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Virginia doctor running scheme to prescribe opioids with no medical purpose, pleads guilty

… admitted that he wrote prescriptions for numerous patients without assessing the individual needs of those patients, … the usual course of his professional practice and were without any legitimate medical purpose. In addition, on at …
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Dominican Man Pleads Guilty To Illegally Reentering The United States And Distributing Fentanyl

… in Lawrence for allegedly reentering the United States without authorization. In addition to being in the U.S. without authorization, Santos-Ocasio also distributed 40 …
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Toms River Woman Charged with Unauthorized Practice of Medicine, Forgery, Health Care Claims Fraud, and Distribution of a Controlled Dangerous Substance

… Toms River Woman Charged with Unauthorized Practice of Medicine, Forgery, Health Care Claims … the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Economic Crime Squad without incident.  She is presently lodged in the Ocean … of any controlled dangerous substance, especially without a proper medical license, is not only dangerous …
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Reno Doctor Robert Rand Pleads Guilty To Involuntary Manslaughter Of Patient And Unlawful Distribution Of Nearly 24,000 Oxycodone Pills

… prescribed an excessive amount of oxycodone to a patient without a legitimate medical purpose and not in the usual … another patient a total of 23,645 oxycodone 30 mg pills without a legitimate medical purpose. He prescribed a number …
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Arlington Doctor and Nurse Practitioner Found Guilty of Operating a Pill Mill

… – outside the usual course of professional practice and without a legitimate medical purpose. At time, he issued prescriptions for controlled substances without conducting any medical examination at all, sometimes …
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Reno Doctor Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Involuntary Manslaughter Of Patient And Unlawful Distribution Of Large Quantities Of Prescription Drugs

… 2016 he prescribed a total of 23,645 oxycodone 30 mg pills without a legitimate medical purpose to a second patient. In … on opioid overdose and how someone can manage pain without prescription drugs, visit …
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Arlington Doctor Sentenced to 12 Years in Pill Mill Case

… Arlington Doctor Sentenced to 12 Years in Pill Mill Case March 25, 2022 … – outside the usual course of professional practice and without a legitimate medical purpose. At times, he issued prescriptions for controlled substances without conducting any medical examination at all, sometimes …
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Ecuadorian and Columbian Nationals Found Guilty of Smuggling Over 400 Kilograms of Cocaine in the Eastern Pacific Ocean

… engines, multiple fuel containers on deck, was operating without navigational lights at dusk, and was operating in a … three defendants on board, and determined the vessel to be without nationality, and therefore subject to U.S. …
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Long term care pharmacy settles improper dispensing and recordkeeping allegations

… DEA registration number, and storing records off-site without the permission of DEA.    PPS cooperated with the … inspections of the pharmacy during the next three years without a warrant.     DEA Special Agent in Charge Boyle and …
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Medical Doctor Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute Controlled Substances

… other controlled substances (carisoprodol and alprazolam), without a legitimate medical purpose and outside the usual … your medical license by prescribing opioids and other drugs without a legitimate medical purpose and outside the usual …
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Chicago Medical Clinic Owner Gets Six Years Prison for Selling Opioids to Patients Illegally

… GALVANI, wrote prescriptions for the powerful opioids without conducting an appropriate physical examination or … outside the usual course of professional practice and without a legitimate medical purpose.  U.S. District Judge …
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Former owner of Chicago medical clinic guilty of selling opioid prescriptions to patients who lacked medical need for the drugs

… Galvani, wrote prescriptions for the powerful opioids without conducting an appropriate physical examination or … outside the usual course of professional practice and without a legitimate medical purpose.  The charge carries a …
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Interpreter in Federal Criminal Investigation Charged with Disclosing Investigation and Court-Ordered Wiretap to Targeted Drug Dealer

… instances such as these we will ensure justice is served without delay.” According to the federal complaint unsealed … contracts never to disclose any investigative information without authorization and to notify DEA if she had any …
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Physician Assistant sentenced to 10 years in prison

… were outside the usual course of professional practice and without a legitimate medical purpose.  The evidence showed … powerful narcotics outside the usual course of practice and without a medical purpose.  This criminal behavior …
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Detroit Area Pharmacist/Pharmacy Owner Sentenced To 17 Years For Drug Conspiracy And Health Care Fraud

… would also write prescriptions for controlled substances, without regard to medical necessity, which would be filled … amount of $1.5 million.  Defendant Patel, who has been held without bond since his arrest on August 2, 2011, will …
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Former Kentucky Doctor Pleads Guilty To Illegal Distribution Of 25,000 Controlled Substance Prescription Pills

