Former FDA Chief Crawford Sentenced to Fine, Probation, and Mandatory Community Service

Article in the Washington Post — Ex-FDA Chief Gets Probation, Fine for Lying About Stocks, by the Associated Press.  Here’s an excerpt:

A judge sentenced former Food and Drug Administration chief Lester M. Crawford yesterday to three years of supervised probation and fined him about $90,000 for lying about stocks he owned in companies regulated by the agency.

Magistrate Judge Deborah A. Robinson’s sentence is stiffer than the punishment of a $50,000 fine proposed by federal prosecutors and Crawford’s attorney.

“While the total fine exceeds what the parties agreed to, the fine is well below the maximum under the statute,” Robinson said in a 90-minute hearing in which she sometimes questioned Crawford’s remorse.

Robinson also ordered Crawford to perform 50 hours of community service and to pay the costs of his supervised probation.

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