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Career Criminal Lenny Cain Sentenced To Over 13 Years In Prison In Oxycodone Conspiracy

September 30, 2013
… prescriptions for oxycodone, also known as Oxycontin and Percocet.  The leaders also recruited individuals, called …
September 30, 2013
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“Pill Mill” doctor pleads guilty to opioid distribution, admits signing prescriptions for dead and jailed patients

January 21, 2020
… 78,544 hydrocodone pills. Hydrocodone is an opioid pain medication commonly known as Norco or Vicodin. Salerno … has been devastated by the negative effects of prescription pain medication,” said DEA Special Agent in Charge John W. …
January 21, 2020
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Joplin Physician Pleads Guilty to Health Care Fraud

December 02, 2022
… a false statement relating to health care. Stelling was a pain management physician who owned and operated Stelling Pain Management, LLC, in Joplin. According to today’s plea …
December 02, 2022
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Physician, Physician Assistant, and Practice Pay $300K to Resolve Controlled Substances Act Allegations

October 23, 2024
… NORVAL, and MULTICARE MUSCULOSKETETAL MEDICINE AND PAIN MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES, P.C. have entered into a civil … practiced at Multicare Musculoskeletal Medicine and Pain Management Associates, P.C., a medical practice located …
October 23, 2024
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East Bay Doctor Sentenced to Prison for Distributing Opioids Outside the Scope of Medical Practice

March 18, 2024
… asked Karimi for 10mg Norco tablets based on a claim of leg pain resulting from work as a restaurant server. Karimi … asking follow-up questions about the undercover’s reported pain, without obtaining medical records, and without …
March 18, 2024
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Doctor charged for prescribing narcotics to non-patients and ordered detained until trial

March 20, 2019
… describes Di Blasi as providing prescriptions for opioid pain medications and amphetamines to non-patients he met in … will continue to target those who traffic these addictive pain medications.”   “A key component of the opioid crisis …
March 20, 2019
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San Jose Doctor Convicted of Twelve Counts of Illegally Prescribing Opioids

June 22, 2023
… from Siao despite complaining of only vaguely of pain or discomfort, requesting specific opioids by name, and … Guidelines for Prescribing Controlled Substances for Pain, had learned the dangers of addiction, and had been …
June 22, 2023
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Santa Rosa Doctor Sentenced to More than Two Years in Prison for Unlawfully Prescribing Fentanyl and Oxycodone

April 09, 2023
… 571-387-5018 SAN FRANCISCO –Thomas Keller, formerly a pain management doctor in Santa Rosa, has been sentenced to … a Santa Rosa resident and a licensed physician who ran a pain management practice in Santa Rosa when he was indicted …
April 09, 2023
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Former Nurse Sentenced to 18 Months in Federal Prison for Tampering with Morphine Medications at Moses Lake Clinic

August 01, 2022
… by hospitals and health care facilities to relieve pain. While working at Confluence Health, Tuller used … room; that patient continued to be in excruciating pain after receiving only saline from what was supposed to …
August 01, 2022
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Federal Court Orders Clinic to Close, Physician and Clinic Owners to Pay $600,000 for Alleged Unlawful Opioid Distribution

July 27, 2022
… WASHINGTON – A federal court ordered a Tampa-area pain management clinic to close and directed the clinic’s … practice while employed at Paragon Community Healthcare, a pain clinic in New Port Richey, Florida. The complaint …
July 27, 2022
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Former physician assistant convicted in kickback scheme

December 18, 2018
… Food and Drug Administration to treat breakthrough cancer pain. From approximately June 2013 through fall 2014, Clough … the drug for patients who did not have breakthrough cancer pain. He often started patients on high doses of the …
December 18, 2018
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Nurse Pleads Guilty to Tampering with Morphine at Moses Lake Clinic

December 07, 2021
… by hospitals and health care facilities to relieve pain. While working at Confluence Health, Tuller used … room; that patient continued to be in excruciating pain after receiving only saline from what was supposed to …
December 07, 2021
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Anchorage nurse practitioner and Soldotna doctor arrested on separate federal narcotics charges

October 10, 2019
… is a licensed Advanced Nurse Practitioner specializing in pain management and addiction treatment. Spayd was arrested … because it was common knowledge that people could obtain pain medication prescriptions from him even though they did …
October 10, 2019
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Thirty-Three Individuals Arrested On Prescription Fraud Charges

September 19, 2013
… shopping." Hydrocodone and oxycodone are opioid narcotic pain relievers that are medically prescribed to treat moderate to severe pain and can be habit-forming if misused. There is a strong …
September 19, 2013
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Twenty-Three Individuals Arrested On Prescription Fraud Charges

September 04, 2014
… shopping.”  Hydrocodone and oxycodone are opioid narcotic pain relievers that are medically prescribed to treat moderate to severe pain and can be habit-forming if misused. There is a strong …
September 04, 2014
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CleanSlate Addiction Treatment Centers Settle Allegations Of Unlicensed Prescribing And Improper Billing

