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OPERATION SNAKE OIL - SOUTH FLORIDA ROGUE PAIN CLINICS (PILL MILLS) TARGETED - FIVE DOCTORS AMONG THOSE ARRESTED

By Robert David, Esq.

Defendants Owned and Worked at Seven Area Clinics that Prescribed over 660,000 Pills, Profited More than $22 Million FORT LAUDERDALE, FL - The United States Attorney for the Southern District, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Criminal Investigation, announce the indictment of six South Florida residents for their participation in the illegal distribution of pain killers. Today?s case, dubbed Operation Snake Oil, is a result of the ongoing efforts by the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF), a partnership between federal, state and local law enforcement agencies. The OCDETF mission is to identify, investigate, and prosecute high level members of drug trafficking enterprises, bringing together the combined expertise and unique abilities of federal, state and local law enforcement...continue to full post

Full post as published by Health Care Fraud Blog on February 24, 2011 (boomark / email).