Final NECC Sentencing Delayed

Sentencing sessions for the two final defendants in the criminal case stemming from a deadly fungal meningitis outbreak has been delayed once again.
In brief orders issued today in U.S. District Court in Boston, Mass. U.S. District Judge Richard G. Stearns set separate dates for the sentencing of Michelle Thomas and Kathy Chin, two pharmacists who worked at the New England Compounding Center, the company that caused the 2012 outbreak.
Kathy Chin will be sentenced on Dec. 19 at 3 p.m. while Michelle Thomas will be sentenced 24 hours later.
Both were convicted of violations of the Food Drug and Cosmetic Act when they approved for shipment drugs prescribed for obviously fake named patients.
The two had most recently been scheduled for sentencing on Dec. 17 and Dec. 19.
Chin is the spouse of Glenn Chin, also a former NECC pharmacist, who is serving an eight year prison sentence following his conviction on racketeering, conspiracy and mail fraud charges. Glenn Chin was a supervising pharmacist in the clean room where drugs contaminated with a deadly fungus were prepared.
Kathy Chin and Thomas were not involved in the preparation of the deadly steroids.
Federal prosecutors have recommended that Thomas and Kathy Chin be sentenced to two years of probation.
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