Category Archives: Blog #7: Drug Scandal

Sonja Farak was an accomplished student athlete before this all happened. She was incredibly bright, played football as a woman, and was employed by a crime lab at UMass Amherst. So, why did she tamper with evidence? First of all, … Continue reading →

If you were to be incriminated for possession of a substance that looked like a drug, you would like to think proper testing would be conducted, to either prove your innocence, or convict you of your crime. As we talked … Continue reading →

Sonja Farak worked at the crime lab in Amherst MA. She was tampering with the drugs she was testing. She would alter samples, fake test results, and list some tests as positive even when she did not test them. Before … Continue reading →

The main premise of the Sonja Farak case was that she had been stealing and using drugs that were meant to be analyzed in the crime lab. Sonja had been tampering with the evidence, and when questioned about whether there … Continue reading →

Sonja Farak was a chemist working in the Amherest, Massachuetts drug lab. Her role was to receive drugs from cases and check if the chain of custody was correct and intact. Then, she would test the substance to determine what … Continue reading →