by Linda Cheek, MD | Nov, Sat, 2022 | Acquitted |
Chad Hall, DO, 43, of Las Vegas, NV was acquitted of all 19 charges against him on Nov 9, 2022. Interesting, though, that there is no news of this achievement in the media. There was notice of his indictment in June, 2019 and the mistrial called in August, 2022 from...
by Marjorie Belsky | Aug, Fri, 2019 | Plea agreement |
Although we generally conjure up images of gambling and neon when we envision Nevada, the latest physician indictment and sentencing squashes all notions of revelry in this state. Despite little detail in the news, Dr. Shouping Li, 57, was the latest victim in the...
by Linda Cheek, MD | Mar, Fri, 2018 | Plea agreement |
Steven Holper, MD, 66, a PM & R (physical medicine & rehabilitation) pain management physician in Law Vegas, NV was charged Feb 13 with seven-counts of distribution of Fentanyl, and 22-counts of health care fraud relating to Subsys, a sublingual form of...
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...
by Linda Cheek, MD | Jan, Tue, 2018 | Plea agreement |
Robert Rand, 54, of Reno Nevada was sentenced Nov, 2017 to 10 years for his June, 2017 guilty pleas to involuntary manslaughter and illegal distribution of a controlled substance. He maintained his innocence for over a year. But doctors don’t receive justice, forcing...