A Keosauqua nurse was charged with two counts of acquiring a controlled substance by misrepresentation, fraud, deception, and subterfuge and three counts of false statements relating to health care matters. The indictment alleges she fraudulently obtained Oxycodone and Hydrocodone pills from residents at the Keosauqua Health Care Center and Savannah Heights in Mount Pleasant, Iowa,
In the Southern District of West Virginia, Dr. Marc Spelar, a psychiatrist from Milton, is accused of 10 counts of illegal drug distribution between 2016 and 2017. The drugs were dextroamphetamine, methylphenidate and amphetamine salt. Sperlar has been prohibited from practicing in West Virginia since August 2017 under a consent order with the In 2017
In the Northern District of Alabama, a doctor allegedly dispensed controlled substances and other prescription drugs directly from the clinic, and prescribed excessive quantities of controlled substances to the same patients several times per month resulting in as many as 15 pills per day for some patients. In that case, the doctor also signed blank
In the Northern District of Alabama, a doctor and pharmacy technician were charged with operating a Pill Mill, (a) prescribing controlled substances without a legitimate medical purpose and outside the scope of professional practice; (b) filling those prescriptions; and (c) using the proceeds from these activities for the personal benefit See https://www.justice.gov/opa/page/file/1155036/download
In the Northern District of Alabama, a doctor and pharmacy technician were charged with operating a Pill Mill, (a) prescribing controlled substances without a legitimate medical purpose and outside the scope of professional practice; (b) filling those prescriptions; and (c) using the proceeds from these activities for the personal benefit See https://www.justice.gov/opa/page/file/1155036/download
Office manager at an Alabama family medicine clinic arrested for her alleged role in a pill mill conspiracy.
In the Northern District of West Virginia, a case was brought against an orthopedic surgeon who allegedly used fraudulent prescriptions to obtain tablets of acetaminophen-codeine for his own use. To obtain the pills, the surgeon allegedly wrote out prescriptions using his DEA number, and in the names of a relative even though the pills were
In the Eastern District of Tennessee, Four doctors, a nurse practitioner and a physician’s assistant were charged with the unlawful distribution of opioids. Dr. Henry Babenco was the supervising physician at Lafollette Wellness Center of LaFollette. An indictment charges him along withregistered nurse Sharon Naylor, physician’s assistant Alicia Taylor and clinic manager Gregory Madron. The
In the Eastern District of Tennessee, Four doctors, a nurse practitioner and a physician’s assistant were charged with the unlawful distribution of opioids. The supervising physician at Lafollette Wellness Center of LaFollette is charged in an indictment along with a registered nurse, a physician’s assistant and the clinic manager. The indictment said the four worked
In the Eastern District of Tennessee, two Knoxville doctors were charged in an indictment with illegally distributing the opioids hydrocodone, oxycodone, hydromorphone, oxymorphone, plus the drugs morphine and gabapentin between December 2015 and March 2019. See https://www.justice.gov/opa/page/file/1154956/download