PRESS RELEASE

Two Michigan Physicians Convicted Of Illegally Distributing Powerful Painkillers At Ann Arbor Area Pill Mill

March 22, 2017
… Physicians Convicted Of Illegally Distributing Powerful Painkillers At Ann Arbor Area Pill Mill March 22, 2017 … March of 2015, the Meghnot Clinic ostensibly operated as a pain management center that, in reality, wrote medically …
March 22, 2017
DRUG FACT SHEET

Ketamine

January 22, 2025
Hallucinogen
Ketamine is a dissociative anesthetic that has some hallucinogenic effects. Ketamine distorts the perception of sight and sound and makes the user feel disconnected and not in control. It is referred to as a “dissociative anesthetic hallucinogen” because it makes patients feel detached from their pain and environment. Ketamine can...
January 22, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Judge sentences St. Louis County doctor for fraudulently obtaining opioid narcotic prescription drugs

October 28, 2020
… names, including prescriptions for the narcotic opioid pain relief drugs hydrocodone and oxycodone. Dr. Williams …
October 28, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

St. Louis County doctor pleads guilty to fraudulently obtaining opioid narcotic prescription drugs

January 21, 2020
… names, including prescriptions for the narcotic opioid pain relief drugs hydrocodone and oxycodone.  Dr. Williams …
January 21, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Indianapolis Doctor Charged With Illegal Painkiller Distribution

May 16, 2014
… Indianapolis Doctor Charged With Illegal Painkiller Distribution May 16, 2014 Chicago Contact Info … Dr. Robert Ash charged with writing prescriptions for painkillers without a legitimate purpose INDIANAPOLIS - On …
May 16, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Pharmaceutical distributor and executives, pharmacists charged with unlawfully distributing painkillers

July 18, 2019
… pharmacists charged with unlawfully distributing painkillers July 18, 2019 Headquarters Contact Info Contact … sought to enrich themselves by distributing millions of painkillers to doctors and pharmacies in rural Appalachia, …
July 18, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Glendora Doctor Pleads Guilty To Distributing Addictive Painkillers And Transferring Proceeds To An Off-Shore Bank Account

February 04, 2016
… Glendora Doctor Pleads Guilty To Distributing Addictive Painkillers And Transferring Proceeds To An Off-Shore Bank … and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Brian M. Clark …
February 04, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Former Las Vegas Doctor Sentenced To Over 3a½ Years In Prison For Selling Prescription Painkillers To Undercover DEA Agent

September 18, 2014
… To Over 3a½ Years In Prison For Selling Prescription Painkillers To Undercover DEA Agent September 18, 2014 Los … and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Brian M. Clark …
September 18, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

National Health Care Fraud Enforcement Action Results in Charges Involving over $1.4 Billion in Alleged Losses

September 21, 2021
… activities prey on our most vulnerable – those in pain, the substance-addicted, and even the homeless – those who are most susceptible to promises of relief, recovery, or a new start. Not only do these schemes …
September 21, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Pill distributor and executives, pharmacists charged with unlawfully distributing painkillers

July 19, 2019
… pharmacists charged with unlawfully distributing painkillers July 19, 2019 Detroit Contact Info Contact Us … sought to enrich themselves by distributing millions of painkillers to doctors and pharmacies in rural Appalachia, …
July 19, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Ohio Doctor Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Illegally Prescribing Painkillers

February 13, 2015
… Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Illegally Prescribing Painkillers February 13, 2015 Detroit Contact Info Contact … for illegally prescribing hundreds of thousands of doses of painkillers and other pills to customers for no legitimate …
February 13, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Omaha DEA Taskforce Honored By Midwest HIDTA For Investigative Effort

January 28, 2014
… business owner suspected of trafficking the powerful painkillers oxycodone and hydromorphone in the region.  The … huge amounts of powerful, addictive prescription narcotic painkillers. While the case remains ongoing and specific …
January 28, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

St. Louis County dentist sentenced to 18 months after issuing illegal prescriptions for opioid narcotic drugs

February 05, 2020
… 14,000 units of various anti-anxiety and opioid narcotic pain relief drugs.  Dr. Seyer prepared and kept some dental …
February 05, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Matthew Peterson Sentenced After Pleading Guilty To Federal Charges For Stealing Prescription Opioids

July 16, 2015
… pleaded guilty to federal charges of fraudulently acquiring pain medication while he was employed as a paramedic. … abused his position of public trust by providing diluted pain medication to those facing critical health emergencies … “Peterson’s reckless behavior not only denied patients relief from pain but also jeopardized their medical …
July 16, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Third Man Convicted By A Federal Jury For Conspiring To Buy Five Or More Kilograms Of Cocaine

