No doctor in the state of Michigan was prescribing more oxycodone than Francisco Patino in Wayne County. Now he's been charged in a $120 million healthcare fraud and money laundering scheme. The U.S. Department of Justice announced that Patino, 65, was charged in the superseding indictment with one count of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud and wire fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering and one count money laundering. The indictment alleges that Patino induced patients to come to his clinics by offering unnecessary prescriptions for addictive opioids, of which he ultimately prescribed over 2.2 million dosage units. The trial is scheduled to begin on April 7. MORE ►Michigan groups get money to combat opioid crisis ►Dealing with addiction: Michigan families cope amid opioid crisis, mourn loved ones lost |
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