NECC Prosecutor Joins Law Firm

One of the prosecutors in the criminal case stemming from a nationwide fungal meningitis outbreak is leaving his position to join a law firm.
George Varghese, an assistant U.S. Attorney who has served the U.S. Justice Department in Boston and Washington, D.C. is joining the Boston office of WilmerHale, which specializes in defense work in white collar crimes.
Along with Assistant U.S. Attorney Amanda Strachan, Varghese handled the criminal cases of 14 people charged in the wake of the 2012 fungal meningitis outbreak. Eleven of the 14 indicted have been convicted of crimes ranging from racketeering to conspiracy and mail fraud.
All of the defendants were connected to the New England Compounding Center, the company blamed for the outbreak. Of some 800 outbreak victims, over 100 have died.
“It took up the last seven years of my career,” Varghese said of the NECC case. “When I finished with that, I felt like it was time to work on something new."
Varghese has worked as a federal prosecutor for over a decade. In addition to the NECC case Varghese worked on cases including thee investigation of the Boston Marathon bombing and the conviction of a participant in the 1994 Rwandan genocide.'