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Federal Judge Awards Half-Million Dollar Judgment against Michigan Psychiatrist, Mamoun Dabbagh, for His Involvement in Human Trafficking
nachtlaw.com Federal Judge Awards a Half-Million Dollar Judgment against a Michigan Psychiatrist for His Involvement in Human Trafficking By Nakisha Chaney of NachtLaw September 21, 2016 Psychiatrist Mamoun Dabbagh In a pioneering human trafficking case brought in the Eastern District of Michigan federal court (Docket No. 2:15-cv-10724) by Nakisha Chaney of NachtLaw P.C, Judge Stephen J. Murphy, III this week entered a half-million-dollar judgment against Michigan psychiatrist Mamoun Dabbagh for his role in a human trafficking scheme. The landmark decision, described by Martina Vandenberg of The Human Trafficking Pro Bono Legal Center as "a tremendous victory for human trafficking [...]
Paul Michael Porter, Ontario Psychiatrist, guilty of sexually abusing patient – loses license
Toronto Sun Ontario psychiatrist loses licence after sexually abusing patient By Terry Davidson September 28, 2016 Psychiatrist Paul Porter TORONTO - It’s three strikes and you’re out for a St. Catharines psychiatrist with a history of exploiting patients. The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario has stripped Dr. Paul Michael Porter, 67, of his licence to practise after a disciplinary committee found him guilty of sexually abusing an “extremely vulnerable” patient by “hugging her, kissing her, holding her hand, having her sit on his lap, and making remarks of a sexual nature.” “Patient A,” whose identity is protected [...]
South Florida Psychiatrist Faces Shock Treatment Trial this week – patient (a cardiologist) claims brain damage and severe memory loss
CVN Psychiatrist Faces Trial over Claim Electroshock Therapy Damaged Cardiologist’s Brain By Arlin Crisco October 11, 2016 West Palm Beach, FL — Trial is scheduled to begin this week against a South Florida psychiatrist accused of negligence in overseeing electroshock treatments that allegedly left a cardiologist with brain damage. Dadi v. Sharma, 2011CA16027. According to court documents, cardiologist Dr. Shaul Dadi claims psychiatrist Dr. Praturi Sharma oversaw electroshock therapy, otherwise known as electroconvulsive therapy or ECT, on Dadi in 2010 without obtaining the his informed consent. Dadi contends the ECT, intended to treat his depression following the breakup of his [...]
John Griffin, Dublin Psychiatrist – Paid Patient 50,000 after Complaint threat
The Irish Times Psychiatrist paid patient €50,000 after complaint threat Payment could be construed as effort to thwart complaint to Medical Council - report By Paul Cullen Psychiatrist John Griffin A consultant psychiatrist paid a long-time patient €50,000 as part of a “gentleman’s agreement” after he threatened to report him to the Medical Council, an investigation by the State’s largest private mental health service has found. The payment of a personal cheque by Dr John Griffin to the patient as a full and final settlement of a complaint, without admission of liability, was “unconventional”, the investigation by St Patrick’s [...]
NJ Psychiatrist Clarence Verdell, Indicted For Illegally Selling Drugs
Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Eastern District of Pennsylvania FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, August 17, 2016 Fourth Suboxone Doctor And Office Manager Indicted For Illegally Selling Prescriptions Of Suboxone And Klonopin Psychiatrist Clarence Verdell PHILADELPHIA – An indictment was filed today charging a doctor and his office manager in a scheme to sell commonly abused prescription drugs in exchange for cash payments. Charged in the conspiracy are: Dr. Clarence Verdell, 66, of Voorhees, NJ and Rochelle Williams-Morrow, 37, of Philadelphia, PA. The indictment includes charges of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, distribution of controlled substances, health care fraud, [...]
