USA v. Sayegh
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1:18-cr-00714
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November 26, 2019
Doctor Gets 18 Months For Prescribing Oxy Pills To 'Con Man'
A federal judge sentenced a former New York doctor to 18 months in prison Tuesday for prescribing 1,900 oxycodone pills to a convicted felon and "con man" who then sold them to addicts, saying physicians must know there is a "very heavy price to be paid" for contributing to the opioid crisis.
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October 11, 2018
5 NY Docs Charged With Prescribing Opioids For Cash, Trips
A Fifth Avenue psychiatrist was among five doctors who have been charged with writing prescriptions for millions of oxycodone pills they knew were unnecessary in exchange for more than $5 million in cash, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York said Thursday.