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LONDON, KY – A Chicago doctor is headed to federal prison after admitting he ran a brazen opioid distribution scheme out of his pain clinic. Ranjit Wahi, 78, got 29 months Tuesday after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and methadone.
Federal investigators revealed Wahi, owner of Midwest Physician Pain Center in Chicago, conspired with others to pump out prescriptions for powerful painkillers – not to legitimate patients, but to anyone with cash. Starting in 2019 and lasting until late 2022, patients routinely traveled to the clinic, bypassed any actual doctor’s visit, and handed receptionist Judith Harskey straight cash for prescriptions already signed by Wahi.
When DEA agents raided the clinic in November 2022, they found a staggering 541 blank, pre-signed prescriptions stashed in Harskey’s office – 30 of them in her purse. The haul signaled a systematic effort to flood the streets with opioids.
Harskey herself copped a plea last year and is already serving a 36-month sentence. Wahi will serve 85% of his sentence, followed by a year of supervised release.
The DEA led the investigation, with Assistant U.S. Attorney Pearce Nesbitt handling prosecution for the Eastern District of Kentucky.
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Key Facts
- State: KY
- Category: Drug Trafficking
- Source: DOJ Press Release ↗
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