密歇根州五人被联邦起诉：含三名医生，被控在底特律「只收现金」诊所非法开出逾240万剂阿片类处方药
美国密歇根州底特律（Detroit）讯：美国密歇根东区联邦检察官办公室周四宣布，一份起诉书已被启封，五人被控共谋非法分销处方管制药物及相关毒品与洗钱罪名，其中包括三名医生。联邦检察官 Jerome F. Gorgon Jr. 与缉毒局（DEA）底特律分部、国税局刑事调查局（IRS-CI）共同宣布了这一起诉。
被起诉的五人是：65岁的 Clara Wilkerson（原住 Bloomfield Hills）、53岁的 Latanya Wallace-Hardiman（住 Detroit）、53岁的医生 Luis Rodriguez（现住佛罗里达州 Orlando）、59岁的医生 Nayantara Jnananand（住 Plymouth）与49岁的医生 Prashanti Franklin（住 Okemos）。
起诉书指控，2018年至2024年9月间，Wilkerson 通过其公司 CRW Worldwide 与 CRW Development 招募并付费雇佣医生，在虚假诊所非法开具处方管制药物；Wallace-Hardiman 经营其中一家位于 Detroit 的 Woodward Boulevard Medical Building（WBMB）。三名医生在不同时期于 WBMB 执业，被指非法开具羟考酮30毫克、羟吗啡酮40毫克等街头价值高的阿片类药物。WBMB 是一家「只收现金」的诊所：「病人」以250至500美元现金支付一次「就诊」，换取想要的阿片类处方；招募者还会付钱让「病人」去看医生，再收走药片转入街头市场。起诉书称，2021年至2024年，WBMB 的医生开出了超过50万剂第二类管制药物，街头价值超过460万美元；另一家虚假诊所 P & A Aftercare 开出的处方超过190万剂，街头价值超过1000万美元。
Wilkerson 与 Wallace-Hardiman 另被控洗钱共谋与具体洗钱罪名。起诉书称，毒品共谋及相关罪名每项最高可判20年监禁及25万美元罚款。联邦检察官办公室强调，起诉书只是指控而非有罪证据，每名被告均享有无罪推定，须由政府在审判中证明其有罪。本案由缉毒局与国税局刑事调查局的探员调查。
Five Indicted in Michigan, Including Three Doctors, Over Alleged 'Cash Only' Detroit Clinics That Issued More Than 2.4 Million Opioid Doses
Detroit, Michigan: An indictment unsealed on Thursday charges five individuals, including three doctors, with conspiracy to illegally distribute prescription drug-controlled substances and related drug and money laundering offenses, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Michigan announced. U.S. Attorney Jerome F. Gorgon Jr. announced the charges together with the Drug Enforcement Administration's Detroit Field Division and IRS Criminal Investigation.
Charged in the indictment are Clara Wilkerson, 65, formerly of Bloomfield Hills; Latanya Wallace-Hardiman, 53, of Detroit; Dr. Luis Rodriguez, 53, currently of Orlando, Florida; Dr. Nayantara Jnananand, 59, of Plymouth; and Dr. Prashanti Franklin, 49, of Okemos.
The indictment alleges that from 2018 through September 2024, Wilkerson used her companies, CRW Worldwide, LLC and CRW Development, Inc., to recruit and pay doctors to illegally prescribe controlled substances at fraudulent medical clinics. Wallace-Hardiman owned and operated one of the clinics, the Woodward Boulevard Medical Building (WBMB) in Detroit, where the three doctors worked at various times and allegedly prescribed high-street-value opiates such as Oxycodone 30mg and Oxymorphone 40mg. WBMB was a 'cash only' clinic where 'patients' paid $250 to $500 in cash for a visit that resulted in a prescription for the requested pain medication; recruiters allegedly paid 'patients' to see the doctor and then collected the pills for the street market. During 2021 to 2024, doctors at WBMB issued prescriptions for over 500,000 dosage units of Schedule II controlled substances worth over $4.6 million on the street, while doctors at another fraudulent clinic, P & A Aftercare, issued over 1.9 million dosage units worth over $10 million, the indictment alleges.
Wilkerson and Wallace-Hardiman are also charged with money laundering conspiracy and related counts. The maximum penalty for the drug conspiracy and related offenses is 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine on each count. The U.S. Attorney's Office emphasized that an indictment is only a charge and not evidence of guilt, and that each defendant is presumed innocent unless proven guilty at trial. The case was investigated by the DEA and IRS Criminal Investigation.
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