Veterinarian Convicted in ‘Widespread’ Racehorse Doping Scheme

A federal jury in New York convicted veterinarian Seth Fishman Wednesday of drug adulteration and misbranding with intent to defraud and mislead, in connection with a 20-year scheme to create and distribute performance enhancing drugs for use in professional horse racing.

Fishman is the first to be convicted by a jury out of more than 30 defendants charged in four separate cases in March 2020 arising from a multi-year investigation of racehorse abuse through performance enhancing drugs, the Justice Department said, in its announcement of the verdict.

The case arises from an investigation of “widespread schemes by racehorse trainers, veterinarians, ...