plot To Steal HIV Meds From Vets Hospital A Lyndhurst man conspired to steal $7.85 million worth of HIV medications from a veterans hospital in Essex County, federal authorities charged. Wagner “Wanny” Checonolasco, 33, had an accomplice who worked in the pharmacy of the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in East Orange, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenitoi said. The conspirator “placed large orders for HIV medication, purportedly on behalf of the VAMC,” then stole it once it was delivered, Carpenito said. Checonolasco went to the as-yet-unidentified conspirator’s home to buy the medication before selling it, the U.S. attorney said. A U.S…

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by Jerry DeMarco