Tag: prescription fraud
Justin Douglas Cozart, Oxycodone Trafficking, California 2020
⏱ 2 min read A ruthless opioid trafficking ring in Southern California has been brought to its knees, with one of its key players, Justin Douglas Cozart, 48, of Woodland Hills, receiving a whopping 18 years in federal prison for his role. Cozart, the operator of several corrupt ChiroMed medical clinics, including ones in Inglewood,…
Ranjit Wahi, Conspiracy to Distribute Oxycodone and Methadone, Louisiana 2005
LONDON, KY – Ranjit Wahi, a 78-year-old Chicago physician, will spend the next two and a half years in federal prison after admitting he turned his pain clinic into a blatant opioid distribution hub. Wahi was sentenced today to 29 months for conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and methadone, a sentence reflecting the scale of the…
Ranjit Wahi, Illicit Oxycodone and Methadone Distribution, Illinois 2023
A Chicago pain doctor traded his oath for opioids, raking in cash by turning his clinic into a brazen pill mill. Ranjit Wahi, 78, was sentenced to 29 months in federal prison Tuesday for his role in a two-year conspiracy to illegally distribute oxycodone and methadone. The case, prosecuted in the Eastern District of Kentucky…
Shelbi Wolken, Administered Fentanyl, Colorado 2023
A Denver hospital case manager systematically swapped opioid painkillers for over-the-counter allergy medication, leaving 127 patients vulnerable and in needless suffering. Shelbi Wolken, 35, confessed in federal court to a brazen scheme that stretched for seven months, exploiting a position of trust to fuel a personal addiction. The fallout could have been deadly, and the…
David Webber, Fake Viagra and Cialis Trafficking, Nevada 2018
⏱ 3 min read David Webber, 50, of Henderson, Nevada, built a nearly $2 million empire slinging fake Viagra and Cialis, according to a federal indictment unsealed today. For at least five years, since 2018, Webber allegedly imported hundreds of thousands of illicit erectile dysfunction pills from unregistered factories in India, then pushed them onto…
