Elderly doctor and pharmacist illegally dealt more than 1.6 million pain pills

[TexasTowelie]

HOUSTON -- Federal authorities contend that a Houston doctor and pharmacist, both men in their seventies, used bogus prescriptions to peddle about 1.6 million pain pills during a three-year period.

Dr. Richard Arthur Evans, 70, and David D. Devido are charged in a 24-count indictment that was unsealed Monday in federal court as the men made initial appearances.

Among their alleged crimes are conspiring to distribute controlled substances, mail fraud, health-care fraud and money laundering as they dealt highly addictive pills that are sought by drug addicts and dealers. There was no immediate listing of the men’s lawyer’s names.

Evans wrote prescriptions and Devido actually dispensed the drugs, according to the indictment, which describes an operation in which the patients and their health-care professionals were in on the scam.

Read more: http://blog.chron.com/narcoconfidential/2015/01/feds-pair-illegally-dealt-more-than-1-6-million-pain-pills/#29719101=0

[olddots]

1. imagine the sentences of they were street dealers

[Thinkingabout]

2. It is schemes like this where we have people making money by fraud. The money

Wasted by these two could have gone for real health situations but was squandered on pain pills etc. Every prescription I have gotten for controlled medications I have to sign. If after the first 5-6 prescriptions was claimed on insurance, Medicaid or Medicare should send a big red flag and the claims should not be paid.

[Warpy]

3. All I can see is a doc who was getting prescription quality drugs out there

to reduce the carnage caused by street drugs cut with stuff you really don't want to know about.

Just end the drug war, already. It makes no sense at all.

[chervilant]

4. Somebody must have narc'd on 'em...

(Sorry, I know that's a bad pun...)

[Gothmog]

5. WOW

These guys were active