Robert Fink, Washington State Psychiatrist, Fired in New Zealand for Failing to Reveal U.S. Complaint against him
nzherald.co.nz Psychiatrist sacked for failing to disclose complaint By Martin Johnston July 26, 2016 Psychiatrist Robert Fink An overseas-trained psychiatrist has been sacked by the Waikato District Health Board for failing to immediately tell it of a patient's complaint against him in the United States. Dr Robert Ivan Fink's dismissal last week is the latest in a string of controversies to afflict the DHB's mental health services. An American psychiatrist, Fink had worked in the DHB's adult mental health outpatient services on a locum contract since last August. A former patient in the US made a complaint against him [...]
Anton Fry, Connecticut Psychiatrist, investigated for providing “services” to patients over the telephone
NewsTimes Danbury psychiatrist settles Medicare fraud allegations By Dirk Perrefort July 28, 2016 Psychiatrist Anton Fry DANBURY — A local psychiatrist and his practice, the Comprehensive Psychiatric Care, have agreed to pay federal officials more than $36,000 to settle allegations of Medicare fraud. According to a statement released from the U.S. Justice Department, Dr. Anton Fry and CPC Associates, which has offices on Hospital Avenue and North Street, were being investigated for Medicare fraud for providing services to patients over the telephone instead of treating the patients in person. While some “telehealth” services are allowed by Medicare in rural [...]
Kyle L. Stewart, Oklahoma Psychiatrist – Sexually Abused Patients – Allowed to Retire without a Criminal Investigation – Oklahoma Board of Medical Licensure decided not to pass on allegations to police
Daily Mail Psychiatrist and church deacon 'convinced child sex victims they were possessed before he attacked them again' - and was allowed to retire with no criminal investigation By Chris Pleasance August 24 2016 Psychiatrist Kyle L. Stewart An Oklahoma psychiatrist was allowed to quietly retire despite allegations by two patients that he used stories of witchcraft and demons in order to abuse them. Kyle L Stewart, 68, a married father from the small town of Bartlesville, north of Tulsa, retired in November last year after agreeing to surrender his medical licence following allegations of sexual misconduct. But he [...]
Jonathan Tan Meng Kwang Smithson
SBS Struck-off psychiatrist can practise again A NSW psychiatrist struck off after drug and patient misconduct will be subjected to a string of conditions after winning his battle to work again. June 28, 2016 A psychiatrist who became addicted to heroin and had a sexual relationship with a patient has won his battle to be allowed to resume practising. Jonathan Tan Meng Kwang Smithson was struck off the NSW medical register in 2000 after being found guilty of professional misconduct and being found to suffer an impairment, severe depression and a narcotics addiction. The now 53-year-old, who had practised in [...]
Deborah Parr, Colorado psychiatrist, suspended because of her recommendations of medical marijuana use.
The Durango Herald Durango doctor’s license suspended over medical marijuana One of four practitioners accused of excessive plant recommendations to patients By Luke Perkins July 20, 2016 Dr. Deborah Parr, a psychiatrist who practices in Durango, had her medical license suspended Tuesday in connection with her recommendations regarding medical use of marijuana. Parr is one of four Colorado doctors whose licenses to practice medicine in the state was suspended, according to a release from the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies. The doctors in question were allegedly recommending higher-than-normal plant counts for medicinal purposes to hundreds of patients. The release said [...]
Nadir Omara, English Psychiatrist, Jailed for Obscene Phone Calls
The Sun 'OPEN YOUR LEGS' Shame of Harley street doc’s ‘obscene, drunken calls to colleague after downing five whiskies’ The psychiatrist was later arrested and jailed after trial By Robin Perrie 12th August 2016 Psychiatrist Nadir Omara A HARLEY Street doctor told a colleague to ‘open her legs’ in drunken 2am phone calls, a tribunal heard. Nadir Omara, 49, began ‘huffing and puffing’ as if pleasuring himself when talking to a second worker. The psychiatrist was arrested after she recognised his voice and was later jailed after a trial. The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service heard yesterday that Omara decided [...]
