NECC Defendant Released From Jail

By Walter F. Roche Jr.

One of the defendants in the fungal meningitis outbreak criminal case has been released from federal custody after completing his 2.5 year sentence.
Gene Svirskiy, 40, who was a pharmacist at the New England Compounding Center, was released from custody at a Philadelphia pre-release facility Thursday.
He was one of 14 people indicted following a two-year probe of the deadly 2012 fungal meningitis outbreak. He was convicted on charges of racketeering, conspiracy, mail fraud and violations of the Food Drug and Cosmetic Act. In addition to the jail time, Svirskiy will serve one year of supervised release.
Svirskiy served nearly all of his sentence at a federal prison in central Massachusetts. He tried multiple times to get an early release due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but the requests were denied.
Svirskiy was not involved in the production of the contaminated methylprednisolone acetate which caused the outbreak, although he did work in one of the two NECC clean rooms.
Two other NECC defendants, Barry Cadden and Glen Chin, are still serving their sentences and are also facing second degree murder charges in Livingston County Michigan. Both recently had their federal prison sentences substantially increased.
Cadden's sentence was increased from nine years to 14.5 years while Chin's sentence was hiked from eight to 10.5 years.
Contact: wfrochejr999@gmail.com Court records show Svirskiy plans to go back to work in drug compounding at a pharmacy part owned by a member of the Massachusetts Board of Pharmacy.