Three current and former Volusia County residents, including a one-time Daytona Beach mayoral candidate, were named in a 73-count indictment unsealed in federal court today.
Jude LaCour, 35, formerly of Daytona Beach, and his father, Jeffrey LaCour, 60, of South Daytona, are accused of illegally selling presciption drugs over the Internet and money laundering. Jeffrey LaCour made an unsuccessful run for mayor of Daytona Beach in 1981.
Hudsen Smith, 36, of Deland, also was indicted on related drug-trafficking charges along with several other out-of-state men.
According to the indictment, the La Cours conspired to distribute controlled substances and other prescription drugs to customers across the United States who did not have valid prescriptions. Their company, Jive Network Inc., took in more than $77 million over three years, officials said
Jeffrey LaCour served as the Director of Operations at Jive Network and Hudsen Smith was the Director of Pharmacy/Physician operations, federal officials said.
Customers completed a short health history questionnaire, but Jive Network did not verify the customers’ identities and did not require the customers to submit any medical records during the ordering process, federal officials said.
The LaCours and Smith recruited doctors throughout the United States to review health questionnaire answers and approve customer orders for the drugs solely on the basis of the answers, according to the indictment.
No attempt was made to contact the customers, the doctors did not verify their identities or ages, did not conduct any physical examinations or testing and did not review any medical records before approving prescription drug orders, investigators said.
Jive Network paid the doctors a fee for each questionnaire they reviewed, according to the indictment.
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