by Linda Cheek, MD | Jan, Mon, 2018 | Convicted physician |
The Controlled Substance Act was designed by Congress to go after offshore drug cartels and confiscate their assets. However, the DEA, formed in 1973 for that purpose, was an abject failure. So in the 1990’s they creatively turned the CSA against an easy, unexpecting...
by Linda Cheek, MD | Jan, Fri, 2018 | Doctor charged, Plea agreement |
Jay Joshi, MD, 33, a family practitioner in Munster, Indiana, was indicted January 23, 2018 on four counts of selling, distributing or dispensing hydrocodone based on prescriptions issued to a government agent falsely perpetrating himself as a patient in need of...
by Billy Earley | Jan, Sat, 2018 | Medicine |
Los Angeles – The Pain News Network blasted Dr. Timothy Munzing as inexperienced and unfamiliar with the practice of doctor Forest Tennant, who is a well-known pain specialists and former one time Mayor of West Covina. The DEA raided Dr. Forest Tennant’s home in...
by Linda Cheek, MD | Jan, Tue, 2018 | Plea agreement |
Gilberto Sanchez, MD, 56, of Cecil, Alabama, pleaded guilty Nov, 2017 to drug distribution conspiracy, health care fraud, and money laundering charges from his family practice in Montgomery, AL. Now here’s an interesting tidbit of information. Try to figure this out....
by Linda Cheek, MD | Jan, Thu, 2018 | Plea agreement |
Devendrakumar (Devendra) Ishwarbhai Patel, 58, a cardiologist in Elko, Nevada is the first in that state to face criminal charges since the formation of the Justice Department’s Opioid Fraud and Abuse Detection Unit. Nevada is one of 12 states under a U.S. Justice...