Craig Charles Krause, Virginia Psychiatrist, Arrested in Xanax Pill Distribution Investigation
NBC4 Virginia Psychiatrist, Others Arrested in Xanax Pill Distribution Investigation Charges include the distribution of narcotics, money laundering and related weapons charges, police said. By Pat Collins Psychiatrist Craig Charles Krause A Prince William County, Virginia, doctor was arrested for continuing to prescribe medication to patients who were knowingly selling the drugs to others, according to the Prince William County Police Department. Craig Charles Krause, from Gainesville, Virginia, was arrested with 27 others as part of Operation Breaking Bars, an investigation into the import and distribution of high volumes of illicit Xanax pills. Police were eventually led to Krause [...]
Helen Marmanidis, Aussie Psychiatrist – may lose her $1.4 Million Mansion because of a $2000 car crash
The Advertiser Leading psychiatrist on brink of losing $1.4m North Adelaide mansion over a $2084 car crash Andrew Hough and Tom Bowden July 27, 2016 A LEADING psychiatrist is on the brink of losing her $1.4 million North Adelaide mansion at auction on Friday after an extraordinary legal battle over a $2084 car crash. Dr Helen Marmanidis was sued over a “minor” bingle with Samuel Germein, 35, near her Victorian-era terrace home in November 2012 after she reversed into his Alfa Romeo hatchback. But Dr Marmanidis, who is married to eminent eye specialist Dr Michael Hammerton, 61, faces the prospect [...]
Aaron Szen Yang Voon, Aussie Psychiatrist, In Trouble in 3 Countries
Daily Mail Psychiatrist 'caught filming young boys urinating public toilets' is revealed to be facing more child porn charges in New Zealand By Martha Azzi July 13, 2016 The Perth child psychiatrist was arrested in Canada for allegedly filming a boy in a public toilet in Canada. He was confronted by the boy's father The Perth child psychiatrist arrested in Canada for allegedly filming a boy in a public toilet is now facing further child pornography originating from a third country. Dr Aaron Szen Yang Voon, 41, faced Perth Magistrates Court on Wednesday where it emerged further child [...]
Psychiatrist Ashwini Sabnis must pay $400,000 settlement for fraudulently billing government
Hartford Courant Psychiatrist To Pay $400,000 Settlement In False Claims Lawsuit By Nicholas Rondinone July 12, 2016 Psychiatrist Ashwini Sabnis, Brighter Concept, Inc., 2000 Post Rd, Fairfield, CT 06824 HARTFORD — A couple will pay a $400,000 settlement following a lawsuit from the state's attorney general in which it was alleged they submitted false claims to the state's Medicaid program. According to the attorney general's office, Dr. Ashwini Sabnis and her husband Saurav Mohanty submitted claims for services that were not provided or "upcoded" the claims, which means they used a higher-paying code on the claim. "The submission of [...]
Hamilton Hicks, Yale Psychiatrist, Arrested for Crack Cocaine Possession
Hartford Courant Mauled Woman Dies, Dogs Scheduled To Be Put Down By Christine Dempsey June 28, 2016 Source: Yale School of Medicine NEW HAVEN — A 53-year-old woman who was mauled by two dogs last week has died, and the pets have been scheduled to be put to death, police said. No charges related to Jocelyn G. Winfrey's death are planned for the dogs' owner, Officer David Hartman said Tuesday. The owner, Dr. Hamilton Hicks — a resident psychiatrist with Yale Medical School — had licenses for the dogs, which were within a fenced-in area on June 20, the [...]
Canadian Psychiatrist, Sentenced for Sex Crimes, too Dangerous to Release from Prison
The London Free Press Former doctor Stanley Dobrowolski, sentenced for sex crimes, denied parole because he's too great a public risk By Jane Sims July 23, 2016 Psychiatrist - Stanley Dobrowolski Even a prison sentence can’t seem to change lascivious, disgraced ex-doctor Stanley Dobrowolski. The 69-year-old former London psychiatrist, serving a four-year sentence for sex crimes, has been denied parole after he was deemed too much of a public risk and showed too little insight into his sex crimes. A longtime former staff psychiatrist for students at Western University, Dobrowolski was sentenced in 2014 after pleading guilty to 18 [...]
