Vet Convicted in Racehorse Doping Scheme Must Pay $10.3 Million

A veterinarian convicted of federal criminal offenses in connection with a 20-year scheme to create and distribute performance enhancing drugs for use in professional horse racing is on the hook for a $10.3 million judgment.

Seth Fishman was convicted by a federal jury in February 2022 of two counts of drug adulteration and misbranding with intent to defraud and mislead and was later sentenced to 11 years in prison.

Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York imposed a preliminary judgment of $13.5 million in July 2022, which was the estimated value ...