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There will be a press conference today at 1:00 p.m. to announce charges against Rochester Drug Co-operative, its former CEO Laurence Doud III and former chief of compliance, William Pietruszewski for the illegal diversion of narcotics. Today’s Indictment includes the first-ever criminal charges against drug company executives for diversion of opioids.
03-25-2019 Press Conference
**BREAKING**: There will be a press conference today at 2:30 p.m. to announce charges against attorney Michael Avenatti for attempting to extract more than $20 million in payments from Nike by threatening to use his ability to garner publicity to inflict substantial financial and reputational harm on the company if his demands were not met. The press conference will be livestreamed on Facebook @USAOSDNY