Stephen Olson & Charles Schulz, Minnesota Psychiatrists – Reprimanded after dead patient’s private records posted online
City Pages U of M psychiatrists reprimanded after dead patient's private records posted online May 26, 2016 By Susan Du In February of last year, U psychiatrists Stephen Olson and Charles Schulz approved the posting of a dead patient’s private health information to a public University website. Psychiatrist Stephen Olson Psychiatrist Charles Schulz The patient, Dan Markingson, was the subject of a prominent inquiry into the department of psychiatry’s practice of recruiting vulnerable schizophrenic patients into drug experiments. In 2004, Markingson killed himself just months after signing up for one of Olson’s studies. Throughout the course of [...]
Naimetulla Syed
News Times Newtown doctor accused of fraud to pay over $400,000 By Nelson Oliveira May 26, 2016 A Newtown psychiatrist has agreed to pay more than $400,000 to settle accusations that he submitted false Medicaid and Medicare bills, authorities said this week. Dr. Naimetulla Syed, who has an office on North Street in Danbury, is accused of “upcoding” services —the practice of submitting medical claims using a higher-paying billing code when services with lower-paying billing codes were actually performed. Syed submitted upcoded claims between 2009 and 2013 indicating that he provided Medicaid and Medicare patients with 45 minutes or more [...]
Aaron Voon, Perth Child Psychiatrist, Arrested for Videotaping a Boy Peeing in a Canadian Movie Theater
WA News Perth child psychiatrist 'caught filming boy' in Canadian toilets By Emma Young May 30 2016 Psychiatrist Aaron Voon was confronted by angry shoppers after the incident in Canada An exclusive Perth child psychiatrist has been arrested after allegedly using a mobile phone to film a young boy in a shopping centre toilet in Canada. Aaron Voon, of the Successful Development and Therapy Centre at Cockburn Central, was arrested by Canadian police on child pornography charges following the incident in Edmonton, Alberta on May 22. A confrontation between the boy's father and Dr Voon was captured on video [...]
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Psychiatrist Nawshad Suleman, England – Sentenced – Fraud
Learnington Observer Disgraced doctor defrauded NHS out of £16,000 by Leamington Editorial May 12, 2016 Psychiatrist Nawshad Suleman A PSYCHIATRIST defrauded the NHS out of £16,000 by doing private work while he was supposedly off sick – and by using a Warwick hospital’s facilities to see his private patients. Dr Nawshad Suleman, who was based at St Michael’s psychiatric hospital, had pleaded not guilty at Warwick Crown Court to three charges of fraud. But just days before he was due to stand trial he changed his pleas to guilty on two of the charges, and the remaining allegation was [...]
Leland Dennis, Okla Psychiatrist, Can’t Get Along at Work – Cries about being Fired
The Oklahoman Suit alleges Oklahoma County jail psychiatrist was wrongfully terminated By Jaclyn Cosgrove May 15, 2016 Psychiatrist Leland Dennis An Oklahoma psychiatrist has filed a lawsuit against Armor Correctional Health Services and two of its employees, saying he was wrongfully terminated from his position at the Oklahoma County jail. Dr. Leland Dennis alleges in a lawsuit against the company, which contracts with the Oklahoma County sheriff's office to provide medical and mental health services, that Armor staff members ran a “sham investigation” against him after he spoke out about those staff members' inadequate performances. Dennis, who declined to [...]
ONG MING TAN, AUSTRALIAN PREDATOR PSYCHIATRIST, EXPOSED ON NATIONWIDE TV
Psychiatrist Ong Ming Tang ABC News Northside Clinic warned about psychiatrist years before indecent assault charges By Sean Rubinsztein-Dunlop and Jeanavive McGregor May 18, 2016 Senior staff at Sydney's high-profile Northside Clinic were warned about the "inappropriate" and "dangerous" behaviour of its star psychiatrist, Dr Ong Ming Tan, years before he was stood aside for indecently assaulting patients. Tan was released from jail in March after serving two years for the indecent assault of four of those young women, who he was treating for eating disorders at Northside Clinic and the Metta Clinic, both on Sydney's North Shore. Several [...]