Doctor Indicted on Federal Drug Trafficking Charges for Writing Oxycontin Prescriptions for Cash

APR 30 -- (LOS ANGELES) – A physician who operated a clinic in San Fernando has been indicted on federal narcotics charges for allegedly writing prescriptions for the powerful and addictive painkiller oxycodone for people he did not examine and who simply paid him as much as $300 for a prescription. Masoud Bamdad, 54, of Granada Hills, was named in a 23-count indictment returned late yesterday afternoon by a federal grand jury in Los Angeles. >> Full Story