A Channelview woman has been sentenced to 37 months in federal prison for her role in a pill mill operation that operated during parts of 2013-2015.
Bertha Alicia Garcia, 50, pleaded guilty to her role in the conspiracy in October 2016 and was sentenced last week to 37 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater.
Garcia was ordered to surrender to the Bureau of Prisons on July 18, 2017.
According to documents filed in the case, Garcia and another co-conspirator met with an undercover officer at ABS Medical and Chiropractic clinic on Avenue C in Channelview, Texas on August 8, 2013. The undercover officer paid the clinic $420 in cash but never met with a medical practitioner and did not have a medical examination.
Later the same day, Garcia met the officer at a gas station in Jacinto City, Texas, and delivered a prescription for 90 10mg oxycodone pills.
Garcia has never been a licensed medical practitioner, has never held a DEA registration number, and has never been authorized to distribute or dispense oxycodone, a Schedule II controlled substance.
The investigation was conducted by the Drug Enforcement Administration, with assistance from the Internal Revenue Service, Texas Department of Public Safety, the Louisiana State Police, the Grand Prairie Police Department, the Dallas Police Department, the Houston Police Department, the Arlington Police Department, the Greenville Police Department, the Parker County Sheriff’s Office, the U.S. Marshal’s Service, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, and the Diplomatic Security Service.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Mary Walters prosecuted the case.
Key Facts
- State: Texas
- Category: Drug Trafficking
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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