BLOODHORSE.COM today (March 16) reports that another of the more than two dozen defendants indicted by a federal grand jury for engaging in illegal activity with performance-enhancing drugs has been sentenced to prison. Carl Garofalo Sr. was given a term of six months March 15 by Judge Paul Oetken of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Meanwhile, the case involving Lisa Giannelli has beenĀ set for a jury trial April 27.
Garofalo, a former owner, driver, and trainer of horses in harness racing, was named in a federal superseding indictment in May 2021 charging him with conspiracy to commit drug adulteration and misbranding along with former pharmacist Scott Mangini and others. The government’s sentencing submission says the charges were predicated on Garofalo’s distribution of PEDs to dope racehorses.
In addition to the jail term, Garofalo was ordered to pay $751,000 in satisfaction of a $6.7 million forfeiture amount.
According to court records, Garofalo, 60, quickly admitted culpability without an attorney present and in June 2021 entered a guilty plea to a reduced charge of drug adulteration or misbranding. His sentencing, originally set for October 2021, was delayed accommodating maternity leave for one of his lawyers.
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