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India Psychiatrists Threaten to Go on Strike over Arrests of 2 Psychiatrists. Cops say more arrests could happen
Times of India Psychiatrists to go on strike; cops suspect big drug racket By Aditi Gyanesh December 22, 2014 Jayaram S. - Indian Association of Private Psychiatry LUDHIANA: After procuring huge amounts of psychotropic pills from Dr Sudha Vasudev's private clinic at Mullanpur Dhaka and her residence at Rishi Nagar in Ludhiana on Saturday, the Jagraon police have said there is a big racket, and there could be other arrests soon. Meanwhile, functioning of psychiatry OPDs in hospitals, clinics and nursing homes in Punjab and Chandigarh would be hit on Monday as psychiatrists under Indian Psychiatry Society and Indian [...]
Shubu Ghosh, psychiatrist, guilty in Medicaid Fraud Case
Psychiatrist - Shubhranjan Ghosh KTUU, Channel 2 Anchorage psychiatrist changed plea in Medicaid fraud case KTUU Staff December 01, 2014 ANCHORAGE - An Anchorage psychiatrist changed his plea today in a case of fraudulently billing Medicaid and tampering with evidence. In this story: -- Dr. Shubu Ghosh, pleaded guilty to billing Medicaid more than $1 million for services he never performed. -- Dr. Ghosh said he was guilty for falsifying records in an attempt to cover up the improper billing. -- Ghosh founded Ghosh Psychiatrict Services and was arrested in April of this year. -- His sentencing is [...]
Psychiatrist Detained – Accused of Prescribing High Risk Drugs
romania-insider.com Prosecutors detain Romanian psychiatrist for illegally prescribing high-risk drugs by Irina Popescuhttp November 19, 2014 Romanian psychiatrist Bengescu Bellu Cristian Gheorghe Romanian psychiatrist Bengescu Bellu Cristian Gheorghe was detained for 24 hours on Tuesday, November 18, by prosecutors from the Anticorruption department DIICOT. He is accused of allegedly prescribing high-risk drugs without having the right to do so. “In order to obtain improper financial benefits, defendant Bengescu Bellu Cristian Gheorghe prescribed to a patient, over a period of 27 days, a high-risk drug substitution treatment of 6,840 tablets of 2.5 mg Sintalgon, although the necessary treatment for the [...]
John Rigano, Psychiatrist, convicted of sexually harassing underage boys, deported
Daily Telegraph Qld sex offender found in Bali school By Gabrielle Dunlevy November 27, 2014 An Australian man with prior convictions for improper dealings with children has been caught teaching English classes in Bali and will be deported, authorities say. John Peter Domenic Rigano, 65, was caught teaching English in Kuta earlier this month in a sweep by immigration officers. In 2009, Rigano, who was then a psychiatrist, was sentenced in the Cairns District Court to nine months' jail, for indecently touching a teenage boy who was being treated for anxiety. Bali authorities found Rigano was misusing a multiple entry [...]
John Neale, Psychiatrist for 50 years, Sentenced to 40 years in Prison for Child Sex Crimes
Forsyth County News Psychiatrist convicted of child sex crimes By Kayla Robins October 19, 2014 John Neale psychiatrist FORSYTH COUNTY — A Tennessee doctor accused of sex crimes against a minor in Forsyth County was sentenced to serve 40 years in prison. According to court records, John C. Neale was convicted of three counts of child molestation that involved a 6-year-old female relative. The well-known psychiatrist from Johnson City, Tenn., was 74 at the time of his arrest in November 2012, according to an article in The Johnson City Press. “Once he was caught, other people came forward with [...]
Psych Aubrey Levin’s appeal of 3 sexual assault convictions – DENIED
Westman Journal Top court refuses to hear appeal from Calgary psychiatrist convicted of sex assault The Canadian Press October 23, 2014 Psychiatrist Aubrey Levin OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has shut the door on a psychiatrist's request to appeal three convictions for sexually assaulting his court-appointed patients. Dr. Aubrey Levin of Calgary was found guilty by a jury in January 2013 and was sentenced to five years in prison. He had asked the Supreme Court to hear an appeal of his convictions, but that request has been denied. As always, the top court did not give reasons [...]
Psychiatrist Said Farzad – “Homicidal”, in Hot Water – Threatened to Shoot Up Insurance Office with Machine Guns, Bombs
HeraldNet Suspended psychiatrist accused of making disturbing, aggressive calls By Diana Hefley October 2, 2014 Psychiatrist Said Farzad EVERETT — A psychiatrist whose license was suspended earlier this year now is being prosecuted for allegedly making threats to shoot up a Bothell health insurance office. Said Farzad is fighting the suspension of his medical license and filed an appeal last week in Pierce County Superior Court. Farzad, 63, also must now defend against a telephone harassment charge, a felony. The charge stems from allegations the Gig Harbor man made a series of disturbing phone calls to Molina Healthcare in [...]
SHAYNA LEE – Texas Psychiatrist License Revoked – Organized Crime
Texas Medical Board ON AUGUST 29, 2014, THE BOARD ENTERED A FINAL ORDER REVOKING SHAYNA PATRICE LEE, M.D.'S TEXAS MEDICAL LICENSE. THE BOARD FOUND DR. LEE PLEADED GUILTY TO THE SECOND-DEGREE FELONY OFFENSE OF ENGAGING IN ORGANIZED CRIMINAL ACTIVITY REGARDING THE AGGREGATE THEFT OF MEDICAID/MEDICARE FUNDS ON JULY 23, 2012. DR. LEE ALSO FAILED TO COMPLY WITH A PRIOR 2011 BOARD ORDER. THE ACTION WAS BASED ON THE FINDINGS OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE AT THE STATE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS. THIS ORDER RESOLVES A FORMAL COMPLAINT FILED AT THE STATE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS. DR. LEE HAS 20 DAYS [...]
Said Farzad Threatened to Blow Up an Insurance Office
KIRO-TV Tacoma psychiatrist's suspension extended By Kevin McCarty TACOMA, Wash August 19, 2014 Psychiatrist Said Farzad When Tacoma psychiatrist Dr. Said Farzad spoke to KIRO 7 last May, he didn’t deny threatening to blow up an insurance office and kill people who worked there. He said he didn’t remember doing it. “I have absolutely no memory,” said Farzad during a May 12 interview. “I still don’t have a memory that I have said something.” That claim helped convince the Washington state Department of Health to continue a suspension of Farzad’s licence to practice medicine. Farzad is under investigation by [...]
Carlos Warter aka Charles Warter aka Carlos Livio Warter-Goldhaker – Psychiatrist – Public Records
Office of Inspector General U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Charles Warter aka Carlos Warter - psychiatrist Carlos Warter was a medical doctor licensed to practice medicine in the State of Hawaii. From December 2004 through December 2008, he fraudulently billed the Hawaii Medicaid program, Hawaii QUEST (the State's Medicaid managed care program), Hawaii Blue Cross Blue Shield, and TRICARE for services not provided and for inflated services. Through the false and inflated claims, Warter billed these programs approximately $1 million and received approximately $530,000 in purported reimbursements. Warter operated a psychiatry practice in Hawaii, but he frequently [...]