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Pharmacist convicted in Internet scam pleads for mercy before he is sentenced

Will serve 25 more months in prison for role in scam

By Milton J. Valencia

 |  Globe Staff  

  February 18, 2012

A Dorchester pharmacist pleaded for mercy yesterday before he was sentenced in US District Court in Boston for taking part in an Internet pharmacy scam to distribute phony prescriptions. It was the first time Baldwin Ihenacho could address the court since his arrest in 2008.

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