Donato Poliseno

Harness Trainer Who Sought to Use Dead Vet's Credentials to Order Drugs Imprisoned 4 Months

Donato Poliseno of Delaware, who trained Standardbreds for over 50 years before opening a pharmaceutical company in 2012 that federal prosecutors said sold a "bevy of drugs" to other harness racing participants without legally mandated prescriptions, was sentenced on Wednesday to four months in prison. A federal judge ordered that Poliseno, 72, must also pay a $2.26-million forfeiture as the result of a plea bargain that set aside felony charges related to conspiracy, drug alteration, and misbranding in exchange for pleading guilty to one count of a substantive violation of...

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