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Manager of Pain Clinic, Her Boyfriend, and Customers Facing Federal Charges for a Drug Distribution Conspiracy

May 19, 2021
… Manager of Pain Clinic, Her Boyfriend, and Customers Facing Federal … criminal complaint has been filed charging the manager of a pain clinic, her boyfriend, and several customers with …
May 19, 2021
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September 02, 2025
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September 02, 2025
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More Charges Against State Lawmaker for $900,000 COVID-19 Fraud Scheme

March 26, 2021
… In total, Derges applied for $882,644 from the CARES Act Relief Fund on Lift Up’s behalf. Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act in March 2020, … the Greene County Commission created the CARES Act Relief Fund to “promote recovery by funding programs and …
March 26, 2021
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Georgia Man Sentenced for Key Role in Drug Trafficking Ring that Engaged in COVID Fraud

September 27, 2023
… also defrauded taxpayers through blatant abuse of COVID-19 relief programs,” said U.S. Attorney Steinberg. “All of them … to forfeit an Atlanta condominium purchased with COVID-19 relief funds, and a certificate of deposit of $297,336 purchased with pandemic relief funds.  Kinchen and his co-defendants were identified …
September 27, 2023
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DEA’s Eighth Statewide Prescription Drug Take Back Day Results In Another Big Haul More Than 12,000 Pounds Of Prescription And Over-the-counter Medicine Collected

May 08, 2014
… more than 54 percent of people who abuse prescription pain relievers got them through friends or relatives, a … and pet owners to dispose of such CS medications as painkillers, sedatives, and stimulants like ADHD drugs.  People were flushing their old meds down the toilet or throwing them in the trash.  DEA …
May 08, 2014
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Henderson Doctor Pleads Guilty To Unlawful Distribution Of Controlled Substances

October 26, 2015
… for oxycodone and other highly addictive prescription painkillers, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden for … 15, 2012, Kuthuru wrote prescriptions for Oxycodone, Percocet, MS Contin, Roxicodone and Methadone to undercover …
October 26, 2015
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Niagara Falls man arrested following controlled delivery of packages carrying marijuana and ecstasy

May 28, 2020
… Niagara Falls man arrested following controlled delivery of packages carrying marijuana and ecstasy May 28, …
May 28, 2020
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Local pain management doctor going to prison for 70 months for conspiring to distribute controlled substances and health care fraud

October 15, 2020
… Local pain management doctor going to prison for 70 months for … a healthcare system, which, in 2001, decided to treat pain as a 5th vital sign, thereby incentivizing a surge in … into Dr. Gosy’s role in the illegal proliferation of pain medication at the height of opioid epidemic was …
October 15, 2020
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Thirty-Two Indicted In Broward And Palm Beach Counties In Second Coordinated Pill Mill Takedown

August 23, 2011
… in, among other things, the illegal distribution of pain killers and steroids through pill mills operating in … individuals, including addicts and traffickers, seeking to buy large quantities of oxycodone and other controlled …
August 23, 2011
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More Than 1,000 Stakeholders From Throughout Minnesota Convene To Define The Problem With Prescription Painkillers And Develop Solutions

August 25, 2015
… Minnesota Convene To Define The Problem With Prescription Painkillers And Develop Solutions August 25, 2015 Chicago … like health policy as well as day-to-day issues around care delivery and treatment of addiction.” Parents and children …
August 25, 2015
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Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti Doctors And Owner Of Pain Management Clinic Charged With Illegally Distributing Controlled Substance Prescription Drugs

March 18, 2015
… Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti Doctors And Owner Of Pain Management Clinic Charged With Illegally Distributing … owner, office manager and three doctors associated with a pain management clinic located on the Ann Arbor-Ypsilanti …
March 18, 2015
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Pasco County Pharmacist Sentenced For Illegally Distributing Pain Medications

September 24, 2013
… Pasco County Pharmacist Sentenced For Illegally Distributing Pain Medications September 24, 2013 Miami Contact Info …
September 24, 2013
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Second Major Cross-Border Drug Tunnel Discovered South Of San Diego This Month

November 30, 2011
… truck leaving the Otay Mesa warehouse. After parking overnight in the Miramar area, a man picked up the rig early … Two other suspects linked to the scheme were arrested overnight in Baldwin Park, Calif. The six defendants, all …
November 30, 2011
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Member Of “Los Piojos” Cocaine Trafficking Family, Responsible For Importing Tons Of Cocaine Into US Convicted Millions Used To Buy Over 50 Racing Horses: Over 280 Kilos Of Cocaine, $15-20 Million In Assets Seized

June 15, 2017
… Tons Of Cocaine Into US Convicted Millions Used To Buy Over 50 Racing Horses: Over 280 Kilos Of Cocaine, $15-20 … derived from the importation, receiving, concealment, buying, and/or selling cocaine; and (2) Transport or …
June 15, 2017
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North Providence Man Admits to Wire Fraud, Theft of Government Funds

