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Helen Marmanidis, Aussie Psychiatrist – may lose her $1.4 Million Mansion because of a $2000 car crash

The Advertiser Leading psychiatrist on brink of losing $1.4m North Adelaide mansion over a $2084 car crash Andrew Hough and Tom Bowden July 27, 2016 A LEADING psychiatrist is on the brink of losing her $1.4 million North Adelaide mansion at auction on Friday after an extraordinary legal battle over a $2084 car crash. Dr Helen Marmanidis was sued over a “minor” bingle with Samuel Germein, 35, near her Victorian-era terrace home in November 2012 after she reversed into his Alfa Romeo hatchback. But Dr Marmanidis, who is married to eminent eye specialist Dr Michael Hammerton, 61, faces the prospect [...]

Aaron Szen Yang Voon, Aussie Psychiatrist, In Trouble in 3 Countries

Daily Mail Psychiatrist 'caught filming young boys urinating public toilets' is revealed to be facing more child porn charges in New Zealand By Martha Azzi July 13, 2016 The Perth child psychiatrist was arrested in Canada for allegedly filming a boy in a public toilet in Canada. He was confronted by the boy's father The Perth child psychiatrist arrested in Canada for allegedly filming a boy in a public toilet is now facing further child pornography originating from a third country. Dr Aaron Szen Yang Voon, 41, faced Perth Magistrates Court on Wednesday where it emerged further child [...]

Psychiatrist Ashwini Sabnis must pay $400,000 settlement for fraudulently billing government

Hartford Courant Psychiatrist To Pay $400,000 Settlement In False Claims Lawsuit By Nicholas Rondinone July 12, 2016 Psychiatrist Ashwini Sabnis, Brighter Concept, Inc., 2000 Post Rd, Fairfield, CT 06824 HARTFORD — A couple will pay a $400,000 settlement following a lawsuit from the state's attorney general in which it was alleged they submitted false claims to the state's Medicaid program. According to the attorney general's office, Dr. Ashwini Sabnis and her husband Saurav Mohanty submitted claims for services that were not provided or "upcoded" the claims, which means they used a higher-paying code on the claim. "The submission of [...]

Hamilton Hicks, Yale Psychiatrist, Arrested for Crack Cocaine Possession

Hartford Courant Mauled Woman Dies, Dogs Scheduled To Be Put Down By Christine Dempsey June 28, 2016 Source: Yale School of Medicine NEW HAVEN — A 53-year-old woman who was mauled by two dogs last week has died, and the pets have been scheduled to be put to death, police said. No charges related to Jocelyn G. Winfrey's death are planned for the dogs' owner, Officer David Hartman said Tuesday. The owner, Dr. Hamilton Hicks — a resident psychiatrist with Yale Medical School — had licenses for the dogs, which were within a fenced-in area on June 20, the [...]

Canadian Psychiatrist, Sentenced for Sex Crimes, too Dangerous to Release from Prison

The London Free Press Former doctor Stanley Dobrowolski, sentenced for sex crimes, denied parole because he's too great a public risk By Jane Sims July 23, 2016 Psychiatrist - Stanley Dobrowolski Even a prison sentence can’t seem to change lascivious, disgraced ex-doctor Stanley Dobrowolski. The 69-year-old former London psychiatrist, serving a four-year sentence for sex crimes, has been denied parole after he was deemed too much of a public risk and showed too little insight into his sex crimes. A longtime former staff psychiatrist for students at Western University, Dobrowolski was ­sentenced in 2014 after pleading guilty to 18 [...]

Stephen Olson & Charles Schulz, Minnesota Psychiatrists – Reprimanded after dead patient’s private records posted online

City Pages U of M psychiatrists reprimanded after dead patient's private records posted online May 26, 2016 By Susan Du In February of last year, U psychiatrists Stephen Olson and Charles Schulz approved the posting of a dead patient’s private health information to a public University website. Psychiatrist Stephen Olson Psychiatrist Charles Schulz The patient, Dan Markingson, was the subject of a prominent inquiry into the department of psychiatry’s practice of recruiting vulnerable schizophrenic patients into drug experiments. In 2004, Markingson killed himself just months after signing up for one of Olson’s studies. Throughout the course of [...]

Naimetulla Syed

News Times Newtown doctor accused of fraud to pay over $400,000 By Nelson Oliveira May 26, 2016 A Newtown psychiatrist has agreed to pay more than $400,000 to settle accusations that he submitted false Medicaid and Medicare bills, authorities said this week. Dr. Naimetulla Syed, who has an office on North Street in Danbury, is accused of “upcoding” services —the practice of submitting medical claims using a higher-paying billing code when services with lower-paying billing codes were actually performed. Syed submitted upcoded claims between 2009 and 2013 indicating that he provided Medicaid and Medicare patients with 45 minutes or more [...]

Aaron Voon, Perth Child Psychiatrist, Arrested for Videotaping a Boy Peeing in a Canadian Movie Theater

WA News Perth child psychiatrist 'caught filming boy' in Canadian toilets By Emma Young May 30 2016 Psychiatrist Aaron Voon was confronted by angry shoppers after the incident in Canada An exclusive Perth child psychiatrist has been arrested after allegedly using a mobile phone to film a young boy in a shopping centre toilet in Canada. Aaron Voon, of the Successful Development and Therapy Centre at Cockburn Central, was arrested by Canadian police on child pornography charges following the incident in Edmonton, Alberta on May 22. A confrontation between the boy's father and Dr Voon was captured on video [...]

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