The most criminal thing I can think of is how state and federal jurisdictions punish you by extending the sentences you can get just by exhibiting your right to a trial. It's insane that they are allowed to give you more time just by fighting your case. There are thousands of innocent men and women in prison because they would rather plead guilty than run the risk of going to prison for 30 years.

If these incentives are kickbacks, then how come the pharmaceutical company officers are not doing the same time in jail?

I had a friend who had a weed case 20 + years ago and the fed used his ill father as the bargaining chip to get him to plead guilty of the charges...

Is it a part of the SUBSYS sublingual spray scandal? If so, six years is not enough for doctors who prescribed this drug his patients.

Hard to believe they have time to mess doctors when they are so busy fixing the polls

So he is guilty, and his wife also.

I’ve always said that doctors are no more than foot soldiers for the pharmaceutical companies

Of course the doctor and his wife are never named so we can go look up the indictment and the transcript of the plea hearing so we can read for ourselves what actually happened. All we get is a biased self serving statement from the now convicted. defendant.

These shorts are very educational! Thank you!

The government is the good guy in this story this guy took $2 Mil in blood money.

They threatened my mom. Showing me pictures of her driving back and forth. That was all it took.

Did the "doctor" ever consider NOT harming his patients?

So He's A Mass Murderer.. Got It

You are doing a great service that properly and very professionally illustrates that the federal government doesn’t play games in the prosecution process. It sounds to me that the doctor took gratuities and as soon as you hear the words “finder’s fee” sprint in the opposite direction. My dad was one of the one’s who won in federal court at trial. There are a few but it’s expensive hiring lawyers and gut wrenching experience that you never forget. Do yourself a huge favor if hear the words “finder’s fee” act like a vampire seeing a crucifix and run far away and never look back.

You got used like a tool.

Some of the most successful people are the shadiest. Use your best judgement people it will keep you out of the shady areas in life

Same simp would pay a woman $50k to help her out. Go to trial! Make them convict! She should be telling you the same thing!

He should have gotten 60 years in prison.

One side of a store always sounds so convincing.

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Yes, he should have mitigated.

Wow no one in this comment section seems to understand innocent until proven guilty

doc take kickbacks, free vacations and other gifts for prescribing drugs that cause harm.

The moral? Don't take kickbacks.

"We have a legal system, not a justice system" Judith Collins former New Zealand Minister of Justice. Legal, the undoing of Gods law, Encyclopedia Brittanica.

The issue goes deeper than what you hear: There are strict rules for prescribing opioids and narcotics. Each case has to have specific medical indications. (I recommend a sliding scale, including attempts for other methods of analgesia). Unless he provided these, he was prescribing improperly. They went after his wife so they could get him to plead guilty. This is common for the Feds. It splits up families, but they don't care. Every doctor who prescribes narcotics has to justify every prescription. If they don't, they face the consequences. Sanjosemike (no longer in CA) Retired surgeon

Doj is horrid.

The guy was dirty. Through and through. 2 million dollars, whew !

If you don’t want to do the time, don’t do the crime. That’s the best advice

He is not a doctor anymore, I assume

He was convicted because he was GUILTY regardless of how he pled. The case was based on facts that were obviously proven in court, showing his involvement in the crime. Wife was most likely aware of the kickbacks as well and they BOTH should be locked up.

But even if you indict the wife you still have the burden of proof to get a conviction on her, infact that could go to summary judgment if there are no evidence she knew. So I don't understand why he pleaded.

this seem wrong to me

At least the gov didnt burn his house and vehicles like they did on Maui. Prison is better than death.

I'm lucky I never found a Dr like that. I probably wouldn't have survived

So the Dr is a douche and deserves more than he got and his wife got off even though she was clearly involved. Only thing that upsets me is the wife not going to prison.

He can still practice medicine?

If what he’s saying is true, then your advice may have been “right” in the sense that it may have yielded less jail time. But to pray on the man’s wife because he’s exercising his right to trial is absolutely abusive and disgusting. And yes, EVEN IF she was totally involved, if they made the decision to charge only him at first,and then later on decided to charge her too only because he wouldn’t relent and submit like a beaten wrestler to the headlock of the almighty Fed, then that’s still just as disgusting and sickening as if she were 100% innocent. Absolutely shameful. We have no control over these appointed US Attorneys and it shows, in the way they prosecute crimes and which crimes they prosecute. And which they don’t.

He was guilty. That's the story. Of course, the govt "gets you to plead guilty". Trials are expensive. Each trial imposes a large opportunity cost. The govt wants this guy to pay while also conserving court time for cases of greater magnitude. No surprises, this is how things work. So if you're a doctor, don't get greedy. Fraud will get you time.

He can live in hell, he killed a lot of people.

Tyranny

Rico law

He should've gotten the death penalty, he wasn't practicing medicine he was a legal drug dealer dealing deadly fent.

Omaha?

What's his wife's phone number I'd like to take her out on a date as she might be lonely!

Extortion

She got remarried

Sue them for malicious prosecution and blackmail

Never plead guilty. It costs the system a lot of time and money to go to trial.

Blackmail, plain and simple...

Fake

So YOU still think he is innocent because he wrote you a letter and says so? Just another low effort channel to block

That’s crazy on my seven years it’s crazy how he got put in jail for that too and convenient stores in grocery stores sell alcohol and alcohol companies are still going strong selling alcohol mind blowing

What about Fauci and his wife?

sad thing is probably did happen esp if its the Current DOJ that he is talkin about.

Can’t pled guilty if ur not !!! Got what he deserved