… LLC, to distribute thousands of oxycodone pills to patients without a legitimate medical purpose.  Bofill acknowledged … and, in some instances, he even signed off on prescriptions without actually ever seeing the patients.  Patients who …
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Three Sentenced In Opioid "Pill Mill" Case, Including Dallas Doctor

… wrote or signed prescriptions for 30mg oxycodone pills without conducting medical exams of patients, without determining there was a legitimate medical purpose …
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Twin Brother Pharmacists Each Sentenced To 42 Months In Prison For Defrauding Patients And Insurance Companies Of $1.5 Million

… insurance companies for the fully filled prescription. Without informing the patients, the conspirators substituted … also filled outstanding refills on a given prescription without the patients' knowledge and then billed Medicaid and …
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Pair Of Brothers Among Five Charged In Conspiracy To Traffic Guns To New Jersey From South Carolina

… are each charged with conspiracy to traffic in firearms without a license. Tribbett and a sixth defendant: Lewis … to the arrests. The conspiracy to traffic in firearms without a license charge carries a maximum potential penalty …
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Joint Operation With Lake County Sheriff's Office Results In Major Cocaine Seizure

… of a Controlled (Class 1) • Possession of a Firearm without a Firearm Owner’s Identification (Class A … of a Controlled (Class 1) • Possession of a Firearm without a Firearm Owner’s Identification (Class A …
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Suspended Physician Sentenced To 1 A½ Years For Illegally Dispensing Oxycodone And Falsely Billing Medicare In Undercover Probe

… including home visits and diagnostic testing and review, without regard to whether the claimed services were … including ultrasound and autonomic nervous system testing, without regard to medical necessity. He further prescribed …
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Charleston Drug Gang Busted

… defendants would face a mandatory term of life imprisonment without parole on conviction. These are Arnold Bellinger, … minimum twenty sentence and a maximum of life imprisonment without parole. Michael Hayes also faces an additional …
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Newnan Dentist Sentenced To Prison For Unlawfully Distributing Controlled Substances

… provider, dispensing controlled substances to his patients without any regard for medical necessity." According to … these patients routinely received prescriptions from Maddux without being examined, and many stated that prescriptions …
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Owner Of Fashion District Clothing Company Pleads Guilty To Customs, Immigration And Money Laundering Offenses

… collect proceeds from their drug sales in the United States without having to take the risk of smuggling large amounts of U.S. currency across the Mexican border and without having to wire the funds through financial …
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Two Doctors Face Federal Charges For Supplying Drug Trafficking Gang Members With Narcotics Prescriptions

… Federal Charges For Supplying Drug Trafficking Gang Members With Narcotics Prescriptions August 29, 2016 Los Angeles … they issued prescriptions for narcotics and sedatives without a medical purpose.  The doctors - Sonny Oparah, 75, …  In most instances, the doctors sold the prescriptions without ever examining the undercover officer or cooperating …
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South Carolina Man Sentenced To Eight Years In Prison For Shooting A DEA Special Agent

… returning fire, the agents took the defendant into custody without further incident. Their poise under fire reminds us … grabbed a laser-sighted pistol and fired it into a wall without ever identifying a target. ; Robinson then put on …
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Pawtucket Man Sentenced To 7 A½ Years In Federal Prison For Manufacturing And Distributing Meth From Newport Motel Room

… may top the list.  Meth labs are notorious for exploding without warning, and it has devastating health effects on … defendant here manufactured and sold meth with impunity, without any concern whatsoever for the buyers of his product …
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Former Doctor Sentenced For Illegally Prescribing Pain Medication

… hydrocodone, oxycodone, and oxymorphone, for individuals without conducting legitimate medical examinations. In 2010, … substance pain medication at the request of the individuals without conducting a thorough medical exam. In addition, on …
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Two Springfield, Missouri, Men Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison For Methamphetamine Conspiracy

… Springfield, Missouri, was sentenced to 21 years in prison without parole.  Brandon A. House, 33, of Ash Grove, Missouri, was sentenced to 20 years in prison without parole.  Both individuals were convicted and …
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Philadelphia Doctor Charged With Running Pill Mill

… and then were given prescriptions for controlled substances without there being any legitimate medical purpose for the … office staff would give the refill orders to Gosnell, who, without seeing the customer, would write the requested …