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Ashok Jain, Texas psychiatrist – settles
Ashok Jain PRESS RELEASE Psychiatrist settles claims for unnecessary brain stimulation treatments Friday, March 3, 2023 For Immediate Release U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas HOUSTON – A 61-year-old doctor and companies he owned and operated have agreed to pay the United States $3 million to resolve claims they improperly billed Medicare, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. Dr. Ashok Jain and companies known as Psychiatric Solutions P.C., Longview Psychiatric Center PLLC and Longview Psychiatric Center LP knowingly and willfully submitted, or caused the submission of, false claims to Medicare. The allegations included intentionally pressuring patients to accept unnecessary [...]
Duane Bevans, Provo Psychiatrist, WANTED
Duane Bevans CTV News Former Lethbridge psychiatrist faces charges in historical sexual assault By Michael Franklin Senior Digital Producer March 1, 2023 -- Excerpt Lethbridge police say a 77-year-old former psychiatrist, who once practiced in Alberta, faces sexual assault charges in connection with incidents dating back to the 1980s. Officials say a Canada-wide warrant has been issued for Duane Bevans, a resident of Provo, Utah. The arrest order was initiated as a result of an investigation that Lethbridge police began in 2020, after a female told them she had been sexually assaulted by her psychiatrist in the early 1980s. "The [...]
Zholia Alemi, UK psychiatrist, jailed
The Guardian Judge jails fake NHS psychiatrist and criticises ‘abject failure of scrutiny’ By Josh Halliday North of England correspondent February 28, 2023 -- Excerpt A bogus psychiatrist who practised in the NHS for 22 years with a fake degree has been jailed, as a judge criticised medical authorities for an “abject failure of scrutiny”. Zholia Alemi was ordered to serve seven years in prison after being found guilty of a “deliberate and wicked deception” that allowed her to treat hundreds of patients across Britain. Alemi, who is believed to be 60, earned £1.3m in wages after forging the degree [...]
Niazi Saifullah, Richmond psychiatrist, sex with patient
Niazi Saifullah The Progress-Index How a doctor with a history of malpractice got away with running multiple group homes Joyce Chu February 20, 2023 PETERSBURG—In 2005, a Richmond psychiatrist met with his patient at a hotel and engaged in sexual activities, handing her liquor and medical drugs. He ran a business that churned through dozens, at times over a hundred, patients a day—yet from at least 2011 to 2013, he didn't see many of the patients himself. Instead, his other unlicensed staff members diagnosed and prescribed medicine for them, which would sometimes be the wrong dosage. They took the prescriptions [...]
Stefano Maria Cogliati Dezza, Psychiatrist, Italy
Stefano Maria Cogliati Dezza Stupra e frusta la paziente: 4 anni allo psichiatra Corriere della Sera (Italy) By Giulio De Santis February 16, 2023 Prima, con una terapia ad hoc, ha consentito a una paziente di dimagrire. Poi, una volta carpita la sua fiducia, Stefano Maria Cogliati Dezza, 71 anni, psichiatra, l'ha spinta ad avere rapporti intimi estremi, obbligandola a farsi frustare o a subire colate di cera calda sulla schiena. Arrivando infine a stuprarla. Pratiche così dolorose da imporre iniezioni per ridurre la sofferenza. È questa la ricostruzione della Procura che ha convinto il gup Valeria Tommassini, al termine [...]
Adrian Buckner, Kingsport psychiatrist, suspended
Adrian Buckner WJHL State suspends Kingsport psychiatrist’s license By Jeff Keeling February 15, 2023 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) — The Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) immediately suspended a Kingsport psychiatrist’s license Jan. 24 after he allegedly continued diverting drugs for his own use after an August 2022 drug-induced breakdown. In the Jan. 24 summary suspension, the state wrote Dr. Adrian Buckner’s “mental state while maintaining an active medical license poses an imminent danger to the citizens of Tennessee” and that the board of medical examiners “believes immediate action is necessary to prevent harm to patients.” Buckner, who owns Psychiatric [...]
