Fayette man gets house arrest in prescription painkiller scheme
A 12-year veteran of the
"I'm not the man who did this three years ago, standing here today," said Bloom. "I care about my family, and I have really let them down, through all of this. I let my fellow veterans down with this situation."
Bloom was being treated by Dr.
Bloom in June pleaded guilty to insurance fraud, acquisition of a controlled substance by misrepresentation and conspiracy.
Terms of a plea agreement with state prosecutors require Bloom to testify against the other defendants. Wagner said prosecutors might have a credibility problem because Bloom told an adult probation officer "he was thrown under the bus and didn't do anything."
Wagner sentenced Bloom to 24 months of intermediate punishment, with 18 months to be served on house arrest with electronic monitoring. If Bloom successfully completes the nine months of house arrest, Wagner said he will consider letting him remove an electronic ankle-monitoring bracelet at that time.
Bloom's attorney,
Shaffer blamed Ainsley for Bloom's predicament.
"I wouldn't be surprised if patients such as my client pursued a civil action against
Ainsley and the others,
On Wednesday, Ainsley testified during a hearing for one of the other defendants,
Sabatine has a motion pending in which he is seeking to have the charges dismissed and his statements to police suppressed.
In April, state authorities suspended Ainsley's podiatrist license for three years.
Documents attached to the suspension indicate he was practicing podiatry on a probationary status because he was convicted in 2006 in Los Angeles County of workers' compensation fraud and ordered to make
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