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Thomas Draschil, Orem Psychiatrist, sexual exploitation of a minor
Thomas Draschil KSL Utah psychiatrist accused of fraudulent billing charged in CSAM investigation --Excerpt OREM — A Utah psychiatrist charged with making false claims for medical benefits, is now accused of accessing child sex abuse material while awaiting trial. Thomas Eugene Draschil, 49, of Orem, was charged Thursday in 4th District Court with seven counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, a second-degree felony. According to the Utah Division of Professional Licensing, Draschil was first "licensed to practice as a physician and to administer and prescribe controlled substances" in 2015... In 2024, Draschil was charged in 3rd District Court with [...]
Steven Powell, NH psychiatrist, Sentenced
Steven Powell Press Release Former New Hampshire Doctor Sentenced to Year in Prison for Role in $1.9 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme Tuesday, October 13, 2026 For Immediate Release U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Hampshire CONCORD – Former New Hampshire physician Steven Powell, 56, was sentenced to 12 months and a day in federal prison on one count of health care fraud, in connection with a scheme to defraud Medicare by prescribing medical equipment without ever seeing, speaking to, or otherwise examining patients. Powell, who now lives in Georgia, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Paul Barbadoro. According [...]
Benjamin Wen, Aussie Psychiatrist, jailed
Benjamin Wen Australian Broadcasting Corporation Paedophile child psychiatrist jailed over sexual abuse of patients --Excerpt A former Perth child psychiatrist who sexually abused his young patients and later filmed boys in public toilets has been sentenced to 10 years and six months in prison. Benjamin Wen, 52, touched the boys' genitals on the pretext of conducting "puberty checks" he said were routine at his clinic in Perth's south, between 2012 and 2016... Excerpted from: Paedophile child psychiatrist jailed over sexual abuse of patients By Lauren Smith Australian Broadcasting Corporation October 7, 2026 Read the full original article here. This excerpt [...]
Marion Stowers, Clarksville psychiatrist – licensed revoked
Marion Stowers Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Arkansas panel revokes Clarksville psychiatrist’s medical license over prescriptions to opioid use disorder patients --Excerpt A state panel on Thursday revoked the license of a psychiatrist practicing in Clarksville, finding his habit of prescribing controlled substances to patients with a history of substance abuse to be "gross negligence" and "ignorant malpractice." The Arkansas State Medical Board voted unanimously to revoke Dr. Marion Stowers' license at a hearing in Little Rock. Stowers did not attend. Dr. Nick Shull, who serves in an investigative role at the state Department of Health, said the medical board had asked him [...]
Douglas Zelisko, Hartford psychiatrist, License Revoked
Douglas Zelisko Inside Investigator Psychiatrist Zelisko has his medical license revoked in bizarre, troubling case --Excerpt Connecticut psychiatrist Dr. Douglas Zelisko – who is alleged to have defrauded patients and supplied them with illicit drugs in one of the most bizarre and troubling cases in recent history – had his medical license revoked by the Connecticut Board of Medical Examiners after he failed to show up for his own hearing. During the September 3 hearing of the board, Zelisko showed up late via phone call and requested a time extension so he could return with a lawyer, but neither he [...]
Amy MacIntyre, Main Line psychiatrist, loses license
Amy MacIntyre The Philadelphia Inquirer Main Line psychiatrist stripped of her medical license --Excerpt A Main Line psychiatrist has lost her medical license after a state investigation found she had sex with a young patient for years, all while prescribing him a revolving mix of up to 12 medications, including highly addictive psychotropic drugs, without proper evaluations. Amy Mazza MacIntyre, a child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist in Bryn Mawr, started treating a then-17-year-old cancer survivor in 2004 when he was a senior at Lower Merion High School. MacIntyre first had sex with him in February 2011, when he was 24 [...]
