SPRINGFIELD, MA (AP) - Following a lengthy investigation by authorities, a doctor in Agawam has been indicted over allegations he committed insurance fraud when prescribing opioid medications to patients. Dr. Frank Stirlacci, 55, from Ludlow, and the woman who allegedly helped him with the prescriptions, Jessica Miller, 36, from Springfield have each been charged with 20 [...]
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A registered nurse accused of stealing prescription drugs intended for a patient has been arrested. Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood says 35-year-old Stefanie Cook, of Collins, was arrested Friday following an indictment by a Covington County grand jury on one count each of Medicaid fraud and obtaining possession of a controlled substance by fraud, misrepresentation [...]
A Lock Haven woman is facing charges after allegedly creating unauthorized drug prescriptions at the State College doctor's office where she worked as a medical assistant. According to a criminal complaint filed Thursday, a pharmacist in Lock Haven last week contacted a narcotics agent in the Office of the Attorney General to inform him that [...]
Federal prosecutors say a Treasure Valley pain doctor kept sloppy records that left thousands of regulated pills unaccounted for. But the doctor says he is a victim of an employee who stole the drugs. A lawsuit filed Wednesday by U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson’s office against James Hurd Morland, a pain medicine specialist, could result [...]
Jessie Gianni. Photo courtesy Colorado Springs Police Department. A man arrested earlier this week nearly closes out a prescription drug ring discovered in 2015 that led to 25 people being charged. Jessie Gianni, 26, was arrested late Sunday on four warrants as he was leaving his motel room on South Nevada Avenue. Court documents revealed [...]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A Riverside woman was arrested Tuesday on charges of practicing medicine without a license after she illegally wrote prescriptions for her boyfriend, the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office said. Pamela Corley, 54, was employed as a medical assistant at a Riverside doctor's office until detectives linked her to prescription medicine fraud, according to her [...]
Seven individuals were arrested and indicted for their involvement in a prescription forgery scheme aimed at illicitly obtaining narcotics for resale. The defendants include 2 alleged leaders, Joseph Bivona and Steven Keller, who are being charged with operating a prescription forgery and drug diversion ring in New York City, according to a statement from the [...]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Police arrested a woman accused of stealing medication from a patient at Nashville's Trevecca Towers Retirement Homes. Every year healthcare fraud leads to a $60 billion loss for Medicare, no matter how small the crime. The most recent case reported in Nashville stems from a visit to the Trevecca Towers Retirement Homes [...]
A former University of Kentucky Hospital nurse is accused of stealing the painkiller fentanyl from the hospital by creating fake patient names, according to a Fayette County grand jury indictment. Richard L. Edwards, 36, of Lexington was indicted Monday on 22 counts of criminal falsification of medical records and one count of theft. Each count [...]