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Stokes Gets 10 Years for Healthcare Fraud

By McNabb Associates

Dr. Robert Stokes was sentenced to 10 years in prison for medical fraud, yet at the same time the federal judge raised questions about the seriousness of the health risk allegedly facing thousands of the dermatologists' former patients.[1]U.S. District Judge Gordon Quist said Thursday that, while the Grand Rapids doctor abused his authority and targeted vulnerable patients, he did not consciously or recklessly risk their health through recycled sutures and unsanitary equipment -- allegations prosecutors hoped would lengthen Stokes' sentence.[2]"There was a lot of fright in the community [over the possible health ramifications brought up by the prosecutors]," Quist said during a nine-hour sentencing hearing. However Quist found no "preponderance" of evidence that Stokes reused syringes...continue to full post

Full post as published by Federal Crimes Blog on December 28, 2007 (boomark / email).