Texas U.S. Attorney: Texas Doctor Sentenced to 7 Years in Pill Mill Scheme
June 20, 2024
June 20, 2024
DALLAS, Texas, June 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas issued the following news release on June 19, 2024:
A Texas doctor who prescribed hydrocodone and other controlled substances to drug-seekers without legitimate medical purpose was sentenced to seven years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Leigha Simonton.
Dr. Leovares Mendez, 59, and his coconspirators, Dr. Cesar Pena-Rodriguez, 56, a . . .
A Texas doctor who prescribed hydrocodone and other controlled substances to drug-seekers without legitimate medical purpose was sentenced to seven years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Leigha Simonton.
Dr. Leovares Mendez, 59, and his coconspirators, Dr. Cesar Pena-Rodriguez, 56, a . . .