CRIMES
Ely Pelta, “Sugar Daddy” Miami Psychiatrist, history of sexual misconduct
Miami Herald Doctor’s license suspended after he texted female patient ‘You need a sugar daddy’ By Daniel Chang September 29, 2017 Psychiatrist Ely Pelta The text messages from the psychiatrist to his new patient began with offers to help her find another job, after she had come to him for help with work-related anxiety and depression. The patient would owe Dr. Ely Pelta a favor, though, and his text messages made clear how he wanted to be repaid. She needed a “sugar daddy,” Pelta wrote to the woman, and he wanted her to be his “sugar baby,” according [...]
Pasadena Psychiatrist Dirk de Brito convicted of assault
Pasadena Star News Pasadena psychiatrist convicted of assault, making criminal threats faces next challenges By Stephanie K. Baer September 2, 2017 Psychiatrist Dirk de Brito A Pasadena psychiatrist recently convicted of assault and making criminal threats against his children’s nanny and a former employee said he has continued seeing patients at his practice. Dirk de Brito, 54, of La Cañada Flintridge, who specializes in adult ADHD, bipolar disorder and depression, faces two civil lawsuits. He maintains he never physically harmed his employees. De Brito pleaded “no contest” in May to two misdemeanor charges related to accusations he attacked his [...]
Aussie Psych Aaron Voon Sentenced for filming little boys in public toilets
ABC Online Child psychiatrist Aaron Voon gets suspended sentence for filming boys in public toilets By Emily Piesse September 8, 2017 Psychiatrist Aaron-Szen-Voon ignores questions from reporter A West Australian child psychiatrist who made indecent recordings of children in Perth and overseas has received a suspended jail term of 18 months. Aaron Voon, 42, was arrested in Perth last year, after returning from a trip to Edmonton, Canada, where he had been caught using his mobile phone to film a young boy in a public toilet. Voon was later charged in relation to similar recordings made in Perth and [...]
Karl McIntosh, Delaware psychiatrist, indicted for fraud and identity theft
The News Journal Wilmington doctor indicted on insurance fraud and identity theft charges By Esteban Parra July 27, 2017 Psychiatrist Karl McIntosh A Wilmington psychiatrist – a former Delaware Medical Board officer – has been indicted on charges he submitted more than $100,000 in insurance claims over a two-year period for visits that did not occur. To facilitate this fraud, Dr. Karl McIntosh used his patients' personal identifying information without their consent, according to the state Department of Insurance's fraud unit. At least four of the 11 people whose identities were stolen by 53-year-old McIntosh were minors, court documents [...]
Spokane Psychologists James Mitchell & Bruce Jessen to face torture trial in CIA waterboarding
RT Contractors who created CIA’s torture program will face trial by jury August 9, 2017 Psychologists James Mitchell (left) and Bruce Jessen (right) The case against two psychologists who were paid over $80 million to devise the CIA’s torture program under the Bush administration will go to trial, after a federal judge in Spokane, Washington, denied their request to throw the lawsuit out. A jury will hear the lawsuit, Salim v. Mitchell, filed by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of three former detainees against James Mitchell and John “Bruce” Jessen, US District Judge Justice Quackenbush said [...]
RK Brahma, Indian Psychiatrist, arrested for death of patient
The Times of India Psychiatrist arrested for death of patient By Tamaghna Banerjee July 18, 2017 KOLKATA: A 67-year-old psychiatrist in Salt Lake was arrested and sent to jail for 14 days on charges of culpable homicide not amounting to murder of a middle aged automobile engineer who was undergoing treatment at his nursing home for a month and was found dead with multiple injuries on his body on May this year. The doctor, RK Brahma, the director of the nursing home, had issued his death certificate claiming the engineer had died of "acute myocardial infection" on May 20. However, [...]
Alan Emamdee, New Mexico Psychiatrist, arrested for sexually abusing patient
kob4 Farmington psychiatrist arrested for sexually abusing patient Devin Neeley July 21, 2017 FARMINGTON, N.M. -- A Farmington doctor is behind bars after being arrested for sexual abuse of a patient, and police say there could be more victims. Farmington police arrested psychiatrist Alan Emamdee and charged him with six counts of criminal sexual penetration and five counts of criminal sexual contact. “These were all visits to his office during office hours that were part of supposed treatment,” said George Joy, a detective with the Farmington Police Department. Emamdee was employed by San Juan Health Partners for the last three [...]
Omar Hasan, WV Psychiatrist, found not credible by Board of Medicine after denying sexual relationship with patient
Register-Herald Beckley psychiatrist's license suspended due to inappropriate patient relationship By Wendy Holdren June 26, 2017 Psychiatrist Omar Hasan The West Virginia Board of Medicine has suspended for one year the license of a Beckley psychiatrist due to an inappropriate sexual relationship with a former patient. Dr. Omar Khalid Hasan of Raleigh Psychiatric Services denied the allegations, but after reviewing testimony presented at a four-day hearing, the board found “clear and convincing evidence” of the relationship. The board found that Hasan departed from the standards of acceptable medical practice in regard to his outside-the-office communications with the patient and [...]
Shoichiro Kaneko, Japanese Psychiatrist, Gets 5 year prison term – negligent in plowing his car into 5 people, killing one
The Mainichi Doctor handed 5-year prison term after epileptic fit led to fatal car crash June 27, 2017 Psychiatrist Shoichiro Kaneko A doctor who plowed his car into pedestrians in downtown Tokyo in 2015 after suffering an epileptic fit, killing one of them and injuring four others, was handed a five-year prison term on June 27. The Tokyo District Court convicted the defendant, 55-year-old Shoichiro Kaneko, of dangerous driving resulting in death and injury under the Act on Punishment of Acts Inflicting Injury or Death on Others by Driving a Vehicle. Prosecutors had demanded that Kaneko be imprisoned for [...]
Psychiatrist Marek Walczyk of Chicago Fined $100,000 – Immigration Fraud
LAW360 Doc Giving Citizenship Test Waiver Gets Probation, $100K Fine By Jessica Corso May 22, 2017 Psychiatrist Marek Walczyk A Chicago psychiatrist was sentenced to three years probation and a $100,000 fine Monday by a judge who questioned why it took the federal government so long to indict him for trying to procure a U.S. citizenship test waiver for at least one immigrant patient. U.S. District Judge Andrea Wood said at a hearing Monday that three years of probation without home confinement was “sufficient but not greater than necessary” to punish Marek Walczyk for signing off on a waiver [...]