Samuel Lee, Psychiatrist, Arrested by St. Pete Police
On April 14, 2026, the St. Petersburg Police Department located and apprehended Samuel Byungsung Lee at 4341 34th St. South, Apartment 377, St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida 33711. Samuel Lee Daily Mail Tragedy after woman paid doctor $2,000 for 'clarity' ceremony that saw her take cocktail of ketamine and MDMA --Excerpt A doctor has been accused of fatally feeding a woman drugs as part of a 'heart protocol' ceremony at a wellness house... Now Samuel Lee, 44, has been charged with manslaughter over the so-called 'heart protocol' ceremony that led to her death. He was arraigned on Tuesday. Lee, a [...]
William Hervey, Palm Harbor Psychiatrist, Child Porn
William Hervey Tampa Bay Beacons Pinellas County psychiatrist facing child porn charges --Excerpt PALM HARBOR — A Pinellas County psychiatrist was arrested June 30, after investigators said he possessed child pornography. Detectives with the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office Cyber Investigations Unit said the suspect is 61-year-old William Hervey, a board-certified psychiatrist and owner of Advantage Mental Health Center in Clearwater. The investigation began after authorities said they received information that child pornography files were being accessed and shared online... Excerpted from: Pinellas County psychiatrist facing child porn charges Tampa Bay Beacons July 7, 2026 Read the full original article here. [...]
Louis Morelli, South Jersey psychiatrist, pleaded guilty
Louis Morelli Press Release Cape May County Psychiatrist Admits to 17 Felony Counts for Unlawful Controlled Substance Prescriptions Linked to Sexual Conduct, Risk of Death, and Serious Bodily Injury Wednesday, June 24, 2026 For Immediate Release U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Jersey CAMDEN, N.J. – A South Jersey psychiatrist admitted to issuing invalid prescriptions for Adderall, Vyvanse, and Xanax, and other drugs, often to his sexual partners and known drug addicts, U.S. Attorney Robert Frazer announced. “Licensed medical professionals who prescribe powerful controlled substances outside the bounds of legitimate medical care put lives at risk and undermine public trust [...]
Jan Cimicky, Czech Psychiatrist, Sentenced
Jan Cimický Radio Prague International Psychiatrist Cimický gets five years for sexual assault, blackmail --Excerpt The well-known Czech psychiatrist Jan Cimický has been sentenced to five years in prison on four counts of sexual assault and 35 cases of blackmail. The 68-year-old has also been barred from practicing medicine for a period of 10 years. Under the verdict, which is not binding, Mr. Cimický must also pay the affected women compensation. They are seeking a total of approximately CZK 6 million in damages from the doctor... Excerpted from: Psychiatrist Cimický gets five years for sexual assault, blackmail By Ian Willoughby [...]
Brian Hyatt, Rogers psychiatrist, arrested
Brian Hyatt KNWA Fayetteville Former Rogers doctor facing Medicaid fraud charges arrested by U.S. Marshals --Excerpt FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — Brian Hyatt, a former Northwest Arkansas psychiatrist accused of Medicaid fraud, was arrested Saturday by the U.S. Marshals Service. The 53-year-old was booked into the Washington County Detention Center on March 28 and is being held on a federal detainer... Hyatt previously led the Behavioral Health Unit at Northwest Medical Center in Springdale from Feb. 2018 to May 2022... In addition to criminal charges, Hyatt faces more than 200 civil lawsuits from former patients who allege false imprisonment during his [...]
Iftikhar Rasul, Orlando psychiatrist – license revoked
Iftikhar Rasul Miami Herald What happened after 3 patients said Florida psychiatrist touched their breasts? --Excerpt An Orlando psychiatrist banned from seeing female patients after being accused of molestation now can’t see any patients. A 2025 state Board of Medicine final order that just posted on Feb. 16 revoked Dr. Iftikhar Rasul’s license. Professional justice, as usual, moved at a more stately pace than criminal justice. The Florida Department of Health filed the first administrative complaint, which starts the discipline process, in January 2021 after the first accusation. The next two accusations were grouped in an April 2023 administrative complaint, [...]
