Justice Department-Criminal Division: West Virginia Doctor Found Guilty of Unlawfully Distributing Opioids
August 11, 2020
August 11, 2020
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Criminal Division issued the following news release on Aug. 10:
A federal jury found a West Virginia doctor guilty today of unlawfully distributing opioids to his patients. The defendant was charged in a September 2019 indictment as part of the second Appalachian Regional Prescription Opioid (ARPO) Strike Force Take-down, a coordinated effort by the Justice Department's Fraud Section to target unlawful drug diversion activities . . .
A federal jury found a West Virginia doctor guilty today of unlawfully distributing opioids to his patients. The defendant was charged in a September 2019 indictment as part of the second Appalachian Regional Prescription Opioid (ARPO) Strike Force Take-down, a coordinated effort by the Justice Department's Fraud Section to target unlawful drug diversion activities . . .