Gordon Robinson, St. Louis Psychiatrist ordered to pay $5 million
Gordon Robinson KSDK-TV Psychiatrist, firm ordered to pay $5M over woman's 2016 death After a week-long trial, nine of the 12 jurors sided with Pyzyk and ordered Gateway Psychiatric Group LLC and Dr. Gordon Robinson to pay $5 million in damages. By Sam Clancy January 17, 2023 -- Excerpt ST. LOUIS — A psychiatrist and his firm were ordered to pay $5 million to the mother of a woman who died of a stroke in 2016. The mother, Debbie Pyzyk, filed a lawsuit in 2019 alleging Gateway Psychiatric Group LLC and Dr. Gordon Robinson of overprescribing her daughter for treatment [...]
Kearney psychiatrist Reynaldo de los Angeles, sentenced
Reynaldo A. de los Angeles Kearney Hub Kearney psychiatrist receives jail time for sexual assault of patient By Ashley Bebensee December 5, 2022 Updated Jan 15, 2023 -- Excerpt KEARNEY — A Kearney psychiatrist will serve nearly a year in jail for sexually assaulting a female patient. Reynaldo A. de los Angeles, 77, was sentenced in Buffalo County Court to 364 days in jail for misdemeanor third-degree sexual assault without consent. Judge Gerald R. Jorgensen Jr. gave de los Angeles one day credit for time already served. He will begin his jail sentence Jan. 2 at the Buffalo County [...]
Sanjay Masson, Thousand Oaks Psychiatrist, Insurance Fraud
Sanjay Masson Erik Nasarenko Ventura County District Attorney News Release Contact: Joey Buttitta Title: Communications Manager/PIO Phone: (805) 767-3400 Email: Joey.Buttitta@ventura.org Approved: RHD Date: January 13, 2023 Release No.: 23-004 Thousand Oaks Doctor Pleads No Contest to Automobile Insurance Fraud Case: 2020021659 VENTURA, Calif. – District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that Dr. Sanjay Masson (DOB 06/26/65), a Moorpark resident and Thousand Oaks area psychiatrist, pled no contest to charges of auto insurance fraud on Thursday, January 12, 2023. Masson was charged with two counts of knowingly submitting fraudulent insurance claims. Masson contacted Progressive Insurance in February 2020 and filed [...]
Gomathinayagam Kandasami, Singapore psychiatrist, sued
Gomathinayagam Kandasami ASIAONE Parents seeking $3.3m from psychiatrist and IMH over son's suicide By Selina Lum January 12, 2023 -- Excerpt SINGAPORE – In a lawsuit seeking an estimated $3.3 million in damages, the parents of a 31-year-old man who took his own life have accused two psychiatrists of being negligent in treating their son, which they say led to his suicide. Mr Steven Joseph Arokiasamy, 67, and Madam Tan Kin Tee, 66, are suing Dr Nelson Lee, a psychiatrist in private practice, and the Institute of Mental Health (IMH) for the actions of its senior consultant, Dr Gomathinayagam Kandasami. [...]
Nelson Lee. Singapore Psychiatrist, Sued for $3.3 Million
Nelson Lee ASIAONE Parents seeking $3.3m from psychiatrist and IMH over son's suicide By Selina Lum January 12, 2023 -- Excerpt SINGAPORE – In a lawsuit seeking an estimated $3.3 million in damages, the parents of a 31-year-old man who took his own life have accused two psychiatrists of being negligent in treating their son, which they say led to his suicide. Mr Steven Joseph Arokiasamy, 67, and Madam Tan Kin Tee, 66, are suing Dr Nelson Lee, a psychiatrist in private practice, and the Institute of Mental Health (IMH) for the actions of its senior consultant, Dr Gomathinayagam Kandasami. [...]
Trial of Humanity vs Psychiatrist Ernst Rudin
Ernst Rudin The European Times Trial of Humanity vs Psychiatrist Ernst Rudin as part of the UN 2023 Holocaust Remembrance and Education program By Newsdesk December 28, 2022 -- Excerpt Tuesday, 31 January 2023 – International Mock Trial on Human Rights 3:00 p.m. EST, United Nations Headquarters The International Mock Trial on Human Rights is the culmination of a year-long programme organized by The Social Excellence Forum (SEF) for a diverse group of 20-30 young leaders, ages 15-22 years, from several countries. The students will interrogate the actions and responsibilities of Ernst Rudin, the so-called father of Nazi Racial Hygiene. [...]
