Lehigh County Man Sentenced for Obtaining, Distributing Misbranded Drugs to Allentown-Area Convenience Stores

PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that Francis Matos, 51, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to two years’ probation and a $5,000 fine by United States District Judge John M. Gallagher for conspiracy to introduce misbranded drugs into interstate commerce.

Matos was charged by information in April of this year and pleaded guilty in May.

As detailed in court filings, beginning in or about May 2022, Matos arranged to have others purchase pharmaceutical drugs in the Dominican Republic and mail them to him and other individuals in Allentown and elsewhere. These drugs included tablets containing sildenafil, a drug used to treat erectile dysfunction. At other times, Matos purchased and obtained pharmaceutical drugs in the United States, at locations outside the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and transported them or had them delivered to his residence.

The defendant and others then delivered and sold the pharmaceutical drugs to customers, typically small convenience stores located within the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and elsewhere.

Neither Matos nor his business, Suplidora America, ever had a license to obtain, hold, or dispense pharmaceutical drugs. Further, Matos did not require his customers to provide a prescription to obtain pharmaceutical drugs from him or his business, even though many of the drugs that he and his associates dispensed required such a prescription.

This case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations and the Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigation and prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney John J. Boscia.

Note: the posting of this press release was delayed, due to the federal government shutdown from October 1, 2025, to November 12, 2025.