Person
Walter Kletch
Former review chemist in the FDA's generic drugs division; pleaded guilty in 1989 to receiving an unlawful gratuity.
- Convicted by U.S. District Court, District of Maryland: receiving an unlawful gratuity, a felony under 18 U.S.C. 201(c)(1)(B) 123
- Sanctioned by U.S. Food and Drug Administration: permanently debarred from working for a drug company 1
Connections 4
worked at
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration review chemist, Division of Generic Drugs Primary record 1
convicted by
- U.S. District Court, District of Maryland 22 Sep 1989 receiving an unlawful gratuity, a felony under 18 U.S.C. 201(c)(1)(B) Primary record 123
sanctioned by
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration 29 Nov 1994 permanently debarred from working for a drug company Primary record 1
involved in
- Generic drug scandal FDA review chemist; pleaded guilty to receiving an unlawful gratuity Primary record 123
Timeline 2 dates
- 22 Sep 1989 Walter Kletch convicted by U.S. District Court, District of Maryland
- 29 Nov 1994 Walter Kletch sanctioned by U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Proof 3 sources
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Walter S. Kletch; Denial of Hearing; Final Debarment Order, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 29 Nov 1994.
Primary record
pled guilty and was sentenced on September 22, 1989, for receiving an unlawful gratuity, a felony offense under 18 U.S.C. 201(c)(1)(B).
issuing a final order under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the act) permanently debarring Mr. Walter S. Kletch
Mr. Walter S. Kletch, a former review chemist in FDA's Division of Generic Drugs (public official)
pled guilty and was sentenced on September 22, 1989, for receiving an unlawful gratuity
Mr. Kletch claims that he received the gratuity from the president of a pharmaceutical firm because of their social relationship. Mr. Kletch denies taking any action that was inconsistent with agency policy because of the gratuity.
as a matter of law, Mr. Kletch's conviction establishes that his receipt of the gratuity was for, and because of, official acts that he had performed and was to perform.
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Generic drug probe includes "two more" FDAers being investigated by U.S. attorney; agency chemist Kletch charged, The Pink Sheet.
Scholarship & press
A criminal information was filed in a Baltimore federal court against Walter Kletch, a review chemist in the generic drug division.
Kletch resigned from the agency on the same day the charges were filed.
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18 U.S.C. 201: Bribery of public officials and witnesses, U.S. Code.
Primary record
directly or indirectly demands, seeks, receives, accepts, or agrees to receive or accept anything of value personally for or because of any official act performed or to be performed by such official or person
directly or indirectly, corruptly gives, offers or promises anything of value to any public official
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