Anil Tambi, India Psychiatrist, arrested
Anil Tambi The Times of Truth Main Metropolis Psychiatrist Arrested By Ncb | Jaipur Information By Admin December 22, 2022 -- Excerpt Jaipur: Main psychiatrist Dr Anil Tambi was arrested by Narcotic Management Bureau (NCB) in a narcotic case on Wednesday. A senior drug management official mentioned that Tambi was discovered concerned in alleged irregularities within the stocking and sale of medicinal medication within the metropolis. The authorities had discovered about Tambi’s involvement in an unlawful drug stocking and sale community, the place some medication have been allegedly procured and bought with out correct monitoring. The NCB groups had [...]
Jason Stamper, Pikeville Psychiatrist, charged
Jason Stamper The Lexington Herald Leader (Kentucky) Kentucky doctor charged with possessing methamphetamine is barred from prescribing By Bill Estep December 19, 2022 -- Excerpt State medical regulators have barred a Kentucky doctor from prescribing drugs after he was charged with trafficking in heroin and possession of methamphetamine. The Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure issued the emergency restriction against Dr. Jason N. Stamper effective Dec. 16. Stamper, 51, is a psychiatrist in private practice in Pikeville. He was licensed in Kentucky in 2003 after attending the Pikeville College School of Osteopathic Medicine, according to board records. Police arrested Stamper [...]
Antonio Metastasio, UK psychiatrist, paid porn star patient for sex
Antonio Metastasio The Telegraph Leading Cambridge psychiatrist paid porn star patient for sex December 16, 2022 By By Telegraph reporters -- Excerpt A psychiatrist who lectures at the University of Cambridge paid a porn star patient for sex, then asked her not to tell anyone in case he was "#Me Too'd". Dr Antonio Metastasio, who also holds senior roles in the NHS and on Harley Street, arranged to meet the woman at a hotel after he stopped treating her. The Italian consultant, who called himself ‘Mari”' on an adult website, poured the model a glass of Prosecco then paid [...]
Vasish Seewoobudul, Brown-Sequard hospital psychiatrist, arrested
Google translation Vasish Seewoobudul The Daily Challenge Dismantling of a psychotropic drug trafficking network: a psychiatrist arrested for issuing a prescription December 9, 2022 Since last weekend, the Divisional Support Unit (DSU) of the Central Division has been working to dismantle a network of trafficking in psychotropic drugs. The investigation led to the arrest of psychiatrist Vasish Seewoobudul on Monday. This 43-year-old doctor practices at the Brown-Sequard hospital but also does consultations in a pharmacy in Curepipe. It is in this pharmacy, according to the police, that he would have issued prescriptions having been used to supply traffic... After [...]
Singapore Psychiatrist, Chan Herng Nieng, suspended
Singapore Psychiatrist The Straits Times Longer suspensions for 2 doctors who tried to exploit patient for sex By Selina Lum Senior Law Correspondent December 2, 2022 -- Excerpt SINGAPORE - Two doctors who colluded to exploit a patient, with one introducing his patient to the other so that the latter could have sex with the woman, had their suspension periods increased on Friday. Colorectal surgeon Julian Ong, who sent contact details of his patient to psychiatrist Chan Herng Nieng and told him, “Feel free to play your game”, was ordered to be suspended from practising medicine for two [...]
Gavin P. Meany, Twin Cities psychiatrist, gets more time
Gavin P. Meany Star Tribune Former Twin Cities psychiatrist who appealed term for raping patient gets more time at resentencing He is expected to serve slightly more than 6 3⁄4 years in prison. By Paul Walsh November 25, 2022 A onetime Twin Cities psychiatrist who won an appeal of his initial sentence for repeatedly sexually assaulting a patient in trauma therapy was given an even longer term the second time around. Gavin P. Meany, 41, was sentenced Wednesday by Dakota County District Judge Timothy McManus to a term of 12¾ years after pleading guilty to four counts of [...]
