DOJ charges 12 medical professionals in illegal opioid distribution bust
May 04, 2022 at 13:46 PM EDT
The Justice Department charged 14 defendants, including 12 medical professionals, in illegal opioid distribution crimes. Defendants include a dentist whose 24-year-old patient died of an overdose, a nurse who used fraudulent hospice patient prescriptions for personal use, and a doctor who preyed on low income and elderly patients to bill medically unnecessary procedures.
