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Said Farzad, Washington State Psychiatrist, must take an anger management class and get a psychiatric evaluation
Daily Herald Evaluation, anger-management class ordered for psychiatrist convicted of harassment By Eric Stevick Herald Writer Monday, December 7, 2015 Psychiatrist Said Farzad EVERETT — A psychiatrist whose license was suspended must take an anger management class and get a psychiatric evaluation of his own after being convicted of telephone harassment. A Snohomish County Superior Court judge gave Dr. Said Farzad a suspended 364-day jail term, effectively sparing him time behind bars if he complies with sentencing conditions. In doing so, Judge George Bowden followed the recommendation from a prosecutor and the defense attorney. “Of what is of much [...]
Stanley Dobrowolski, London, Ontario (Canada) Psychiatrist, finally loses license after three decades of criminal misbehavior
Toronto Star Psychiatrist’s decades of sex transgressions over By Tara Deschamps November 30, 2015 Psychiatrist - Stanley Dobrowolski Allegations stretching back to 1987 cost London, Ont. doctor Stanley Dobrowolski his licence — 18 months after he went to jail. It took close to three decades, criminal charges and dozens of complainants for disgraced psychiatrist Stanley Dobrowolski to finally lose his right to practise medicine. For years, the London, Ont., doctor had hung on to his medical licence amid allegations of having inappropriate relationships with women, sexually assaulting patients and surreptitiously recording some as young as 17 in stages of [...]
Miami psychiatrist Roger Rousseau, Gets 16 years in Prison for Medicaid Fraud
Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, November 6, 2015 Medical Director and Three Therapists Sentenced for Their Roles in $63 Million Miami Health Care Fraud Scheme Psychiatrist Roger Rousseau A former medical director and three therapists from defunct health provider Health Care Solutions Network Inc. (HCSN) were sentenced today in Miami for their roles in a scheme to fraudulently bill Medicare and Florida Medicaid more than $63 million. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer of the Southern District of Florida, Special Agent in [...]
Mohamed Shakeel Siddiqui, Aussie Psychiatrist? Accused of faking credentials
stuff.co.nz Accused psychiatrist pleads not guilty on fake cv charges Mike Mather November 23 2015 Psychiatrist Mohamed Shakeel Siddiqui The man accused of faking his qualifications to practice as a psychiatrist for the Waikato District Health Board will not have his case concluded until March next year at the earliest. Mohamed Shakeel Siddiqui was back before the Hamilton District Court on Monday for the seventh time since his initial appearance in July, The 54-year-old has some fresh charges. He already faces charges of obtaining by deception, as well as charges of producing forged documents and using forged documents. One [...]
Prince Arun Vincent, English Psychiatrist, busted for displaying crown jewels – exposed his genitals to a woman walking her dog
Croydon Advertiser Psychiatrist who exposed his genitals to dog walker in Croydon fined and suspended from practice By Polly Albany-Ward November 20, 2015 Psychiatrist Prince Arun Vincent A PSYCHIATRIST who exposed his genitals to a woman walking her dog in Norbury has been fined by the courts and suspended from practicing medicine. Prince Arun Vincent pleaded guilty to exposing himself to the woman in Covington Way on September 14 at Croydon Magistrates Court today. He was fined a total of £585. The 37-year-old, of Hever Wood Road, Sevenoaks, was driving along Covington Way when he pulled up behind the [...]
Phillip Bird, Aussie Psychiatrist, prescribed a cocktail of drugs to a driver who crashed his car and killed twin girls and their grandmother prescribed nearly 7000 tablets of “kiddy speed” to another patient
The Courier-Mail Psychiatrist Phillip Bird accused of inappropriately prescribing drugs and conducting ‘human research trials’ By Vanda Carson November 14, 2015 Psychiatrist Philip Bird THE psychiatrist who prescribed a cocktail of drugs to a driver who crashed his car and killed twin girls and their grandmother prescribed nearly 7000 tablets of “kiddy speed” to another patient. Maroochydore psychiatrist Phillip Bird prescribed 1500 tablets of the drug, in 5mg tablets, to the patient on each of two occasions in 2011, according to a disciplinary complaint lodged by the Medical Board of Australia in the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal. It [...]
Joshua Golden, Mass. Psychiatrist, charged addicted patients illegal fees, agreed to pay more than $360,000 to settle allegations
Patriot Ledger Sharon psychiatrist took advantage of addicts, AG says By Patriot Ledger November 13, 2015 United Health Associates, 62 S Main St, Sharon, MA 02067 BOSTON - A psychiatrist who practices in Sharon has agreed to pay more than $360,000 to settle allegations that he charged patients for opioid addiction treatments that they should have received for free. The state attorney general’s office says Dr. Joshua Golden, a psychiatrist with United Health Associates, charged patients $100 to $250 every time they visited his office for a Suboxone treatment even though it was covered by their MassHealth insurance plan. [...]
OLIN MACKAY FOX, NORTH CAROLINA PSYCHIATRIST, ARRESTED – illegally prescribed 5,200 psych drug pills to himself, wife and son
Daily Journal Psychiatrist accused of prescription fraud Staff reports November 18th, 2015 Psychiatrist Olin Mackay Fox CARTHAGE — A Moore County psychiatrist accused of prescribing himself a powerful sleep aid and writing his wife prescriptions for sleeping pills and anti-anxiety drugs was arrested on Wednesday. Dr. Olin Mackay Fox, 60, of Pinehurst was indicted by a Moore County grand jury Monday on six felony counts of obtaining a controlled substance by fraud, four felony counts of conspiracy to obtain a controlled substance by fraud and two felony counts of insurance fraud. The case follows a six-month probe conducted by [...]
Wisconsin Psychiatrist David Houlihan, Fired, Was Chief of Staff at Veterans Affairs Medical Center – Nicknamed “Candy Man” for handing out psych drugs like candy
New York Times V.A. Hospital Leader in Wisconsin Fired Over High Painkiller Doses By Associated Press October 31, 2015 Psychiatrist David Houlihan MADISON, Wis. — The chief of staff at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Wisconsin, who was nicknamed “candy man” by some patients for allegedly handing out excess narcotics, will be fired, officials said. The administrator, David Houlihan, was placed on leave in January while the Department of Veterans Affairs investigated allegations of overprescribing narcotic pain medications and retaliatory behavior at the medical center in Tomah, Wis. The department told Wisconsin’s congressional delegation that based on [...]