Date: January 28, 2021 Contact: newsroom@ci.irs.gov Concord — Boaz BenMoshe of Israel, pleaded guilty in federal court on Wednesday to bail jumping. According to court documents and statements made in court, in November 2006, a federal grand jury charged BenMoshe with conspiracy to launder monetary instruments and conspiracy to engage in unlicensed wholesale distribution of prescription drugs. After an initial appearance hearing on January 29, 2007, BenMoshe was released on conditions including his promise to notify the pretrial services officer of any plans to change his residence and to travel outside of the Central District of California and the District of New Hampshire. On January 9, 2009, BenMoshe pled guilty to conspiracy to engage in unlicensed wholesale distribution of prescription drugs. The Court accepted his guilty plea and permitted him to continue on the same conditions of release pending sentencing. The sentencing hearing was scheduled for June 23, 2009. On or about April 29, 2009, in violation of his conditions of release, BenMoshe moved to Israel and failed to appear for his sentencing hearing on June 23, 2009. On December 16, 2009, a federal grand jury charged BenMoshe with bail jumping for his failure to appear at his sentencing hearing. In August of 2020, BenMoshe was extradited from Israel to the United States to face the charges pending against him in New Hampshire. BenMoshe is scheduled to be sentenced in both cases on April 1, 2021. The criminal case was investigated by the Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation, the Food and Drug Administration's Office of Criminal Investigations, and the Office of the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Cam Le and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Sarah Hawkins.
