California Psychiatrist Joel Dreyer, Serving 10 years in Prison – his drug crimes are now being blamed on his brain condition
Newser Did Our Justice System Fail a Sick Psychiatrist? CSM digs into case of convicted drug dealer Joel Dreyer By [...]
Mohammad Omar Mohabbat, Alabama Psychiatrist, pleads guilty to harassing Patient – was earlier arrested for sexual abuse of patient
Tuscaloosa News Psychiatrist pleads guilty to harassment Staff Reports October 5, 2015 Mohammad Omar Mohabbat A Northport psychiatrist has [...]
KWABENA AKUFFO-AKOTO, CANADIAN PSYCHIATRIST, SUED FOR SEX WITH PATIENT WHO WON $500,000 JUDGMENT – Psychiatrist fled country to the UK
The Telegraph-Journal (New Brunswick) September 4, 2015 Psychiatrist Kwabena Akuffo-Akoto Testimony concludes in medical lawsuit Testimony wrapped up on [...]
Alfonso Guzman, Puerto Rican psychiatrist, Gets Prison Time – Prescribed Drugs to Undercover Agent who repeatedly said he had no physical or mental symptoms
Google Translation above, original Spanish version below. Primera Hora Federal sentence of two years in prison psychiatrist Alfonso Madrid By [...]
Particularly damaging to the reputation of psychiatry
“Sexual misconduct is particularly damaging to the reputation of psychiatry because the damages to patients which result are mental and [...]
Shrink Aubrey Levin Sued for $1.4-million by man who alleges he was molested
Calgary Sun Disgraced Calgary psychiatrist Aubrey Levin facing new abuse allegations By Kevin Martin July 24, 2015 Psychiatrist Aubrey [...]
Shubu Ghosh, Alaska Child Psychiatrist Gets the Slammer in $605k medicaid fraud case
KTUU Anchorage child psychiatrist to serve 3.5 years for $605k medicaid fraud By Mallory Peebles July 29, 2015 An Anchorage [...]
Michael Kessler, Penn. psychiatrist, hauled off to prison for child sex crimes
Pocono Record UNLAWFUL CONTACT WITH MINOR Cresco ex-psychiatrist caught 'grooming' boy on Facebook sentenced By Andrew Scott July 11, 2015 [...]
British psychiatrist Colin Brewer (revoked license) hired to sign off on suicides at Switzerland “suicide clinic”, which is facing a major criminal probe
Daily Mail Banned British doctor who approves Dignitas suicides secretly recorded advising how patients can 'pop their clogs' even when [...]
Muhammad Choudhry, psychiatrist, routinely billed for 20 hours per day, Ohio permanently revoked his license. Now Illinois is investigating him for providing group therapy sessions to more than 100 Medicaid patients every other day in 2010 and 2011
Reuters Banned from Medicare, still billing Medicaid By M.B. Pell and Kristina Cooke April 29, 2015 Psychiatrist Muhammad Choudhry [...]
Curtis Steele, Canadian Psychiatrist, 82, Charged with Child Porn, Took Photos of Young Girls
CBC News Former Halifax psychiatrist Curtis Steele facing child porn charges Steele had licence revoked after he was accused of [...]
Florida Psychiatrist Barry Kaplowitz Gets the slammer – Claimed he “treated” 400 patients – Not
Miami Herald Hollywood Pavilion psychiatrist sentenced to five years in Medicare scam By Jay Weaver April 30, 2015 Psychiatrist [...]
Enyinnaya Ezema, Canadian (formerly UK) Psychiatrist, charged with assault, loses license
CBC News Pictou County psychiatrist charged with assault; no longer licensed Dr. Enyinnaya Ezema charged after alleged incident at New [...]
Ravi Shenava, 64-year-old Canadian psychiatrist, charged with sexual assault
Blackburn News Psychiatrist Accused Of Sexual Assault By Matt Weverink April 23, 2015 A 64-year-old man is charged with [...]
