Dr. Seth Fishman was sentenced to 11 years in prison on July 11 in the Southern District Court of New York, USA, after being convicted of two counts of conspiracy to violate drug dispensing laws and misrecording brand.
In addition to the jail time, the vet will be jointly liable for $25 million in restitution along with all others convicted as part of the federal trial and for a loss of $13.5 million. dollars, the amount he earns from the performance manufacturing and distribution business. – enhanced substance designed to avoid detection. Convicted mermaid also includes a $250,000 fine.
Before sentencing, Fishman said: “I never should have pushed the envelope and helped the trainers out. I have no desire to create another substance for a racehorse again.”
The vet showed no emotion when his sentence was pronounced.
Fishman faced a maximum prison sentence of 17.5 years, but Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil gave him a sentence she felt was more in line with what others were sentenced in the case. This case has been received. After reading Fishman’s sentence, the judge said she hoped his sentence would provide a deterrent for others to stop treating racehorses with performance-enhancing drugs.
“As a veterinarian, you enjoyed a special position of trust, and you abused that position of trust,” Vyskocil said.
This story will be updated.