Franco Sicuro, Chesterfield Psychiatrist, pleaded guilty
Franco Sicuro PRESS RELEASE Chesterfield Psychiatrist Admits Conspiracy Linked to Health Care Fraud Tuesday, November 15, 2022 For Immediate Release U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Missouri ST. LOUIS – A psychiatrist from Chesterfield, Missouri on Tuesday pleaded guilty in front of U.S. District Judge Sarah E. Pitlyk to a felony conspiracy charge and admitted that Medicare, Medicaid and other insurers lost more than $3.8 million based on fraudulent reimbursement claims submitted by clinical laboratories that he owned. Dr. Franco Sicuro, 67, has also agreed to forfeit $3.1 million from various sources. Sicuro ran, owned, served as the medical director [...]
Thomas Wyatt, Georgia psychiatrist, arrested
Thomas Wyatt WSVN Georgia doctor accused in late 1970s child rape case takes plea deal; victim speaks out By Craig Stevens November 14, 2022 -- Excerpt SOUTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) - A Georgia psychiatrist has taken a plea deal in a decades-old case of sexual battery involving several children. Dr. Thomas Wyatt is set to receive 17 years of probation for two counts of sexual battery on a minor. Police arrested the 66-year-old in Southwest Miami-Dade in 2021. Gentry Fry was one of three victims who came forward to accuse Wyatt of molestation when he was just 8 years [...]
Muhamad Rifai, Easton Psychiatrist, charged
Muhamad Rifai PRESS RELEASE Lehigh Valley Psychiatrist Charged With Stealing From Medicare Through Improper Billing Scheme Monday, November 14, 2022 For Immediate Release U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Muhamad Aly Rifai, 49, of Easton, PA, was charged by Indictment with four counts of healthcare fraud stemming from his alleged scheme to improperly and fraudulently bill the federal Medicare program for services not provided, or not provided at the level which was claimed. According to the Indictment, the defendant was a licensed psychiatrist who was the sole owner of [...]
Gregory Wigington, Nebraska Psychiatrist, suspended
Nebraska Examiner Omaha psychiatrist regains medical license, but can’t treat female patients By Paul Hammel November 11, 2022 -- Excerpt LINCOLN — The medical license of an Omaha psychiatrist has been reinstated — with the condition that he not treat any female patients. The license of Dr. Gregory Wigington was suspended for six months beginning in April for unprofessional conduct after he admitted having sexual relations with two female patients, including one woman he eventually married. An investigation by the Nebraska Attorney General’s Office and State Department of Health and Human Services also found that he had sent an [...]
Paul Glass, Mass. Psychiatrist, Office now closed
Paul Glass The Berkshire Eagle A text and a voicemail were all patients got when a Lenox psychiatrist's office closed By Meg Britton-Mehlisch November 8, 2022 -- Excerpt LENOX — Late last month, a Lenox psychiatrist, Dr. Paul Glass III, sent a text to patients letting them know his office on Church Street was closed due to an emergency. Later that day, patients heard a message on the office line telling them to seek other care. “Dr. Glass’ office is now closed indefinitely,” the message said. “Dr. Glass cannot provide medical care or prescribe medication. We sincerely apologize for the [...]
Sarah Romans, Wellington psychiatrist, apologises
Sarah Romans nzherald.co.nz Wellington psychiatrist to apologise for sending fundraising letters to patients in ‘clear breach’ of Privacy Act By Vita Molyneux November 8, 2022 -- Excerpt An experienced psychiatrist will apologise after sending letters to patients asking them for money..., saying she now realises it was a “clear breach” of the Privacy Act... Dr Sarah Romans, a highly experienced senior academic psychiatrist with more than 40 years’ experience... In an effort to assist in raising the cash, Romans sent brochures for the centre to her patients – as well as a cover letter asking them to donate... [...]
Douglas Robinson, Seattle psychiatrist, “under review”
Douglas Robinson KING5 State-paid doctor under review by licensing agency following KING 5 investigation By Susannah Frame November 3, 2022 -- Excerpt SEATTLE — The Washington Medical Commission has four open investigations into a Seattle psychiatrist who worked for the Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) for four decades. On Nov. 1, the KING 5 Investigators reported Dr. Douglas Robinson was never held accountable by L&I, or any other agency that received complaints about the doctor’s behavior, despite a pattern of complaints alleging “inappropriate,” “unprofessional,” and “sexually intrusive” lines of questioning during state-paid exams. The following day, Nov. 2, three [...]