Shazia Malik, Missouri psychiatrist, pleaded guilty
Shazia Malik Press Release Psychiatrist Reaches Civil Settlement of $360,000 to Resolve Allegations of False Claims to Federal Health Care Programs Monday, March 9, 2026 For Immediate Release U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Missouri ST. LOUIS – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri and a Missouri psychiatrist have reached a $360,000 civil settlement that will resolve False Claims Act (FCA) allegations, U.S. Attorney Thomas C Albus announced Monday. The settlement resolves allegations that from Jan. 1, 2019, through May 31, 2024, Dr. Shazia Malik falsely indicated to both Medicare and Missouri Medicaid that she provided [...]
Fez Psychiatrist sentenced to 20 years
Yabiladi Fez psychiatrist sentenced to 20 years for sexually assaulting patients --Excerpt The preliminary criminal chamber of the Court of Appeal in Fez has sentenced a local psychiatrist to 20 years in prison and fined him 200,000 dirhams after convicting him of human trafficking. The case involved the sexual assault of female patients at his private clinic, as well as charges related to the possession and consumption of hard drugs, including heroin, and facilitating their use by others. The psychiatrist, who specialized in treating mental health disorders and addiction, was arrested in June last year following a complaint filed [...]
Walter Crook, Tuscaloosa Psychiatrist, Arrested
Walter Crook Tuscaloosa Thread CyberTip Leads to Bryce Hospital Psychiatrist’s Arrest for Having Child Sex Abuse Material --Excerpt A Cybertip from Google led to last week's arrest of a psychiatrist at Tuscaloosa's Bryce Hospital for possession of child sex abuse material. The accused, 73-year-old Walter Joseph Crook, is reportedly a long-time psychiatrist at the state-run, in-patient Bryce Hospital here in Tuscaloosa. According to court documents filed late last week, Google sent an alert to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children after a user reportedly stored illegal files depicting the sexual abuse of children to their cloud storage service, [...]
Andrew Sorial, Florida psychiatrist, suspended
Andrew Sorial Herald Tribune Florida psychiatrist allegedly asked patients to show their breasts --Excerpt A Florida psychiatrist’s license was suspended under an emergency order following patients’ claims that he asked to see their breasts and for them to get naked. The order issued Jan. 21 suspended the license of Dr. Andrew Sorial, who practiced at Boca Raton Psychiatry. The Florida Department of Health filed an administrative complaint, starting a discipline case to determine whether Sorial will be exonerated or punished by the state Board of Medicine. Reports document claims by two of Sorial’s female patients in their late 20s and [...]
Psychiatrist Abby Fredrickson, Moorhead Psychiatrist, Sentenced
Psychiatrist Abby Fredrickson KVRR Woman given probation after pleading guilty to aiding an offender in fatal Moorhead shooting --Excerpt MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — A psychiatrist who was charged as an accomplice in her then-boyfriend’s fatal drive-by shooting in Moorhead last April is sentenced to probation. 33-year-old Abby Fredrickson pleaded guilty last October to a single count of aiding an offender in the shooting death of 39-year-old James Hamilton by 35-year-old Jerome Thomas. Fredrickson was given a three-year “stayed sentence” of probation during sentencing Monday in Clay County Court... Excerpted from: Woman given probation after pleading guilty to aiding an offender [...]
Jesse Armstrong, UF Psychiatrist, sentenced
Jesse Armstrong Press Release FORMER PHYSICIAN SENTENCED TO OVER SEVEN YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR DISTRIBUTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY Friday, January 23, 2026 For Immediate Release U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Florida GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA – Jesse Roger Armstrong, 35, of Gainesville, Florida, was sentenced to ninety months in prison after previously pleading guilty to distribution of child pornography. The sentence was announced by John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida. U.S. Attorney Heekin said, “Our state and federal law enforcement partners are committed to identifying, investigating, and rooting out the scourge of exploitation and [...]
Big Pharma’s Evil Playbook
PsychSearch Big Pharma’s Evil Playbook Colin Taufer On July 10, 2010, Stewart Dolin, a happy, funny, loving, wealthy, dedicated husband and father, started taking Paxil, as prescribed by his psychiatrist. Six days later, in the middle of the afternoon, he leapt off a subway platform and into the path of an approaching train. How do the biggest drug pushers poison the world for profit and get away with murder? Just ask GlaxoSmithKline, one of the kingpins in the pill-pushing cartel known as Big Pharma. GSK has perfected the playbook of turning drugs they know to be deadly and dangerous into [...]
