Chin Seeks Delay on Restitution, Forfeiture

By Walter F. Roche Jr.

The attorney for a pharmacist convicted on racketeering and mail fraud charges is asking a federal judge to delay a scheduled hearing on his client's restitution and forfeiture liability.
Stephen Weymouth, the lawyer for Glenn Chin, submitted the request today to U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns.
A Wednesday hearing is scheduled for Chin's sentencing. The restitution and forfeiture issues were scheduled to occur at the same hearing in U.S. District Court in Boston, Mass.Federal prosecutors have asked for a $611,744 restitution order against Chin.
Chin was one of 14 indicted in 2014 following a two year probe of a deadly fungal meningitis outbreak.
Late last week federal prosecutors asked Stearns to impose a 35-year prison sentence on the Canton, Mass. resident.
Weymouth said in his delay request that he needed further time to review victim impact statements.
Nearly 800 patients were sickened in the outbreak caused by fungus ridden steroids shipped from the now defunct New England Compounding Center, where Chinn was employed as a supervisor.
Co-defendant Barry J. Cadden, the one time president of NECC, already is serving a nine-year prison sentence following his conviction on related charges. Stearns already has imposed a $7.5 million forfeiture order against Cadden.
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