CRIMES
New Jersey Psychiatrist Claudio Dikovsky Guilty of Accepting Bribes
NorthJersey.com Paterson psychiatrist pleads guilty to accepting bribes for directing blood work to Parsippany lab July 17, 2013 BY JIM NORMAN A Paterson psychiatrist and two other New Jersey physicians pleaded guilty Wednesday to accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes in exchange for sending blood samples to a Parsippany-based diagnostic medical laboratory, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman said. Claudio Dikovsky, 51, who lives in Fort Lee and has a medical office in Paterson, admitted he accepted more than $224,000 from Biodiagnostic Laboratory Services for phony contracts to provide space and services for the lab, Fishman said. The money [...]
Calgary psychiatrist found guilty of sexual assault
Psychiatrist Aubrey Levin A jury has found Calgary psychiatrist Dr. Aubrey Levin guilty on three counts of sexually assaulting former male patients. Crown prosecutor William Wister says he's confident the trial resulted in a just decision.
Miami Psychiatrist Arrested – $63 million Fraud Case
Miami Herald Miami doctor and therapists charged with $63 million Medicare-fraud scam BY JAY WEAVER July 16, 2013 A psychiatrist who has been practicing in Miami since the 1970s was arrested Tuesday along with six therapists on charges of scheming to steal $63 million from the taxpayer-funded Medicare program. Roger Rousseau, 71, the former medical director for a defunct mental-health clinic operation, was indicted on charges of conspiring to commit health care fraud. Rousseau, who had his first appearance along with the other defendants in federal court, was released on a $375,000 bond. “We don’t think the evidence supports those [...]
Psychiatrist Faces War Crimes – accused of genocide and crimes against humanity
Deutsche Welle (Germany) Five years after arrest, Karadzic shows no remorse for Bosnia crimes By Dzevad Sabljakovic, Zoran Arbutina July 21, 2013 Psychiatrist Radovan Karadzic On July 21, 2008, Dragan David Dabic - an alternative medicine doctor - was arrested in Serbia. In reality, Dabic was a false identity for one of the world's most-wanted men: alleged war criminal Radovan Karadzic. For 12 years, Karadzic managed to escape international justice. The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia issued a warrant for his arrest in July 1996. Karadzic was accused of genocide and crimes against humanity, committed during the [...]
“Respected” Ohio Psychiatrist Gets the Slammer
Fox 8 Cleveland Doctor Sentenced for Running ‘Pill Mill’ by Jack Shea June 25, 2013 Psychiatrist Samuel Nigro CLEVELAND – A local psychiatrist who admitted that he used his practice to illegally prescribe powerful drugs for profit was sentenced Tuesday to nine months in prison. In April, Dr. Samuel Nigro pleaded guilty to charges that include drug trafficking, tampering with drugs and attempting to engage in a pattern of corrupt activity. Assistant Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Dan Kasaris told FOX 8, “Drug addicts went to him for pills. Now there probably were some who did go to him for psychiatry, [...]
Pennsylvania Psychiatrist Michael Kessler arrested for child born
WNEP 16 Psychiatrist Arrested for Child Porn by Lara Greenberg June 21, 2013 Psychiatrist Michael Kessler STROUDSBURG — A former psychiatrist is locked up on child porn charges. The arrest comes after the state determined he was too dangerous to practice medicine. Michael Kessler ignored our questions as he was led out of the Monroe County Detectives Office and taken to jail. Police arrested Kessler at his home in Cresco after finishing a month-long investigation into his relationship with a 13-year-old boy. According to court papers, Kessler posed as a 14-year-old on Facebook and sent pornographic videos and pictures [...]
William Belfar, New York “Anti-Pill” Psychiatrist – Arrested by Feds
Newsday (New York) June 19, 2013 Feds: Anti-pill doctor sold prescriptions By Ellen Yan Psychiatrist William Belfar A psychiatrist who publicly denounced doctors for selling painkillers for money was arrested yesterday for cashing in on the illegal business, too, federal officials said. William S. Belfar, of Huntington, charged up to $1,000 for each oxycodone prescription he wrote out to two undercover FBI agents and an FBI informant on three occasions between May 2011 and this past April, according to the FBI and the U.S. attorney in Manhattan. During one sale, Belfar wrote the prescription even though he said he [...]
Weston psychiatrist Mark Willner gets 10 years in federal prison
Sun Sentinel Weston doctor imprisoned for healthcare fraud in Boca Raton, Fort Lauderdale By Paula McMahon October 1, 2012 A Weston psychiatrist was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison and ordered to pay more than $51.9 million in restitution Monday for his role in what prosecutors called "one of the largest and most brazen health care fraud conspiracies in recent memory." Dr. Mark Willner, who practiced in Fort Lauderdale and Boca Raton, was found guilty of conspiracy to commit health care fraud earlier this year. He has been locked up at the Federal Detention Center in Miami since the [...]
NY Psychiatrist comes up from behind employees and…
The Daily Gazette Schenectady/Albany Psychiatrist accused of touching staffers June 12, 2012 By Justin Mason Police arrested a psychiatrist on misdemeanor sexual abuse charges for allegedly rubbing up against two employees at his Colonie office on separate occasions in May. Kevin W. George, 52, of East Schodack was charged with two counts of third-degree sexual abuse and two counts of forcible touching. He was arraigned in Colonie Town Court and released on his own recognizance Friday. Lt. Robert Winn said both of the women were clerical employees at Psychopharmacology Consultants Of Albany. He said the women both reported that George [...]
Michael Bengala, Florida Psychiatrist, Charged by Feds in Drug Case
Drug Enforcement Administration June 27, 2012 Contact: Mia Ro, PIO Miami Division Federal Investigation Takes Down New Breed of Pill Mills in Florida --Seven Doctors, Seven Clinic Owners, Including Firemen, Charged in Operation Pill Street Blues-- Psychiatrist Michael Bengala VERO BEACH, FL – Seven doctors and seven clinic owners, which included two firemen were charged on state racketeering violations spanning across Florida. This morning’s operation dubbed “Operation Pill Street Blues” was announced by Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Miami Field Division; Pam Bondi, Attorney General of Florida, Deryl Loar, Sheriff, Indian River [...]