Drugging Children for Conformity
PsychSearch Drugging Children for Conformity Colin Taufer Throughout its long history, Ritalin has been a drug in search of a “disorder”. Its manufacturer Ciba (now Novartis) has spent millions on advertising and “doctor education” trying to find and create a profitable “disease” for its drug. In the mid-1950’s Ritalin was advertised as a way to boost spirits and to make patients more cooperative and manageable. Later, in the same decade, Ciba tried another approach and marketed Ritalin as a “safe, effective geriatric supplement”. In the 1960’s promotional focus again shifted and it touted itself as a way to “restore [...]
CONSUMER PROTECTION?
PsychSearch CONSUMER PROTECTION? Colin Taufer Recently, it was reported by the Consumer Product Safety Commission that someone suffered a knee injury after sitting on a brand of bench that collapsed. Six others reported this same bench collapsing but reported no injuries. Consequently, the CPSC told all consumers to stop using these particular benches and return them to their point of purchase for a full refund. Similarly, the CPSC ordered all consumers to stop using, and return for refunds a particular brand of glass dresser knob. The reason? They received two reports of lacerations from broken glass knobs. About 363,000 knobs [...]
John Sappington, Casper Psychiatrist, Threatened to Kill Ex-Wife With Hammer
K2radio Former Casper Psychiatrist Threatened to Kill Ex-Wife With Hammer By Nick Learned June 8, 2020 John Sappington - psychiatrist A former Casper psychiatrist is accused of threatened to kill his ex-wife using a hammer after breaking into her Casper Mountain residence in the early hours of Sunday morning, according to court documents. John Shannon Sappington, 58, was booked into jail on recommended charges of attempted robbery, attempted aggravated burglary, aggravated assault and felony property destruction, a Natrona County Sheriff's Office spokesperson told K2 Radio News on Monday. Authorities say dispatchers were notified of two [...]
Irene Gurvits, NY psychiatrist, described as “nuts,” “evil” and “dangerous”, has lost her license
New York Post State yanks license of NYC shrink patients called ‘nuts’ By Melissa Klein June 13, 2020 Irene Gurvits - psychiatrist An Upper West Side shrink whose patients described her as “nuts,” “evil” and “dangerous” has finally lost her medical license — eight years after the state was flagged about her odd behavior. The state Board for Professional Medical Conduct’s concluded that Dr. Irene Gurvits “was not addressing her own psychiatric problems.” Its action came almost a decade after the state first learned she was ill — when her own lawyer asked that she get psychiatric help, [...]
NY Shrink Irene Gurvits – Licensed Pulled Due to Bizarre Behavior
The Jewish Voice Upper West Side Shrink Gets Licensed Pulled Due to Bizarre Behavior By Denis Cyr June 17, 2020 Irene Gurvits - psychiatrist After a series of incredible complaints, an Upper West Side shrink by the name of Dr. Irene G. Gurvits has had her license revoked by the state. In a story that seems like a plot of a comedy movie, a psychiatrist lost her license because of her own mental illness. After a series of incredible complaints, an Upper West Side shrink by the name of Dr. Irene G. Gurvits has had her license revoked by [...]
Christopher Seman, Ohio Psychiatrist, license suspended
The Review County doctor’s license suspended By Katie White September 17, 2018 Christopher Seman - psychiatrist EAST PALESTINE — An East Palestine man’s medical license was suspended this week because of an affair he had with a co-worker while he worked for the Counseling Center between 2013 and 2015 that included writing her prescriptions for an antidepressant, antibiotics, birth control and other non-controlled substances without keeping a medical record. Dr. Christopher Seman’s license to practice osteopathic medicine and surgery in the state of Ohio has been suspended for at least one year following a hearing that included testimony and [...]