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Peter Baumann, Swiss Psychiatrist, sentenced
Peter Baumann SWI Doctor sentenced over assisted suicides July 6, 2007 -- Excerpt Peter Baumann was given a three-year prison sentence, two years of which are suspended, by Basel criminal court on Friday. Switzerland has one of the most relaxed laws on assisted suicide in Europe, but calls have been mounting for the practice to be subject to more supervision. Swiss law tolerates assisted suicide where the act is committed by the patient and in which the helper, who might for example provide a needle of morphine and then leave the room, has no direct interest. Direct active euthanasia – [...]
Psychiatrist Luis Escabi-Perez, Puerto Rico – Sentenced
Psychiatrist Luis Escabi-Perez Press Release Former Psychiatrist Sentenced For Social Security Fraud Monday, July 3, 2017 For Immediate Release U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Puerto Rico SAN JUAN, P.R. – Psychiatrist Luis Escabi-Pérez was sentenced to five years of probation, 500 hours of community service and ordered to pay a restitution of $230,244, for fraud in the application process for Social Security Administration (SSA) disability insurance benefits in Puerto Rico, announced United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico, Rosa Emilia Rodríguez Vélez. Escabi-Pérez had plead guilty on July 29, 2015 to committing fraud to the Social Security Administration. [...]
Slawomir Puszkarski, Chicago psychiatrist busted
Slawomir Puszkarski Chicago Sun-Times Doctors gave fake medical opinions to help win citizenship March 31, 2017 By Frank Main -- Excerpt ... Dr. Slawomir Puszkarski, whose practice on Milwaukee Avenue on the Northwest Side catered to Polish patients, was sentenced to probation in 2015 after he admitted helping an undercover federal agent submit a fake Form N-648. "I learned a lot from my mistake, and I would never do it again," the 55-year-old psychiatrist told the Chicago Sun-Times. Puszkarski, the Chicago psychiatrist busted for citizenship fraud involving the N-648 forms, is a Polish immigrant who became a U.S. citizen. In [...]
Ljudmil Kljusev, Connecticut Psychiatrist, Sentenced
LJUDMIL KLJUSEV Press Release Milford Psychiatrist Sentenced to 26 Months for Illegal Drug Distribution, Health Care Fraud Offenses Wednesday, March 22, 2017 For Immediate Release U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Connecticut Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LJUDMIL KLJUSEV, M.D., 52, of Fairfield, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 26 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing controlled substances outside of the scope of professional practice, and health care fraud. Judge Thompson also ordered KLUSEV to pay a $17,500 fine. According [...]
Richard Hauser, Iowa Psychiatrist, Sentenced
Richard Hauser PRESS RELEASE Former Central Iowa Psychiatrist Sentenced to Two Months in Prison for Health Care Fraud Tuesday, February 28, 2017 For Immediate Release U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Iowa DES MOINES, IA – On February 28, 2017, Richard Lee Hauser, M.D., 67, formerly of the Grinnell, Iowa, area was sentenced by Senior United States District Court Judge Robert W. Pratt to two months in federal prison for two counts of health care fraud, announced United States Attorney Kevin E. VanderSchel. The two-month sentences were ordered to be served at the same time. Hauser was also ordered to [...]
Charles Fischer, Austin Psychiatrist, Imprisoned for 40 years – now sued for $1 Million
KXAN Ex-child psychiatrist in prison for sexual assault sued for $1 million --Excerpt AUSTIN (KXAN) – Dr. Charles Fischer was sentenced in November to 40 years in prison after being convicted of multiple charges of sexual assault of a child. Now, one of his victims has filed a lawsuit seeking $1 million in damages. The lawsuit, filed by a John Doe, says Fischer was responsible for their care at the Austin State Hospital in 2003. During that time, Doe alleges Fischer exposed himself and touched their genitals and forced them to touch his. Prosecutors argued Fischer took advantage of [...]
Greg Thompson, New Hampshire Psychiatrist, Surrenders License
Greg Thompson New Hampshire Union Leader Psychiatrist agrees to surrender medical license By Mark Hayward December 20, 2016 -- Excerpt A Hampstead psychiatrist has agreed to surrender his license to practice medicine in New Hampshire for a year, after state medical authorities raised three cases involving sloppy record keeping and negligent prescribing practices. Greg Thompson, who has been practicing medicine in New Hampshire for 33 years, also agreed to pay a $10,000 fine and to participate in continuing education in medical ethics and record keeping. The Board of Medicine gave Thompson 60 days to help his patients find alternative treatment. [...]
David Wilson, Utah Child Psychiatrist, Case dismissed
David Wilson Deseret News Case dismissed for child psychiatrist accused of viewing child pornography --Excerpt Editor’s note: The charges in this case were expunged on Dec. 1, 2017. OGDEN — Charges have been dismissed against a Morgan doctor and psychiatrist accused of viewing child pornography at work. David Ford Wilson, 45, of Morgan, was charged in September 2013 with 15 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, a second-degree felony, in 2nd District Court. Those charges were all dismissed Nov. 10. Second District Judge Scott Hadley ruled to dismiss the case without prejudice, meaning prosecutors retain the ability to refile [...]
Sandra Vonderembse, Ohio psychiatrist, sentenced
Sandra Vonderembse PRESS RELEASE Psychiatrist sentenced to 18 months in prison for tax evasion Monday, November 21, 2016 For Immediate Release U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Ohio A psychiatrist from Oregon, Ohio, was sentenced to serve 18 months in prison for tax evasion, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, U.S. Attorney Carole S. Rendon for the Northern District of Ohio, and Kathy A. Enstrom, Special Agent in Charge, IRS Criminal Investigation, Cincinnati Field Office. According to court records, from as early as 2005, Sandra Vonderembse failed to pay taxes [...]
Conrad Swartz, TOP Shock Psych, Threatens PsychSearch
Conrad Swartz (right) is one of two psychiatrists who are corporate officers of Somatics, LLC – “the leading manufacturer” of electroconvulsive machines worldwide. He ordered PsychSearch to "Cease and Desist". Start from the bottom. 🙂 Best Regards, Ken Kramer PsychSearch Make this psychiatrist complaint page well-known: https://www.psychsearch.net/complaints/ "It is a simple and deadly formula. Less steps than baking a cake." +++ From: PsychSearch Attorney Sent: Tuesday, September 6, 2016 1:52 PM To: cswartz@siumed.edu Cc: PsychSearch Subject: Cartoon Dr. Swartz, I represent PsychSearch.net, and am responding to your email objecting to the caricature of you and your business partner, Richard [...]