NECC Sentencings Pushed Back

By Walter F. Roche Jr.

Even as their appeals are pending, defendants convicted in the case stemming from a deadly 2012 meningitis outbreak have had their sentencing sessions delayed by weeks or months.
In a series of orders issued over the past few months, U.S. District Judge Richard G. Stearns has granted motions to delay sentencing for most of the five convicted late last year on charges ranging from racketeering to conspiracy and mail fraud.
Lawyers for those seeking delays have noted in filings in U.S. District Court in Boston, Mass. that if the appeals are successful, any sentencing would be moot.
Under one Stearn's orders Gregory Conigliaro, who was convicted of conspiracy to defraud the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, will be sentenced on June 17 at 3 p.m. Conigliaro was vice president and part owner of the New England Compounding Center, the company that produced steroids contaminated with deadly fungi.
Gene Svirskiy's sentencing has been re-set for 3 p.m. on May 29, while Christopher Leary will be sentenced on May 30 at 9 a.m. Both were NECC pharmacists.
Sharon Carter's sentencing has been set for June 18 at 10 a.m. Alla Stepanets' sentencing has been set for May 1 at 10 a.m. Carter was a pharmacy technician while Stepanets was a licensed pharmacist.
Scott Connolly, who entered a guilty plea prior to the 2018 trial, has his sentencing set for 3 p.m. on July 19. He pleaded guilty to nine counts of mail fraud prior to the 2018 trial.
The final trial for the two remaining NECC defendants, Kathy Chin and Michelle Thomas, is set for April 29.
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