Duc Qui Nguyen, CA psychiatrist, arrested for grand theft
Los Angeles Times DOCTOR ACCUSED OF MEDI-CAL FRAUD PLEADS NOT GUILTY By LESLIE BERKMAN October 28, 1993 State authorities have [...]
Steven Taylor, psychiatrist, booked into jail – child pornography
The Advocate (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) Psychiatrist arrested on child porn counts April 11, 2008 Psychiatrist Steve Taylor COVINGTON - [...]
Adolfo Hernandez, Psychiatrist, arrested after a 13-month investigation, faces up to 20 years in prison for dispensing drugs without a prescription
The Indianapolis Star (Indiana) Physician is jailed on drug charges; Psychiatrist facing 8 counts of unlawfully dispensing painkiller By Katie [...]
Herbert Meadow, NYC Psychiatrist, 79, arrested, he is among 23 defendants who allegedly participated in a massive scheme, luring people in low-income neighborhoods, homeless shelters and welfare offices to corrupt medical clinics for unnecessary tests with the promise of free footwear such as sneakers, shoes and boots.
The Brooklyn District Attorney's Office FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, March 31, 2015 Psychiatrist Herbert Meadow Twenty-Three Defendants – Including [...]
Jerusalem psychiatrist arrested for sexually assaulting and molesting patients for five years
http://www.mynet.co.il Google Translation: Suspicion: Orthodox psychiatrist disturbed and had sex with patients Orthodox Neve Yaakov presented himself as a psychotherapist [...]
Joanna Wolicki-Shannon, North Carolina Psychiatrist, arrested in illegal drug ring (Adderall, Vyvanse, Ritalin etc.)
WITN NEW INFO: Kinston psychiatrists could face jail time in prescription drug scheme March 18, 2015 Psychiatrist Joanna Wolicki-Shannon [...]
Walter Shannon, North Carolina Psychiatrist, Trafficked in thousands of fraudulent prescription drugs
WITN NEW INFO: Kinston psychiatrists could face jail time in prescription drug scheme March 18, 2015 Psychiatrist Walter Shannon [...]
Judge orders Surrender of Psychiatrist Barry Kaplowitz to prison authorities immediately – lied about providing “treatment” to patients he never saw
Miami Herald Jurors convict South Florida psychiatrist and patient recruiter in Medicare fraud trial By Jay Weaver February 21, [...]
Barry Kaplowitz, Miami psychiatrist with a “robotic” signature, signed off on thousands of bogus treatments – Jury Deliberates his Fate
Miami Herald Jurors to decide fate of South Florida psychiatrist, others in Medicare fraud trial By Jay Weaver February 16, [...]
Mansour Sanjar and Cyrus Sajadi, Texas Psychiatrists, Sentenced to Prison, Defrauded Medicare
Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 12, 2015 Psychiatrists, Mansour Sanjar, 81, Cyrus Sajadi, [...]
Sentencing date set for psychiatrist’s wife who tried to bribe his jury
Calgary Herald Sentencing date set for woman who tried to bribe jury at husband's trial By Daryl Slade January 16, [...]
Christopher Palacios, Mass. Psychiatrist, charged with pushing, kicking and sexually assaulting his wife
The Sun Chronicle Psychiatrist given board reprimand By David Linton January 15, 2015 Psychiatrist Christopher Palacios ATTLEBORO - A [...]
Claudio Dicovsky, NJ Psychiatrist, “Sentenced” to lame “house arrest” for accepting $200,000 in Bribes
Bergen Dispatch Fort Lee Psychiatrist Sentenced to One Year of House Arrest and Three Years' Probation By Staff January 05, [...]
Pralay Mazumdar, psychiatrist, told patient she was sicker than she was to prolong her hospital stay
Herald Sun Suspended jail sentence for psychiatrist who defrauded WorkCover Rebecca David Dandenong Leader December 19, 2014 Psychiatrist Pralay [...]
Indian Psychiatrists Protest the Arrests of Two of their Own – arrests “sent shockwaves in the entire psychiatry community”
Indian Express Psychiatrists protest arrest of two colleagues, stop prescribing drug to addicts By Raakhi Jagga December 23, 2014 [...]