Fallout from rogue US forensic chemist continues
chemistryworld | April 18, 2018
The highest court in Massachusetts has effectively ordered the dismissal of more than 11,000 drug convictions, as they may be tainted by the misconduct of former Massachusetts forensics chemist Sonja Farak. Farak worked in a Massachusetts drug analysis lab from 2003 until her arrest in January 2013. She served an 18-month prison sentence after being convicted of tampering with evidence, stealing illegal drugs from the facility where she worked and cocaine possession.