Justice Dept.: Nurse Practitioner Convicted of Opioid Distribution Conspiracy
April 04, 2023
April 04, 2023
WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on April 3, 2023:
A federal jury convicted a Tennessee nurse practitioner last week for illegally prescribing opioids - including oxycodone and fentanyl - from his medical practice.
According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Jeffrey Young, 49, of Jackson, used his medical practice, Preventagenix, to illegally prescribe more than one million medically unnecessary co . . .
A federal jury convicted a Tennessee nurse practitioner last week for illegally prescribing opioids - including oxycodone and fentanyl - from his medical practice.
According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Jeffrey Young, 49, of Jackson, used his medical practice, Preventagenix, to illegally prescribe more than one million medically unnecessary co . . .