CINCINNATI (AP) — A judge has set sentencing dates for six
doctors and the owner of three pain management clinics where they
worked, all of whom previously pleaded guilty to charges related to the
clinics’ operations.
Indictments in 2012 and last year alleged
dozens of customers a week would travel hundreds of miles to visit
clinics in southern and central Ohio and pay $200 per visit for
painkillers.
The indictments said prescriptions were written
without meaningful physical exams and contributed to the deaths of at
least two patients.
Cincinnati federal Judge Michael Barrett will
sentence the clinic owner and five doctors on May 21 and a sixth doctor
on June 12.
No sentencing date has been set for an eighth defendant who pleaded guilty last month to failing to file
federal income taxes.
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CINCINNATI (AP) — A judge has set sentencing dates for six
doctors and the owner of three pain management clinics where they
worked, all of whom previously pleaded guilty to charges related to the
clinics’ operations.
Indictments in 2012 and last year alleged
dozens of customers a week would travel hundreds of miles to visit
clinics in southern and central Ohio and pay $200 per visit for
painkillers.
The indictments said prescriptions were written
without meaningful physical exams and contributed to the deaths of at
least two patients.
Cincinnati federal Judge Michael Barrett will
sentence the clinic owner and five doctors on May 21 and a sixth doctor
on June 12.
No sentencing date has been set for an eighth defendant who pleaded guilty last month to failing to file
federal income taxes.
Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights
reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or
redistributed.