Dushyant Mahendrabhai Patel

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Dushyant Mahendrabhai Patel (born 1958) is an Indian-American businessman who served as president of the company called AM2PAT Inc. based in Raleigh, North Carolina.[1] Under his presidency, the company sold untested syringes of heparin that were tied to the deaths of at least five people and the hospitalizations of hundreds.[2]

In 2009, Patel was listed as one of the most wanted fugitives sought by the United States Food and Drug Administration's Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI).[3] The federal charges against him were dropped in 2021, by which time he had eluded capture for 12 years.[4]

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  1. ^ "Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Most Wanted Fugitives". FDA. Archived from the original on 8 September 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  2. ^ Palmer, Eric (25 August 2014). "FDA's 'Most Wanted Fugitives': The agency wants your help finding these bad players". www.fiercepharma.com. Archived from the original on 13 June 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  3. ^ "FDA-OCI Presents 11 Most Wanted Fugitives, Seeks Help in Catching Fake Drugs Criminals – Partnership for Safe Medicines". www.safemedicines.org. 9 September 2014. Archived from the original on 3 August 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Feds drop charges against Angier company president on run for 12 years". WRAL.com. 12 October 2021.