CRIMES
Mayna Choudry, CA psychiatrist, arrested for drugging woman to unconsciousness, then sexually assaulting and beating her
The Associated Press Dateline: Modesto, Calif. April 11, 1999 A California state prison psychiatrist has been arrested at a Modesto motel in the rape of a Reno, Nev., woman, officers said. Mayna Meah Choudry, 65, is accused of using drugs Wednesday to make the 39-year-old woman lose consciousness, then sexually assaulting and beating the woman. Police Lt. Skip McKune said Choudry knew the woman and picked her up early last week near Reno. He agreed to pay her $ 1,000 a day if she would accompany him to California and help him celebrate his birthday. The woman called police on [...]
Michael Menaster, CA psychiatrist, arrested on weapons charges
Los Angeles Times VENTURA COUNTY NEWS SIMI DOCTOR SUSPECTED OF WEAPONS VIOLATIONS By Daniel Yi May 2, 1999 Alerted by an alarmed tipster, Irvine police arrested a Simi Valley psychiatrist Saturday on suspicion of keeping an illegal assault weapon in his car and carrying a pistol to a college class. Dr. Michael Menaster, who is studying for an MBA at UCI's Graduate School of Management, was carrying the loaded semiautomatic pistol and also had two 9mm semiautomatic pistols and an AK-47 assault weapon in his car, said police Sgt. Phil Povey. Police arrested Menaster, 35, without incident near his Toyota [...]
Francisco Borges, Psychiatrist, Charged with Medicaid Fraud
The Associated Press May 7, 1999 Six employees of mental health clinic charged with Medicaid fraud Dateline: Miami Six employees of an outpatient mental health clinic were charged with engaging in an organized scheme to defraud the state out of Medicaid funds. The Florida Attorney General's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit arrested two owners, an office manager, two counselors and a psychiatrist of the Prometeo Counseling Center, which remained closed Thursday, after an undercover investigation exposed the alleged scheme. An undercover agent, posing as a patient, attended group therapy sessions, which consisted of drinking Cuban coffee, eating white bread, watching television, [...]
William Forte, Psychiatrist, Charges against him include charges, including larceny, attempted sodomy and sexual harassment
Los Angeles Times PENDLETON PSYCHIATRIST FACES COURT-MARTIAL ON SEX CLAIMS; MILITARY: A FORMER DIRECTOR OF A REHABILITATION UNIT IS ACCUSED OF LARCENY, SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND ATTEMPTED SODOMY. HIS ATTORNEY CALLS THE CHARGES 'GROSS OVERCHARGING OF MISCONDUCT.' By Michael Granberry August 24, 1993 A Navy psychiatrist who formerly directed the drug and alcohol rehabilitation unit at Camp Pendleton faces a general court-martial today on a range of charges, including larceny, attempted sodomy and sexual harassment of clients and co-workers. The controversy swirling around Cmdr. William J. Forte, 41, is only the latest at Camp Pendleton, which last week was rocked by [...]
Alexander Wills, Boise psychiatrist, arrested
Idaho Press Boise psychiatrist arrested, accused of sexually assaulting a patient --Excerpt A Boise doctor was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of committing forcible penetration with a foreign object against one of his patients. Alexander Wills, 45, was booked into the Ada County jail on the felony charge Tuesday evening, online arrest records show. He was arraigned Wednesday afternoon. Wills’ LinkedIn account lists him as the owner of/psychiatrist at PERMA Mental Health. The company’s LinkedIn page lists its mission as “to create the highest quality psychiatric mental health services for all by combining psychotherapy, psychedelics, and medication management … “ [...]
Lazaro Pomeraniec, Fairfield psychiatrist, arrested
CTPOST Patient recorded Fairfield doctor accused of sexually assaulting women in his office, police say --Excerpt FAIRFIELD — Police have charged a Fairfield psychiatrist already suspected of groping three patients in his Post Road office with two additional sexual assaults, one of which was captured on an audio recording made by the victim, according to an arrest warrant. The doctor, 75-year-old Lazaro Pomeraniec of Westport, who surrendered his license to practice medicine in July, was arrested Aug. 25 in connection with incidents that are alleged to have occurred March 5 and May 16, according to court records… According to [...]
Anissa Maroof, Potomac Psychiatrist, Sentenced
Anissa Maroof Press Release Bethesda Doctor Sentenced to Over a Year in Federal Prison for Unlawfully Distributing Controlled Substances Tuesday, August 26, 2025 For Immediate Release U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Maryland Defendant unlawfully distributed Xanax, Adderall, and Buprenorphine to patients Greenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Court Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced Anissa Maroof, 48, of Potomac, Maryland, to 15 months in federal prison, followed by two years of supervised release, for distributing and dispensing controlled substances. After she is released from prison, Maroof will serve the first nine months of supervised release on home detention. Kelly O. Hayes, U.S. [...]
Mohamad Och, Worcester psychiatrist, sentenced
Mohamad Och PRESS RELEASE Worcester Psychiatrist Sentenced for Unlawful Distribution of Controlled Substances Thursday, July 31, 2025 For Immediate Release U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts Defendant prescribed combinations of highly addictive benzodiazepines and stimulants BOSTON – A Worcester psychiatrist was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for illegally prescribing controlled substances. Mohamad Och, 69, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Margaret R. Guzman to four years of probation and ordered to pay a $30,000 fine. In November 2023, Och was convicted following an 11-day jury trial of three counts of unlawful distribution of a controlled substance. Och [...]
Vijay Gaikwad, Wigan Psychiatrist, Sentenced
Vijay Gaikwad itvNEWS Former Wigan psychiatrist 'abused position' to sexual assault three patients --Excerpt A psychiatrist who "abused his position of trust" to abuse three patients he was supposed to be caring for has been jailed. Former doctor, Vijay Gaikwad, inappropriately touched the women between 2019 and 2020 and telling them he needed to carry out a physical examination - when there was no medical need for him to do so... The 44-year-old, from Lowton, Wigan, denied all of the allegations but was found guilty of several counts of sexual assault at Bolton Crown Court on Friday, 25 July. He [...]
Mohd Azfar Malik, St. Louis psychiatrist, sentencing scheduled
Mohd Azfar Malik Press Release United States Reaches $501,556 Civil Settlement Resolving Allegations of False Claims to Federal Health Care Programs Tuesday, July 22, 2025 For Immediate Release U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Missouri ST. LOUIS – Acting U.S. Attorney Matthew T. Drake on Tuesday announced that the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri and a Missouri psychiatrist have reached a $501,556 civil settlement that will resolve False Claims Act (FCA) allegations. The settlement resolves allegations that from Jan. 1, 2019, through May 31, 2024, Dr. Mohd Azfar Malik falsely indicated to both Medicare and Missouri [...]