TOLEDO, OH – A former Toledo physician will spend the next five years behind bars after admitting to running a brazen Oxycodone distribution scheme and ripping off Ohio’s Medicaid system. Darrell A. Hall, 54, received the sentence today after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance, health care fraud, and a tax count.
According to court records, Hall, operating under the name “EDM Health Services, LLC,” conspired with others between August 2008 and May 2009 to illegally dispense 1,300 pills of 80-milligram Oxycodone – a highly addictive and dangerous opioid – with no legitimate medical purpose. The operation treated patients as ATMs, not people.
The fallout didn’t stop at drug dealing. Hall also defrauded Ohio Medicaid out of $78,113.73 between January 2007 and December 2009, falsely billing the program for services never rendered. Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine blasted Hall’s actions, stating, “This case is a clear example of a doctor putting greed above quality care for his patients.”
Adding insult to injury, Hall failed to pay a staggering $97,384.88 in taxes owed to the Internal Revenue Service on behalf of EDM Health Services, LLC, between 2007 and 2010. This wasn’t a momentary lapse; it was a sustained pattern of criminal behavior, enriching himself at the expense of the public.
“This sentence should send a message to any doctor who would use their prescription pad as a means to run a pill mill,” declared Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio. The investigation was a joint effort, with the Ohio Attorney General’s Health Care Fraud Unit tackling the Medicaid angle, while the Drug Enforcement Administration (Detroit) and the Internal Revenue Service (Toledo) focused on the drug trafficking and tax evasion charges.
Assistant United States Attorneys Joseph R. Wilson and Thomas P. Weldon prosecuted the case. Hall’s fall from grace serves as a stark reminder that even those sworn to heal can succumb to the lure of easy money – and face the full weight of the law when they do.”
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- State: Ohio
- Agency: DOJ USAO
- Category: Drug Trafficking|Fraud & Financial Crimes|White Collar Crime
- Source: Official Source ↗
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