November 22, 2016
… addicted to opioids, including heroin and prescription painkillers, through medication and counseling. The … III controlled substance that also can be used to treat pain.  Until recently, only a physician could prescribe … to a recent surge in the theft and misuse of prescription pain medications. As a result, federal, state, and local law …
November 22, 2016
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Doctor Sentenced To 7 Years For Illegally Prescribing Narcotics, Defrauding Government Programs

November 04, 2015
… and throughout New England.  The diversion of prescription pain killers, in this case oxycodone, contributes to the … he should stop prescribing oxycodone and other narcotic pain medications to certain patients who showed obvious …
November 04, 2015
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Tufts Medical Center & Local Pharmacy Chain Settle Alleged Violations Of Controlled Substances Act

September 20, 2016
… not adhered to, it allows for the diversion of prescription pain medication, which contributes to the widespread abuse … in the theft, sale, distribution and misuse of prescription pain medication.  As a result, federal, state and local law …
September 20, 2016
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Astoria Doctor Indicted In Illegal Sales Of 130 Painkiller Prescriptions: Three Patients Received 30,000 Pills In 6 Months

May 21, 2015
… Astoria Doctor Indicted In Illegal Sales Of 130 Painkiller Prescriptions: Three Patients Received 30,000 … 130 prescriptions for oxycodone, a highly addictive opioid painkiller. Duffy, an internal medicine practitioner who … of similarly-aged individuals and does not always cause pain. Despite his poor record keeping, notations in the …
May 21, 2015
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Smithtown Doctor Indicted For The Illegal Distribution Of Controlled Substances Without Legitimate Medical Need

May 22, 2015
… methodone and alprazalom, highly addictive prescription pain medications.   The defendant is scheduled to be … allege that between May 2010 and September 2014, Fagin, a pain management doctor, issued multiple controlled substance …
May 22, 2015
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Charges Doctor And Associates As Members Of A Conspiracy To Distribute Oxycodone And Cocaine

October 19, 2011
… in oxycodone. Properly prescribed, oxycodone is a remedy in pain management. Improperly used, it is a highly addictive … in the Bronx, New York. The abuse of diverted prescription pain medication is the fastest growing drug problem in our …
October 19, 2011
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Pharmacy Tech Charged With Tampering With Opioids

September 25, 2017
… was charged today with tampering with vials of opioid painkillers used in the compounding of intravenous fluid … willing to subject terminal cancer patients to intolerable pain in order to feed his own addiction,” Town said. “This … their intended purpose of controlling intense and prolonged pain instead suffered at the hands of a man who knew the …
September 25, 2017
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Queens Doctor Indicted For Illegal Distribution Of Oxycodone

May 03, 2013
… Doctor continued to write prescriptions for powerful painkiller after surrender of his DEA registration BROOKLYN, … highly-addictive prescription medicine used to treat severe pain. Mayard is scheduled to be arraigned at 3:00 p.m. today … abused his position as a licensed Doctor by prescribing pain medications to ‘patients’ with no legitimate medical …
May 03, 2013
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Career Offender from West Memphis Sentenced to 12 years in Federal Prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute Meth

December 17, 2025
… to deliver marijuana, two convictions for the sale or delivery of cocaine, and a conviction for the sale or delivery of marijuana, he is classified as a career offender …
December 17, 2025
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Gun-toting Meth Dealers Sentenced

September 30, 2024
… prior felony convictions, including for the distribution, delivery, or manufacture of a controlled substance. The Drug …
September 30, 2024
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Four Men Indicted for Meth Trafficking

February 07, 2024
… the Drug Enforcement Administration conducted a controlled delivery later the same day. Dontrell and Dreshawn Powell … the residence and found, in addition to the controlled delivery from the Dodge Magnum, an AM-15 pistol, .223 …
February 07, 2024
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DEA and El Paso County District Attorney Team Up

November 01, 2005
… of the defendants were placed under arrest following the delivery of 14 kilograms of cocaine and approximately 1 … kilogram of methamphetamine “ice” to undercover agents. The delivery was made in a brown Ford van occupied by four …
November 01, 2005
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Nine Charged In Manhattan Federal Court With Trafficking Kilograms Of Cocaine Through The U.S. Mail System

July 26, 2016
… scheme to turn the U.S. Postal Service into their own drug delivery service.  The defendants, which includes an … York City through the USPS, retrieving cocaine from various delivery locations, transporting cocaine to residences and a …
July 26, 2016
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Feds Share $8.9 Million With Local Law Enforcement Agencies Forfeited Assets From 2009 DEA Investigation Distributed To 33 Law Enforcement Agencies

September 08, 2014
… to upstate New York for distribution.  Through a controlled delivery executed with the Albany DEA Office, the delivery was completed, resulting in the arrest of three …
September 08, 2014
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Notorious street market for narcotics dismantled in Bronx: major trafficker among 14 charged; two guns recovered

March 11, 2020
… New York and the Northeast.”  “We hope these arrests bring relief to the beleaguered residents and business owners of …
March 11, 2020