April 08, 2022
… works in Rhode Island today admitted that he filed COVID-relief unemployment applications in at least two other … information presented to the court, while collecting COVID-relief unemployment benefits in Rhode Island in June 2020, … actors and assists agencies tasked with administering relief programs to prevent fraud by, among other methods, …
April 08, 2022
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Nassau Doctor Charged with Five Counts of Murder for Depraved Prescription Abuse

March 04, 2021
… in 1976, had no specialized training or accreditation in pain management. For a time, he maintained a makeshift … cash. In some cases, he allegedly prescribed opioid painkillers at patients’ request to individuals he had never … 3,830 oxycodone from twenty-one prescriptions, and 1,036 Percocet over eight prescriptions. At one point, Blatti …
March 04, 2021
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Orchard Park pain doctor pleads guilty to using patient names fraudulently to obtain controlled substances

January 28, 2019
… Orchard Park pain doctor pleads guilty to using patient names … the case, stated that Biddle was an anesthesiologist and pain management doctor who also operated a medical marijuana …
January 28, 2019
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Pain Management Doctor And Clinic Administrator Indicted On 130 Counts In Major Prescription Drug Investigation

December 14, 2011
… Pain Management Doctor And Clinic Administrator Indicted On …
December 14, 2011
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Former Bordentown physician charged with narcotics distribution and fraud

December 04, 2019
… total doses of opioids, including oxycodone (OxyContin, Percocet, Roxicodone, Endocet), hydrocodone (Vicodin, Norco, … whether his patients were benefitting from the prescription painkillers he routinely and repeatedly prescribed, or exploration of the underlying causes for their pain. He also maintained inadequate records on his patients …
December 04, 2019
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Orange County Pharmacist Charged With Illegally Distributing Pain Medications

January 10, 2014
… Orange County Pharmacist Charged With Illegally Distributing Pain Medications January 10, 2014 Miami Contact Info Contact …
January 10, 2014
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Psychiatrist Charged With Prescribing Pain Medication Outside Of Medical Authority

January 15, 2016
… Psychiatrist Charged With Prescribing Pain Medication Outside Of Medical Authority January 15, …
January 15, 2016
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Former State Lawmaker Sentenced for COVID-19 Fraud Scheme at Springfield Health Care Charity

February 28, 2023
… In total, Derges applied for $882,644 from the CARES Act Relief Fund on Lift Up’s behalf. Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act in March 2020, … the Greene County Commission created the CARES Act Relief Fund to “promote recovery by funding programs and …
February 28, 2023
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Pain management doctor pleads guilty to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and health care fraud

January 07, 2020
… Pain management doctor pleads guilty to conspiracy to … number, and sometimes labeling the prescriptions as for “pain management,” even when the drug was being prescribed …
January 07, 2020
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Houston physician and pain management clinic owner sentenced to 35 years each for running pill mill

September 20, 2018
… Houston physician and pain management clinic owner sentenced to 35 years each for … HOUSTON – A Houston physician and the owner of a pain management clinic were each sentenced to 420 months in …
September 20, 2018
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Owner Of Pain Clinics In Kentucky Receives 20 Year Federal Prison Sentence For Multiple Convictions Related To Illegal Distribution Of Controlled Substance Prescription Drugs

March 18, 2014
… Owner Of Pain Clinics In Kentucky Receives 20 Year Federal Prison … (313) 234-4310   LEXINGTON, Ky. - The former owner of pain clinics in Georgetown, Ky., and Dry Ridge, Ky., that …
March 18, 2014
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Joint Investigation Leads To Arrest Of Doctor For Selling Assault Weapons & Drugs During Course Of Murder-for-Hire Plot

April 15, 2015
… commits arson and distributes diverted prescription pain pills out of his medical office. Through an intensive … to December 2014, when the first of six undercover drug buys from the seller, until March 2015, was conducted.  …
April 15, 2015
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Community Event
October 21, 2019 - October 22, 2019
October 21, 2019 - October 22, 2019

Practitioner Diversion Awareness Conference

12:00 AM - 9:00 AM (EDT)
New Orleans , LA
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will be hosting two regional, one-day Practitioner Diversion Awareness Conferences (PDAC) on Monday, October 21, and Tuesday, October 22, 2019. The same conference will be held both days. Participants can attend either day. The conferences will be held at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside, New...
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L.A. County Fentanyl Distributor Found Guilty in Death of Gold Line Rider

July 02, 2025
… the Food and Drug Administration for use as an analgesic (pain relief) and anesthetic. It is approximately 100 times …
July 02, 2025
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Jury Convicts Pain Clinic Doctor of Unlawful Drug Distribution, Money Laundering, and Filing a False Tax Return

June 23, 2023
… Jury Convicts Pain Clinic Doctor of Unlawful Drug Distribution, Money … medical doctor who owned and operated MD Care Clinic, a pain management clinic in Hillsborough County. Over a …
June 23, 2023
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In Memoriam: Pope Francis—A Global Voice Against Drug Trafficking and Addiction

April 21, 2025
In Memoriam: Pope Francis—A Global Voice Against Drug Trafficking and Addiction April 21, 2025 Today, the Drug Enforcement Administration joins the world in mourning the passing of Pope Francis, a courageous global voice who stood with law enforcement in …
April 21, 2025