In Indiana, Hammond resident Michael Ivy has been sentenced to two years in prison and one year of probation for not disclosing his seropositivity when he gave blood to a plasma center, The Indianapolis Star reported.
Ivy was arrested and put in jail last year after prosecutors charged him with knowingly donating HIV-tainted blood. He was told in 2002 he could not donate blood after he tested positive for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. However, he repeatedly donated blood after the diagnosis.
In December, a spokeswoman with the Lake County (Ind.) Prosecutor’s Office told Windy City Times that Ivy was charged with ‘selling contaminated blood and fluids.’