Sarasota-area doctor convicted of taking bribes to prescribe opioids

A federal jury has convicted the 59-year-old doctor of collecting “speaking fees” from sham pharmaceutical company events.

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A Sarasota-area doctor has been found guilty of accepting bribes to prescribe a spray containing the highly addictive, and sometimes fatal, opioid fentanyl.

 

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