Naturopathic Doctor Gets 3 Years for COVID Scams; Doctor Accused of Rape Found Dead

— A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts

by Kristina Fiore, Director of Enterprise & Investigative Reporting, ľ��ֱ�� December 1, 2022

Legal Break over a blindfolded Lady Justice statue holding scales.

Naturopathic doctor Juli Mazi was for allegedly selling fake COVID vaccination cards to at least 200 people, as well as homeopathic pellets that she claimed would provide lifelong immunity to COVID. (AP)

A doctor from Naples, Florida who was arrested on charges that he raped two patients under anesthesia at his medical practice with a gunshot wound to his head. (WINK)

San Francisco physician Lindsay Clark, MD, pleaded guilty to giving that she sold as Botox and Juvederm from 2016 through 2020. Clark admitted that she obtained the products from "pharmacies" outside the U.S., according to the Department of Justice (DOJ).

The Indiana attorney general has asked the state's medical licensing board , the doctor who provided an abortion to a 10-year-old rape victim from Ohio. (KBTX3)

A man in New Hampshire pleaded guilty to and replacing them with counterfeit pills. Two of the children allegedly experienced severe behavioral changes due to the actions of Thomas John Ball Poirier. (NBC Boston)

Pennsylvania physician Musaddiq Nazeeri, MD, will pay $86,500 to settle claims that he administered COVID vaccines but then billed for additional services . (ABC27)

Colleagues had concerns about former doctor David Farley, MD, according to a obtained by local media in Oregon. While a grand jury acquitted Farley in September, he still faces sexual abuse accusations from more than 120 former patients in an ongoing civil lawsuit. (OPB)

Pennsylvania doctor Richard Kondan, DO, was sentenced on Monday to for unlawfully prescribing opioids. (WFMZ)

Illinois ambulance company MedicOne will pay about $300,000 to settle charges that it for non-emergency dialysis transports that didn't meet certain requirements. The services weren't medically necessary because the patients safely took personal vehicles or wheelchair vans to medical appointments and social outings, according to the DOJ.

The Oregon Nurses Association has asked the Multnomah County District Attorney's office to investigate Providence Health for allegedly since July because of a faulty payroll system. (Tri-Cities Yakima)

Kristina Fiore leads MedPage’s enterprise & investigative reporting team. She’s been a medical journalist for more than a decade and her work has been recognized by Barlett & Steele, AHCJ, SABEW, and others. Send story tips to k.fiore@medpagetoday.com.