The operators of seven sham medical clinics were among 12
defendants taken into custody on federal drug trafficking charges alleging they
diverted at least two million prescription pills, including oxycodone and other
addictive and dangerous narcotics, to the black market.
The arrests and indictments are the product of a probe by
ICE HSI, the Drug Enforcement Administration, IRS Criminal Investigation, the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Office of Inspector General and the
Ventura County Sheriff’s Office, Pharmaceutical Crimes Unit. Full Story
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