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Rahim Shafa, Lexington psychiatrist, sentenced
Rahim Shafa PRESS RELEASE Lexington Doctor Sentenced for Engaging in International Money Laundering Scheme and Importing Illegal and Misbranded Drugs Tuesday, December 17, 2024 For Immediate Release U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts Defendant falsified documents to obtain drugs from Hong Kong that are not FDA-approved BOSTON – A Lexington, Mass. doctor was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for an international money laundering scheme involving importing illegal, misbranded drugs. Rahim Shafa, 66, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Margaret R. Guzman to three years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release. Shafa was [...]
Ceri Evans, Otega Trained Psychiatrist, fails in bid for secrecy
Ceri Evans Otago Daily Times High-flyer's bid for name suppression fails By Rob Kidd December 17, 2024 -- Excerpt An Otago-trained psychiatrist-to-the-stars, who failed to have a 40-year-old driving conviction quashed, has failed in his bid for secrecy. Former All White Dr Ceri Evans has forged a career as an internationally renowned high-performance consultant, plying his trade with the All Blacks, English Premier League football club Arsenal, an NBA franchise in the United States and Australian professional sport teams... On July 16, 1984, Evans was charged with careless driving and appeared in the Ashburton District Court. He denied the [...]
Hisbay Ali, Las Vegas Psychiatrist, sex with a patient
Hisbay Ali Las Vegas Review Journal Emergency action suspends license of Las Vegas psychiatrist By Mary Hynes November 4, 2024 -- Excerpt In an unusual move, a Nevada medical board immediately suspended the license of a Las Vegas psychiatrist for behavior it says risks the health and safety of the public. In October, an investigative committee of the Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners issued an order of summary suspension of the license of Dr. Hisbay Ali. The order states that Ali had initiated a sexual relationship with a patient and illegally prescribed a controlled substance to a second patient. [...]
Santos Eduardo Manzanares
Santos Eduardo Manzanares Las perversas manipulaciones del psiquiatra acusado de violar y manosear a sus pacientes Los ataques atribuidos a Santos Manzanares, que practicaba una terapia no convencional de “evolución sexual”, ocurrieron entre 2019 y comienzos de la pandemia. La causa en su contra está a cargo de la fiscal Mónica Cuñarro, que pidió su elevación a juicio Federico Fahsbender Por Federico Fahsbender 05 Sep, 2024 08:47 a.m. EST Guardar Santos Manzanares, el acusado Santos Manzanares, el acusado Psicoanalista y psiquiatra freudiano y lacaniano, autor de un libro sobre “líderes éticos-creativos” y creador, según él mismo, de la teoría de [...]
Colin Milliken, Irish Psychiatrist, shocked by patient mistreatment
Colin Milliken BBC Ex-Muckamore psychiatrist 'horrified' by allegations By Lyndsey Telford September 23, 2024 A former consultant psychiatrist and clinical director at Muckamore Abbey Hospital was “absolutely horrified” by allegations of abuse of patients, an inquiry has heard. Dr Colin Milliken described his “shock, anger and despair” at the revelations, but said he had never been aware of any poor treatment or abuse of patients. He told a public inquiry he was “heartbroken” by the allegations, which emerged in 2017. He said some of the patients said to be affected had been under his direct care, but he could [...]
Sean Carlysle Prabhu, Windsor psychiatrist
Sean Carlysle Prabhu Windsor psychiatrist suspended, accused of sexually abusing patient By Trevor Wilhelm September 11, 2024 -- Excerpt A Windsor psychiatrist’s licence has been suspended amid accusations he sexually abused a patient then tried to sabotage the ensuing investigation, including posing as the victim in an effort to have the complaint withdrawn. Dr. Sean Carlysle Prabhu is also set to face a disciplinary tribunal following the investigation by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. “Between approximately December 2022 and December 2023, Dr. Prabhu engaged in sexual abuse of a patient and/or disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional conduct [...]
Santos Eduardo Manzanares
Psychiatrist accused of sexual abuse is asked to go to trial CE Noticias Financieras English September 9, 2024 Monday The psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Santos Eduardo Manzanares was accused of sexually abusing three women as part of his professional practice. The prosecutor investigating the case requested the elevation to trial at the end of last month. "In all cases there was a relationship of dependence, authority or power that put the perpetrator in a privileged position with respect to the victims," says the prosecutor. Mónica Cuñarro, National Prosecutor for Criminal and Correctional Matters, head of Prosecutor's Office No. 16, considered in [...]
Raymond Rushden, WV Psychiatrist, accused
Raymond Rushden West Virginia Record Logan County woman says psychiatrist sexually harassed her By Chris Dickerson September 6, 2024 -- EXCERPT LOGAN – A Logan County woman says a doctor who was treating her for psychiatric issues sexually harassed her. The woman, identified only as Jane Doe, filed her complaint in Logan Circuit Court against Dr. Raymond Rushden and Logan-Mingo Area Mental Health Inc. doing business as Mountain Laurel Integrated Healthcare. According to the complaint, the plaintiff received psychiatric care from Rushden at the Mountain Laurel facility through 2002 and part of 2023. Rushden had been treating her for several [...]
Abdollah Assad, Reno Psychiatrist, allegedly had sex with a patient
Abdollah Assad Las Vegas Review Journal Medical board complaint: Psychiatrist had sex with patient after suicide attempt By Mary Hynes August 29, 2024 -- Excerpt A Nevada medical board committee has filed a complaint against a Reno psychiatrist alleging that he had sex with a patient who had just attempted suicide instead of taking her to a hospital or calling police. The investigative committee of the Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners filed the complaint on Aug. 14 against Dr. Abdollah Assad, alleging that he violated the state’s Medical Practice Act. The complaint states that Assad, licensed in Nevada [...]
Johannes Scheepers
Brisbane psychiatrist charged with rape Export Citation Whitsunday News Online August 18, 2024 By Nicola McNamara A registered psychiatrist has faced court after being charged with rape in a Brisbane suburb earlier this year. Johannes Christiaan Ernst Scheepers, 70, faced Brisbane Arrest Court on Monday. The Warner resident stands charged with rape and sexual assault, both alleged to have occurred in 2024. Dr Scheepers, who was born in South Africa, has been registered as a medical practitioner in Australia since 2002, according to the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency. There are currently no specific conditions on his registration. At the [...]