BOSTON — Two co-founders and 12 other former employees of a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy blamed for a fungal meningitis outbreak that killed 64 people were arrested early Wednesday, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office in Boston said.
Gregory Conigliaro and Barry Cadden, co-founders of the New England Compounding Center in Framingham, were among 14 people arrested at their homes around the state, attorney's office spokesman Christina DiIorio-Sterling said.
One of those arrested was Glenn Adam Chin, a former supervisory pharmacist, who had been charged with mail fraud in September.
Tainted steroids manufactured by the pharmacy were blamed for a 2012 outbreak. About 750 people in 20 states developed meningitis or other infections after receiving the contaminated steroids. Michigan, Tennessee and Indiana were the hardest-hit states.
The exact charges are expected to be disclosed at a news conference later Wednesday, and all expected to make an initial court appearance later in the day.