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Julian Kent, Aussie Psychiatrist, banned for life
Julian Kent The Advertiser (source:https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/) BEAST ON THE COUCH November 18, 2017 By Nigel Hunt -- Excerpt An Adelaide psychiatrist who sexually abused three of his vulnerable patients has been banned for life, after a lengthy investigation by police and the state's medical board. Dr Julian Kent, right, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct over the shocking abuse, which happened over a 12-year period and inflicted further psychological damage to his victims. In one of the worst cases of misconduct uncovered in the profession in Adelaide, the SA Health Practitioners Tribunal permanently disqualified Dr Kent from applying for registration after [...]
Jayakumar Patil, New Hamphshire Psychiatrist, reprimanded
Jayakumar Patil Union Leader Psychiatrist reprimanded by NH Board of Medicine November 14, 2017 -- Excerpt CONCORD -- A New Hampshire psychiatrist will pay a $10,000 fine, undertake extensive medical education courses and have his work monitored by an expert under terms of a disciplinary agreement reached with state medical officials earlier this month. The agreement allows Dr. Jayakumar Patil to remain in practice. But he does so under reprimand by the New Hampshire Board of Medicine, which was issued two weeks ago and released to the media on Monday... His license was suspended for 30 days earlier [...]
Dan Nicolau, psychiatrist, Tennessee – probation for two years
Psychiatrist Dan Nicolau Dan Nicolau Knoxville News Sentinel 3 ET doctors have licenses placed on probation, state says By Kristi L Nelson Published 4:31 p.m. ET Oct. 23, 2017 | Updated 2:50 p.m. ET July 10, 2018 -- Excerpt Three Upper East Tennessee doctors have had their licenses put on probation, said the Tennessee Department of Health. One, psychiatrist Dr. Dan Nicolau of Johnson City, prescribed narcotics to a woman “not pursuant to a doctor-patient relationship” and entered her home uninvited, according to state records... Nicolau will pay $2,000 in civil penalties, in addition to the costs of prosecuting [...]
Psychiatrist Dan Nicolau “medical license was placed on probation”
Psychiatrist Dan Nicolau Johnson City Press 3 local doctors disciplined after overprescribing, stalking and other offenses, state says Oct 15, 2017 Updated Jun 24, 2020 --Excerpt Dan Nicolau, Johnson City. After entering into a romantic relationship with an acquaintance to whom he prescribed drugs and later stalked, Nicolau’s medical license was placed on probation for two years... Nicolau was ordered by the court to pay costs, complete a treatment plan established by the TBME and have no contact with “C.B.” After a multidisciplinary assessment, it was recommended Nicolau refrain from consuming alcohol for one year, participate in a [...]
Kenneth Stanko, Squirrel Hill Psychiatrist, sentenced
Psychiatrist Kenneth Stanko PRESS RELEASE Pittsburgh Psychiatrist Sentenced to Prison for Health Care Fraud, Illegally Distributing Oxycodone Friday, August 11, 2017 For Immediate Release U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Pennsylvania PITTSBURGH- A Squirrel Hill psychiatrist has been sentenced in federal court to a year and a day in prison, followed by three years of supervised release including 12 months of community confinement, six months of home detention and 500 hours of community service, and was ordered to pay $13,000 in restitution, on charges of possession with intent to distribute and distribution of Oxycodone, a Schedule II controlled substance, and [...]
Marshall Hubsher, Sands Point Psychiatrist, sentenced
Marshall Hubsher Long Island Business News Former psychiatrist sentenced in attempted jury tampering, burglary case --Excerpt A former psychiatrist has been sentenced in a case involving attempted jury tampering and burglary, authorities said Wednesday. Marshall Hubsher of Sands Point was sentenced to one to three years after he pleaded guilty in July to third-degree burglary and two counts of first-degree attempted tampering with a juror... While Hubsher was on trial in a separate case in 2016, he entered private jury rooms and placed signs there with falsified jury instructions in an effort to tamper with a sitting jury deliberating on [...]
Sibyl Simon, Florida Psychiatrist, arrested for destroying evidence
Sibyl Simon CBS12 Doctor arrested for hit and run, destroying evidence --Excerpt A Coral Springs doctor was arrested for a bizarre hit and run incident in St. Lucie County. Florida Highway Patrol released the arrest warrant affidavit to CBS12 Thursday and said that Sibyl Simon, was arrested for damage to property, criminal mischief, and destroying evidence, both felony offenses. The affidavit identifies Dr. Sibyl Simon, as an employee at the Lawnwood Regional Medical Center. Public records say she is a licensed psychiatrist from Coral Springs, Fla... Dr. Simon admitted that she was the person driving the vehicle, but denied any [...]
Psychiatrist Mark Beale: 1-star Google rating
Psychiatrist Mark Beale Post & Courier (Charleston, SC) Libel lawsuit over West Ashley psychiatrist's 1-star Google rating sparks First Amendment fight, more 1-star reviews; Online review sparks lawsuit over libel July 30, 2017 Sunday By Andrew Knapp -- Excerpt A West Ashley psychiatrist was so offended by a poor online review that he has sued the anonymous critic and demanded that Google unmask the user's identity. What did the review say? Nothing. It simply gave Dr. Mark Beale one out of five stars - a judgment that Beale said has caused him "extreme and constant distress." Beale insisted that it [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]