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Convicted Feb. 2 on two counts of conspiring to violate adulteration and misbranding laws and the manufacture of performance-enhancing drugs administered to racehorses by corrupt trainers for money and fame, veterinarian Seth Fishman has filed for another delay of his sentencing, reports the Thoroughbred Daily News.
Fishman was originally scheduled to be sentenced on May 5, but a delay until May had already been granted as he was “allegedly having trouble filling out federal probation paperwork.”
According to the TDN, this second delay request suggests that a COVID outbreak in the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, where Fishman is being held, is behind the need for more time.
“Dr. Fishman’s tier is currently in ‘lockdown’ status and, apparently, will remain in that position for the foreseeable future,” wrote attorney Maurice Sercarz.
The new date Fishman is requesting is in the range of June 20-24.
Nearly two years ago, New York U.S. Attorney Damian Williams’ office charged Fishman, six other veterinarians, 11 trainers, and nine others, identified as PED distributors, with conspiring dope horses in New York, New Jersey, Florida, Ohio, Kentucky, and the United Arab Emirates.
The investigation began in 2018 and was headed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and criminal investigators with the Food and Drug Administration.
Read more at the Thoroughbred Daily News.
