Centre County, Pa. - Attorney General Josh Shapiro today announced criminal charges against a Centre County orthopedic surgeon who wrote 63 prescriptions for opioid pain medications and other drugs to a woman who was not his patient, but with whom he was having an affair. Dr. Kenneth L. Cherry, 58, of Balmoral Circle, State College, [...]
A doctor in New York City could face up to 20 years in prison after allegedly selling 4 million opioid pills to fake patients, according to New York’s Fox 5 News. Dr. David Taylor, a 74-year-old pain management specialist who allegedly ran a pill mill on Staten Island, was arrested by federal agents Thursday along [...]
Four Central PA co-conspirators charged in fake Oxycodone prescription scheme HARRISBURG — Four Central Pennsylvania suspects have been arrested in a conspiracy to write and fill fake prescriptions for nearly 3,000 Oxycodone pills, Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced in a press release Thursday. Girley Levon Livingston, 35, of Lancaster, and Arielle Rue, 27, of Harrisburg, conspired [...]
Chippewa County (WQOW) -- An Altoona woman is facing 15 charges, including five felonies, after giving a false name to procure thousands of dollars in prescription pain medication. Molly Tiry, who is 39, was charged in Chippewa County on Tuesday. According the criminal complaint, Tiry gave two false identities to officials at St. Joseph's Hospital [...]
ANN ARBOR, MI - A Washtenaw County woman has pleaded no contest to writing prescriptions for ADHD and anxiety medications using the identities of two doctors. Julie A. Kelley, 40, of Northfield Township was charged in March with two counts of identity theft, two counts of controlled substance obtained by fraud and counterfeit prescription fraud [...]
MANASSAS, Va. (ABC7) — A neurologist in practice in Manassas and Reston has been arrested and charged with prescription fraud. Police say Ishtiaq Ahmad, M.D., prescribed pain medications without having performed the proper medical exams. Following an investigation that began in November 2015, members of the Prince William-Manassas-Manassas Park Narcotics Task Force executed multiple search warrants [...]
Related Coverage SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) — A former University of California at San Francisco gastroenterologist accused of fraudulently prescribing Ritalin over a three-year period pleaded not guilty to felony charges in court Thursday. Christian Mathy was arrested last Friday on a warrant issued by the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office after an investigation by UCSF police [...]
Jeana Jiles, 34 (Courtesy Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail) A Hampton woman who pleaded guilty to obtaining oxycodone by fraud in York County last month is facing related charges in multiple jurisdictions across southeastern Virginia. Jeana Jiles, 34, was sentenced to 20 years in prison with all but one year and three months suspended in the York-Poquoson [...]
Anne Marie Coke Contributed image On a total of 36 felony counts, Anne Marie Coke, 36, of Marshall, received a 30-year prison sentence Monday, May 22, after reaching a plea agreement with the Saline County Prosecutor's Office. Coke pleaded guilty to 33 separate counts of fraudulently attempting to obtain controlled substance, a class D felony, [...]
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. - A Farmington Hills doctor was sentenced Thursday to 19 years in prison for participating in a conspiracies to distribute prescription pills and commit health care fraud, acting U.S. Attorney Daniel Lemisch announced. Adelfo Pamatmat, 71, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Robert H. Cleland. Pamatmat and two co-defendants were found guilty after [...]