ALBANY — A Glens Falls oncologist and his wife and office manager were sentenced Wednesday to pay thousands in fines for receiving misbranded and unapproved chemotherapy drugs from outside the country.

Vincent Koh, 73, and his wife, Milly Koh, 64, received fines of $7,500 and $3,000, respectively, after pleading guilty last fall to receiving in interstate commerce and delivering misbranded drugs, a misdemeanor, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday.

The elder Koh, a state-licensed medical doctor who specializes in cancer treatment, has offices in Glens Falls and Poughkeepsie. His wife managed the practice and admitted that from July 2010 through March 2012, she ordered various discount cancer drugs from foreign countries and Koh prescribed them.

The drugs had not been approved by the FDA for distribution or use in the U.S. and their labeling did not contain information required by law including adequate directions for use. As a result, they were "misbranded" and illegal to receive and provide to American patients.

One of the drugs, Mabthera, contained rituximab, the same active ingredient found in Rituxan — an FDA-approved drug that is legally used and marketed in the U.S.

The case was investigated by the FDA Office of Criminal Investigations and the Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

In February, the Kohs agreed to pay $500,000 for violating the False Claims Act by knowingly submitting false claims to Medicare for unapproved chemotherapy drugs.