June 06, 2011
… Third Man Convicted By A Federal Jury For Conspiring To Buy Five Or More Kilograms Of Cocaine June 06, 2011 Phoenix … with Neyra and was the primary contributor of the $90,000 buy money that this sting ultimately netted. Federal and …
June 06, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Brownsville man heads to federal prison for buying crack cocaine

April 10, 2019
… Brownsville man heads to federal prison for buying crack cocaine April 10, 2019 Houston Contact Info …
April 10, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

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
PRESS RELEASE

Seven Charged With Oxycodone Conspiracy In Broward County Pill Mill Operation

July 03, 2013
… Control and Prevention report that Schedule II prescription painkillers, like oxycodone, cause more drug overdose deaths … including drug addicts and traffickers, seeking to buy large quantities of oxycodone and other controlled …
July 03, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Pain Management Physician Charged With Overbilling Medicare

March 13, 2014
… Pain Management Physician Charged With Overbilling Medicare … 571-362-9171 BOSTON - A physician specializing in pain management was charged today for overbilling the …
March 13, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Akron, Ohio Doctor Is Sentenced To 5 Years In Federal Prison For Illegally Distributing Prescription Painkillers

March 16, 2015
… In Federal Prison For Illegally Distributing Prescription Painkillers March 16, 2015 Detroit Contact Info Contact Us … distributing tens of thousands of doses of prescription painkillers, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States …
March 16, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

St. Louis County Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison in Connection with Fentanyl Death

January 26, 2024
… Matthews admitted selling pills that resembled the painkiller Percocet to his co-defendants, Katlyn Mae Brewer … a week. On those occasions Brewer and/or Houston would buy 20 to 40 pills at $10 to $20 per pill. The investigation … facility and contacted Houston and Brewer via Snapchat to buy “Percocet pills.” Matthews disputed that he provided the …
January 26, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Manhattan Doctor Illegally Sold Painkiller Prescriptions To Drug Trafficking Organization

January 31, 2013
… Manhattan Doctor Illegally Sold Painkiller Prescriptions To Drug Trafficking Organization … caused untold misery by flooding our streets with deadly painkillers. Today marks the end of their poisonous …
January 31, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Northern Ohio Doctor Pleads Guilty To Illegally Prescribing Hundreds Of Thousands Of Opiate Painkillers And Other Pills

October 20, 2014
… To Illegally Prescribing Hundreds Of Thousands Of Opiate Painkillers And Other Pills October 20, 2014 Detroit Contact … to illegally prescribing hundreds of thousands of doses of painkillers and other pills to customers for no legitimate …
October 20, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Doctor Pays $153,000 to Resolve Allegations of Overprescribing Opioids at his Escondido Clinic

December 11, 2020
… Brenda Sandoval Divsersion.SAN@dea.gov SAN DIEGO –Escondido pain clinic doctor Bradley Chesler, M.D., has paid the … may write prescriptions for opioids only for a legitimate medical purpose while acting in the usual course of their … overprescribing opioids while treating patients who suffer painful conditions.  Health care providers treating patients …
December 11, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Guilty Plea For Southern Ohio Physician Who Ran Prescription Pill Mil

April 07, 2017
… a controlled substance. Temponeras owned the Unique Pain Management Clinic in Wheelersburg, Ohio. Benjamin C. … this case Temponeras owned and was the physician at Unique Pain Management in Wheelersburg, Ohio. Her father, John … Unique Pain Management so she opened the dispensary Unique Relief LLC from the same location as her clinic in order to …
April 07, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Owner Of Multiple Ohio Pain Clinics Sentenced To 14 Years In Prison And Ordered To Forfeit $6.3 Million In Pain Clinic Profits

May 21, 2014
… Owner Of Multiple Ohio Pain Clinics Sentenced To 14 Years In Prison And Ordered To Forfeit $6.3 Million In Pain Clinic Profits May 21, 2014 Detroit Contact Info …
May 21, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

L.A. County Fentanyl Distributor Found Guilty in Death of Gold Line Rider

July 02, 2025
… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Brian M. Clark … the Food and Drug Administration for use as an analgesic (pain relief) and anesthetic. It is approximately 100 times …
July 02, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

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
PRESS RELEASE

Colombian National Convicted After Attempting to Buy 20 Kilos of Cocaine

November 16, 2021
… Colombian National Convicted After Attempting to Buy 20 Kilos of Cocaine November 16, 2021 New England …
November 16, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Overprescribing opioids costs La Jolla doctor $125,000

October 16, 2019
… including fentanyl that were not issued for a legitimate medical purpose and while not acting in the usual course of … often begins with doctors prescribing excessive amounts of pain killers,” said U.S. Attorney Robert Brewer. “While we …
October 16, 2019