Michigan doctor arrested for diverting prescription drugs
A fifth doctor has now been arrested in Shiawassee County and charged with illegally prescribing pills. Doctor Jeffrey Hoffa turned himself...
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New drug czar to push for more prescription monitoring
Drug czar Gil Kerlikowske says one of his top priorities is curtailing abuse of prescription drugs — such as the addictive...
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Comp claimant in Calif. sentenced for prescription scam
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner announced today that Trent Allen Sudbeck, 41, of Lake Forest, was convicted of multiple insurance fraud related...
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N.J. pharmacist convicted of fraud and drug diversion
A Pleasantville pharmacist was convicted Tuesday on several charges after she used phony prescriptions to get thousands of painkilling pills, charged...
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Four Michigan doc charged with fraud, drug diversion
Four local doctors are in hot water. Police in Shiawassee County say the four doctors illegally prescribed pills and committed fraud....
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Md. man used stolen IDs, insurance $ to get drugs
U.S. District Judge Peter J. Messitte sentenced Scott K. Gibson, age 28, of Mechanicsville, Maryland, Friday to 42 months in prison...
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Dentist in Louisiana arrested for diverting painkillers
Louisiana State Police Region II Criminal Investigators have completed an investigation that led to the arrest of a licensed Louisiana dentist...
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‘Candy man’ doc in Utah pleads guilty to drug charges
A doctor nicknamed “the Candy Man” for his liberal prescription of painkillers has pleaded guilty to federal conspiracy and health care...
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Disciplined docs in Florida allowed to prescribe drugs
One in five of the doctors working in South Florida’s pain-pill offices has a history of professional discipline or criminal convictions,...
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Florida woman arrested on drug and fraud charges
Local and state law enforcement officers arrested a woman accused of fradulently filing hydrocodone prescriptions, charging her with insurance fraud and...
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