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Charges Filed Against Chicago-Area Man For Multi-Million-Dollar Theft Of Prescription Pain Relieving Medications

September 12, 2011
… Man For Multi-Million-Dollar Theft Of Prescription Pain Relieving Medications September 12, 2011 Chicago … of Hydrocodone, a controlled substance prescribed for pain reduction and marketed in various forms under a number …
September 12, 2011
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Staten Island Physician’s Assistant And Two Other Individuals Arrested For Illegal Distribution Of Oxycodone Pills

September 03, 2014
… who abuse our health care system and illegally prescribe pain medication which ultimately is sold throughout our … narcotic-strength opioid used to treat severe and chronic pain conditions. Almost seven million Americans abuse … prescription medications, including opioid painkillers, resulting in more deaths from prescription drug …
September 03, 2014
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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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Two Michigan Doctors Plead Guilty To Unlawful Distribution Of Controlled Substance Painkillers And Health Care Fraud

February 11, 2015
… Guilty To Unlawful Distribution Of Controlled Substance Painkillers And Health Care Fraud February 11, 2015 Detroit …
February 11, 2015
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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 Releases New Rules That Create Convenient But Safe And Secure Prescription Drug Disposal Options

September 08, 2014
… to opioids, a class of drug that includes prescription painkillers and heroin.  More than two-(70 percent) of people who misuse prescription painkillers for the first time report obtaining the drugs …
September 08, 2014
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Twenty-Four Indicted In Oxycodone Trafficking And Health Care Fraud Scheme

October 12, 2011
… of the defendants, including a doctor, a pharmacist and two pain clinic operators are currently in custody after a … Control and Prevention report that Schedule II prescription painkillers like oxycodone today cause more drug overdose …
October 12, 2011
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Sovah Health to Pay United States $4.36 Million to Settle Claims of Controlled Substance Act Violations

June 08, 2022
… result in additional monetary sanctions and injunctive relief.  The settlement is the third-largest civil penalty … controls in place to prevent the diversion of powerful painkilling prescription opioids. Sovah Health is a regional …
June 08, 2022
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Former Parker Doctor, Office Manager, And Two Pharmacists Indicted For Conspiracy And Illegal Distribution Of Prescription Medication Resulting In Patient Deaths

April 12, 2016
… 70, currently of Manhattan, Kansas, owned and operated the Pain & Injury Clinic which was located in Parker, Colorado. … of Grand Blanc, Michigan was the office manager at the Pain & Injury Clinic from approximately July 2011 to … indictment set forth, abuse of prescription authority for pain-killing opioid medicines can lead to suffering and …
April 12, 2016
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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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Former Union General Hospital CEO, ER Director, And Blairsville Physician Indicted For Illegally Prescribing And Obtaining Prescription Pain Pills

April 09, 2018
… For Illegally Prescribing And Obtaining Prescription Pain Pills April 09, 2018 Atlanta Contact Info Contact Us … and obtaining thousands of doses of prescription pain medications outside the usual course of professional …
April 09, 2018
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Charges Against Doctor And 10 Other Individuals Involved In Illegal Distribution Of More Than One Million Oxycodone Pills

December 11, 2014
… illegal drug distribution ring involving the prescription painkiller oxycodone.  As detailed further below, the … Americans abuse oxycodone, with the misuse of prescription painkillers such as oxycodone leading to as many as 500,000 …
December 11, 2014
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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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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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Florida-Based Oxycodone Suppliers Sentenced To Federal Prison

February 26, 2014
… to ending the illegal distribution of prescription painkillers in our community," said United States Attorney … Florida on a monthly basis to obtain prescription Oxycodone painkillers from both Young and Strachan. Young and Strachan …
February 26, 2014
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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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New Jersey Division Of Consumer Affairs Launches “Project Medicine Drop,” Providing Consumers Opportunity To Dispose Of Unused Prescription Medication Throughout The Year Pilot Program Important Component Of The Division’s Fight To Prevent Prescription

November 14, 2011
… from friends. Many people mistakenly believe prescription painkillers are less dangerous and less addictive than …
November 14, 2011
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Charges Against Owner Of Bronx Clinic And 23 Other Individuals Involved In Illegal Distribution Of More Than Five Million Oxycodone Pills

February 05, 2014
… more than five million tablets of the prescription painkiller oxycodone over a three-year period. The … drug abuse than heroin and cocaine combined. Unnecessary painkillers can simply end up being killers. This has to …
February 05, 2014
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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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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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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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US Attorney’s Office Announces “The Right Prescription For New Jersey”Federal, State Agencies And Non-Profits Come Together To Prevent Prescription Drug Abuse

September 24, 2012
… today not only face local drug dealers peddling diverted pain pills on street corners, our unprepared loved ones can … that the death toll from overdoses of prescription painkillers has more than tripled in the past decade. More …
September 24, 2012
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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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Seventeen Charged In White Plains Federal Court With Massive Oxycodone And Heroin Conspiracies In And Around Rockland County

March 25, 2015
… suburban communities and inner city.  Diverted prescription pain medication and heroin drug crews are public health … is poison by prescription.  The abuse of prescription painkillers, and oxycodone in particular, has become a …
March 25, 2015
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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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Queens Doctor Sentenced To 54 Months’ Imprisonment For Conspiracy To Distribute Oxycodone

June 17, 2015
… Defendant continued to write prescriptions for powerful painkiller after surrender of his DEA registration BROOKLYN, … by illegally providing vast quantities of these powerful painkillers without medical necessity. Even after …
June 17, 2015
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Agencies Host Community Showing Of Chasing The Dragon: The Life Of An Opiate Addict

February 23, 2017
… die every day in America from an overdose of prescription painkillers. Since 2014, more than 14,000 people have died …
February 23, 2017