Seth the mermaid | Bryan Smith
Via Robert Gearty
Florida State veterinarian Dr. Seth Fishman, the first to appear in court in a comprehensive equine doping case that documented the widespread use of illegal and undetectable performance-enhancing drugs in the United States. racetracks across the country, was convicted in New York on February 2 on a charge that could put him behind bars for 15 years.
A jury of eight women and four men in U.S. District Court in Manhattan found Fishman, 50, guilty of conspiracy to violate adultery laws and mislabelling and manufacturing PED administered for racehorses. by corrupt trainers for money and fame.
U.S. District Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil will sentence Fish-Man on May 5. The verdict comes after three hours of deliberation over two days. The trial lasted 11 days. The mermaid was absent from the courtroom.
Nearly two years ago, Fishman, six other veterinarians, 11 trainers and nine others, identified as distributors of PED, were charged with a conspiracy to drug equine after a towing investigation. two years of the New York Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. prosecutors.
Those charged include top trainer Jason Servis, whom federal prosecutors say many millionaires were coerced into. Maximum security (New Year’s Day), first place finisher in the 2019 GI Kentucky Derby, who was demoted to 17th by management for interfering with another horse in the race. Servis is awaiting trial.
Also accused is Jorge Navarro, who was sentenced to five years in prison last year after pleading guilty to conspiracy.
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