Stafford Doctor Indicted for Allegedly Running Pill Mill
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Doctor Accused of Illegally Distributing Prescription Drugs to Over 100 Patients, Leading to Death of One Patient and Other Nonfatal Overdoses
Mohanty faces a mandatory minimum sentence of twenty years in prison, and a maximum penalty of life imprisonment and a
According to the indictment, Mohanty was a physician and served as the Chief of Medicine at
According to court records, Mohanty distributed controlled substances, often for excessive dosages, to patients outside the bounds of professional practice and with no legitimate medical purpose, in exchange for cash sums paid by these patients for visits. Mohanty also issued a number of prescriptions for controlled substances--such as oxycodone, fentanyl and morphine--despite knowing that her patients were abusing, misusing, distributing or selling the controlled substances.
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The indictment further alleges that Mohanty prescribed medications containing buprenorphine, a Schedule III controlled substance, for substance abuse and withdrawal, even though she did not have the requisite DEA license to do so. In addition, Mohanty wrote prescriptions knowing that patients would attempt to fill the prescriptions using their health insurance, thereby causing fraudulent claims to be submitted to the patients' insurance companies.
As alleged in the indictment, Mohanty received cash payments from her patients, and she used those payments to support a lavish lifestyle and maintain a large home, which included a swimming pool, for which she paid
This case was initiated and investigated by the
Criminal indictments are only charges and not evidence of guilt. A defendant is presumed to be innocent until and unless proven guilty.
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