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Barlow Smith, Marble Falls psychiatrist, surrenders license
Austin American Statesman Two Central Texas doctors lose licenses after felony convictions --Excerpt An 85-year-old Marble Falls psychiatrist who pleaded guilty to a felony drug charge was sentenced Tuesday in Burnet County to 10 years of probation and a short jail stay. Barlow Smith reached an agreement with the Burnet County district attorney’s office in which he pleaded guilty to one of three felony counts concerning the fraudulent dispensing of a controlled substance. The DA recommended probation on the charge, which carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison. District Judge Evan Stubbs agreed to the probation and [...]
Fernando Mendez-Villamil, Miami Psychiatrist, sentenced
Fernando Mendez-Villamil South Florida Business Journal Psychiatrist gets prison time for role in $63M health care fraud By Nina Lincoff July 26, 2016 -- Excerpt South Miami psychiatrist Fernando Mendez Villamil was sentenced to more than 12 years in prison for his role in Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security fraud schemes, Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi’s office announced Monday. Villamil, 48, previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health and wire fraud, conspiracy to defraud the U.S., and more. As a result of the scheme, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and other government organizations suffered a combined loss [...]
Huberto Merayo, Miami Psychiatrist, Sentenced
Huberto Merayo Propublica Florida Doctor Pleads Guilty to Fraud — Years After Complaints About His Prescribing By Charles Ornstein June 23, 2016 -- Excerpt Seven years after a U.S. senator cited him as a national example of aberrant practices, the onetime top prescriber of antipsychotic drugs in Florida’s Medicaid program is in federal custody awaiting sentencing on fraud charges. The second-highest prescriber is serving a four-year term in federal prison after pleading guilty to fraud charges in 2012, but he only relinquished his license to practice medicine in Florida last fall. Taken together, the cases illustrate how long [...]
Alexis Touchton-Williams, Florida Psychiatrist, Sentenced
Alexis Touchton-Williams By Associated Press Florida Psychiatrist Sentenced To 25 Years For Trying To Kill Ex-Husband --Excerpt Updated, July 21, 2016: A Gainesville psychiatrist was sentenced to two concurrent 25-year terms followed by 20 years probation Thursday for attempted murder and aggravated battery of her ex-husband, according to Alachua County Eighth Judicial Circuit documents. Alexis Touchton-Williams, 40, said she shot her ex-husband, Assistant U.S. Attorney Frank Williams, in self-defense, when he came to pick up their daughter while inebriated... Excerpted from: Florida Psychiatrist Sentenced To 25 Years For Trying To Kill Ex-Husband By Associated Press WUFT May 27, 2016 Read [...]
Narendra Nagareddy, Georgia Psychiatrist, charged with Murder
Narendra Nagareddy Daily Mail Psychiatrist dubbed 'Dr Death' charged with three counts of murder and linked to the deaths of 36 patients after they 'overdosed on pills he prescribed' --Excerpt ...A psychiatrist has been dubbed 'Dr Death' after he was charged with the murder of three patients and linked to the deaths of 36 others after they all overdosed on medicine he prescribed. Dr Narendra Nagareddy is accused of regularly over-prescribing controlled substances to his patients in his Riverdale practice near Atlanta, Georgia, for more than three years. The 57-year-old, who became known as the go-to guy for prescription drugs [...]
Sharon Iglehart, Texas Psychiatrist, sentenced
Sharon Iglehart U.S. Department of Justice Press Release Houston Psychiatrist Sentenced to 144 Months in Prison for Role in $158 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme Friday, April 1, 2016 For Immediate Release Office of Public Affairs A Houston psychiatrist was sentenced today to 144 months in prison for her role in a $158 million Medicare fraud scheme involving false claims for mental health treatment. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson of the Southern District of Texas, Special Agent in Charge Perrye K. Turner of the FBI’s Houston Field Office, Special Agent [...]
Michael Reinstein, Chicago psychiatrist, sentenced
Michael Reinstein PRESS RELEASE Chicago Psychiatrist Who Took Kickbacks to Prescribe Mental Health Medication Sentenced to Nine Months in Federal Prison Friday, March 11, 2016 For Immediate Release U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Illinois CHICAGO — A Chicago psychiatrist was sentenced today to nine months in federal prison for accepting nearly $600,000 in fees and benefits from pharmaceutical companies in exchange for prescribing a medication to his patients. DR. MICHAEL J. REINSTEIN prescribed the drug Clozapine to thousands of elderly and indigent patients in Chicago-area nursing homes and hospitals. In exchange for his efforts, the pharmaceutical companies provided Dr. [...]
Robert Gross, San Angelo Psychiatrist, Sentenced
Robert Gross Press Release San Angelo, Texas, Psychiatrist Sentenced to Serve 71 Months in Federal Prison on Health Care Fraud Conviction Thursday, December 17, 2015 For Immediate Release U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Texas Dr. Robert Hadley Gross Also Fined $100,000 and Ordered to Pay More Than $1.8 Million in Restitution AMARILLO, Texas — A licensed psychiatrist from San Angelo, Texas, Robert Hadley Gross, 58, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Mary Lou Robinson to 71 months in federal prison, fined $100,000 and ordered to pay $1,832,869 in restitution, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District [...]
Mohammed Khan, Berks County Psychiatrist, guilty
Mohammed Khan Reading Eagle Former Berks psychiatrist pleads guilty to writing illegal prescriptions --Excerpt A former Berks County psychiatrist, allegedly known on the streets as “Candyman”, admitted Friday to writing numerous illegal prescriptions for thousands of pills for patients who had no medical needs. Standing before President Judge Paul M. Yatron, Dr. Mohammed Abdul R. Khan said he was filled with guilt and shame. “I put myself in a situation in which I lost almost everything,” he said. “I would appreciate and ask and pray for your mercy.” Khan, 45, of the first block of Linree Avenue, Exeter Township, pleaded [...]
Marek Walczyk, Norridge Psychiatrist, Arrested
Marek Walczyk Press Release Psychiatrist and Counselor Indicted for Falsifying Medical Reports to Help Applicants for U.S. Citizenship Bypass Testing Requirements Thursday, December 3, 2015 For Immediate Release U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Illinois CHICAGO — A psychiatrist and counselor in a Chicago medical practice were arrested today on charges they falsely diagnosed individuals as disabled in order to help them bypass certain tests for U.S. citizenship. Dr. MAREK WALCZYK and KATARZYNA FERGEMANN fraudulently declared the applicants as suffering from a physical or mental impairment that purportedly rendered them unable to demonstrate the required knowledge of United States history [...]