Dr. Kevin Clemmer Sentenced to Federal Prison for Oxycodone Distribution and Money Laundering

Denver, Colorado – Dr. Kevin R. Clemmer, 60, of Evergreen, Colorado, was sentenced to serve 48 months in federal prison for the illegal distribution of oxycodone and money laundering, federal authorities announced.

Clemmer was also ordered to spend 3 years on supervised release and pay restitution. He was ordered to report to a U.S. Bureau of Prisons facility by noon on the designated date.

Clemmer was indicted by a federal grand jury in Denver on May 16, 2011, and pled guilty on May 23, 2013, to count one (illegal distribution) and count sixty-two (money laundering) of the indictment.

According to the stipulated facts contained in the plea agreement, as well as the indictment, the investigation began in April 2009 and continued through September 2010. The investigation established Clemmer knowingly and intentionally distributed and dispensed oxycodone, a schedule II controlled substance, outside the scope of professional practice and not for legitimate medical purposes.

Clemmer met with an undercover officer on May 20, 2010, and prescribed 120 doses (pills) of 15 milligram oxycodone after a very limited medical screen and evaluation. These prescriptions were done outside the scope of professional practice and not for legitimate medical purposes.

Clemmer also distributed oxycodone to Ryan Lujan, who died on September 3, 2010, due to an accidental aspiration of gastric contents associated with oxycodone toxicity. Clemmer’s prescription helped contribute to Lujan’s death.

Clemmer purchased a 1999 Lincoln Continental using cash derived from the illegal distribution of a schedule II controlled substance on May 29, 2010. The total drug quantity for which he is accountable is 186,340 milligrams of oxycodone.

“Doctors who use their prescription pads as a stack of blank checks to write and cash, instead of as a means to heal and comfort the sick, will be held accountable,” said U.S. Attorney John Walsh.

“The powerful prescription drugs that Clemmer trafficked are highly addictive and dangerous, as the tragic and fatal consequences of Clemmer’s conduct demonstrate,” Walsh added.

Clemmer was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Tactical Diversion Squad and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) – Criminal Investigation.

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