A Miami-Dade County doctor was arrested Tuesday after state prosecutors said she illegally prescribed opioid drugs to a patient, resulting in the woman's death. Dr. Marta Farinas, 48, faces charges of manslaughter and conspiracy to traffic in oxycodone and delivery of oxycodone. "Doctors are supposed to heal their patients, not feed their addictions," Florida Attorney [...]
The motion, filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Jackson, seeks a hearing in which federal prosecutors hope to have J. Young’s bond revoked. Young had previously been released on a $5,000 unsecured bond. Young, also known as the “Rock Doc,” was indicted along with 15 other medical professionals, including nine doctors, stemming from a [...]
Ten people have been charged in a 103-count indictment alleging hundreds of millions of dollars in fraud in connection to an Alabama-based pharmacy, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Alabama. The indictments, announced Monday, involve a nurse practitioner, and the owners, a pharmacist, managers, sales representatives, and billers, of Haleyville, [...]
An investigation identified a health care worker who was diverting injectable narcotics for personal use as the likely source of 13 hepatitis C virus infections in an ED in Washington state. “Drug diversion can be defined as any act or deviation that removes a prescription drug from its intended path from the manufacturer to the [...]
Over a month after being charged with six felonies relating to trafficking in opium, Lori Tadlock, human resources director for Richmond County, announced her retirement from the position. Tadlock, 49, is charged with two felony counts each of obtaining prescription by misrepresentation, trafficking opium and insurance fraud and two misdemeanor counts of possession of a [...]
Last week, The Hamilton Spectator looked into an RCMP bust of a local pharmacy where prescription drugs were allegedly funnelled into the black market. Here are five things to know about the investigation, allegations, illicit opioid trafficking, and the regulations meant to prevent it. What's the story? The RCMP charged four people with offences ranging [...]
A Norristown doctor who prosecutors say violated ethical standards has admitted to prescribing drugs, including oxycodone, to addicted female patients in exchange for nude photographs and other sexual favors. Joseph Francis Cipriano, 57, whose practice was located at 905 DeKalb St., showed no emotion Tuesday as he pleaded guilty in Montgomery County Court to felony [...]
A West Virginia doctor has been convicted in federal court on drug distribution charges. A jury found 60-year-old Dr. George P. Naum of Wheeling guilty Tuesday of illegally distributing controlled substances. Prosecutors say Naum conspired with others on the illegal operation from a drug treatment center in Weirton from 2008 to 2016. Naum faces up [...]
A physician based in Munster has been sentenced to more than a year in federal prison after pleading guilty to a felony charge of dispensing hydrocodone, an opioid, outside the scope of professional practice and not for a legitimate medical purpose, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Indiana said. Jay Joshi, age [...]
A Muskegon County nurse practitioner with her own family medicine practice has had her license suspended for allegedly overprescribing commonly abused medications, including opioids. Susan Drust of Susan Drust Family Medicine, Norton Shores, has been among the state’s “highest-volume prescribers of commonly abused and diverted controlled substances,” according to the state’s administrative complaint against her. [...]