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FROM BOSTON'S NEWS LEADER.
THIS IS WCVB NEWSCENTER 5 AT
NOON.
AND BREAKING NEWS THIS NOON.
NEARLY TWO YEARS AFTER A DEADLY
MENINGITIS OUTBREAK LINKED TO
THE NEW ENGLAND COMPOUNDING
CENTER IN FRAMINGHAM, TODAY THE
FIRST ARREST IN THE CASE.
A SUPERVISING PHARMACIST WAS
ARRESTED AT LOGAN.
KAREN ANDERSON JOINS US LIVE
WITH THE LATEST.
ERIKA AND EMILY, GLENN CHIN
WAS ARRESTED AS HE WAS ABOUT TO
BOARD A PLANE TO HONG KONG.
RIGHT NOW HE'S CHARGED WITH
MAIL FRAUD, BUT INVESTIGATORS
SAY HE CONTRIBUTED TO THE
TAINTING OF DRUGS AND COVERUP.
HE WAS A SUPERVISING PHARMACIST
AND COMPOUNDED MANY OF THE
DRUGS SOLD BY NECC TWO YEARS
AGO.
THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SAID
HE PERSONALLY COMPOUNDED A
STEROID THAT WAS SHIPPED TO
MICHIGAN DURING THE SUMMER OF
2012, WAS GIVEN TO PATIENTS AND
217 OF THEM CONTRACTED FUNGAL
INFECTIONS AND SOME OF THEM
DIED.
THEY SAY THAT CHIN LED TO THE
UNSAFE PHARMACY PRACTICES AT
NECC.
IMPROPERLY STERILIZATION AND
IMPROPER TESTING OF SUPPOSEDLY
STERILE MEDICATION.
AND CHIN INSTRUCTED PHARMACY
TECHNICIANS TO MISLABEL
MEDICATIONS TO INDICATE IT WAS
PROPERLY STERILIZED AND TESTED
AND HE HAD THEM FRAUDULENTLY
COMPLETE CLEANING LOGS TO SHOW
THEY WERE PROPERLY CLEANED AND
MAINTAINED WHEN THEY HAD NOT
BEEN.
CHIN IS CHARGED WITH MAIL FRAUD
RIGHT NOW FOR SHIPPING DRUGS
THAT HE KNEW WERE NOT SAFE.
IN ALL, 751 PATIENTS DEVELOPED
FUNGAL INFECTIONS.
64 DIED FROM TAINTED DRUGS MADE