Clairton Man Sentenced for Conspiring to Smuggle Misbranded Drugs into the US

PITTSBURGH - A resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to three years probation, six months home detention, a $15,000 fine and forfeiture of $100,000 on his conviction of conspiracy to smuggle misbranded drugs and conspiracy to money launder, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.

United States District Judge Cathy Bissoon imposed the sentence on Kenneth F. Evancic, 68, of Clairton, PA.

According to the information presented to the court Evancic ordered, had delivered and paid for pharmaceutical drugs made outside of the U.S.A. Evancic wire transferred to Canada a total of $29,449.08 from July 2009 to June 2011 in payment for the smuggled drugs.

Assistant United States Attorney Nelson P. Cohen prosecuted this case on behalf of the government.

The Acting U.S. Attorney commended the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Office of Criminal Investigation and the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigations for the successful investigation that led to the prosecution of Kenneth F. Evancic.