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Reynaldo De Los Angeles, Nebraska Psychiatrist, Sentenced
Reynaldo De Los Angeles Omaha World Herald Psychiatrist gets probation, must pay $131,775 to IRS By Jay Withrow January 22, 2016 -- Excerpt A 70-year-old Kearney, Nebraska, psychiatrist was sentenced Thursday in federal court to five years of probation for failing to pay more than $131,000 in federal payroll taxes. U.S. Attorney Deborah Gilg’s office said that Dr. Reynaldo De Los Angeles also was ordered to provide free psychiatric care to residents of Buffalo County one day a month for five years. De Los Angeles is required to pay $131,775 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service, provide his [...]
Javier Criado, Psychiatrist, Spaine, accused of sex abuse
Javier Criado Olive Press Prominent Sevilla psychiatrist accused of sex abuse Investigation is launched following allegations by six former patients By Caitlin Quinn July 14, 2015 -- Excerpt A PROMINENT Sevilla psychiatrist is under investigation for sexually abusing a string of patients. Javier Criado, 65, has been accused by at least six women of continued sexual and psychological abuse. They claim that the abuse was carried out over the course of about two decades, both in Criado’s office at his private clinic and in his home...
Christopher Cameron, Barrhead psychiatrist, arrested
Christopher Cameron Barrhead News Psychiatrist's drink drive decision leaves career in tatters June 10, 2015 -- Excerpt Christopher Cameron, of Barrhead, was arrested after making “a catastrophic error of judgement” to drive while under the influence. Officers saw his car swerving from one side of the road to the other with no rear headlights on and he was pulled over. He was spotted as he drove through his hometown in March this year and a breath test showed he was more than double the limit. The 40-year-old, who helped to set up the first Child Psychiatric Clinic in Glasgow [...]
William Lewek, NY Psychiatrist, Sentenced
Psychiatrist William Lewek William Lewek NewsDay Psychiatrist who buried body in backyard gets 4 years in prison May 2, 2015 By Associated Press -- Excerpt ROCHESTER, N.Y. - A western New York psychiatrist who admitted burying another man's body in his backyard has been sentenced to four years in prison. Monroe County Court Judge Christopher S. Ciaccio gave 63-year-old William Lewek the maximum sentence Friday on the felony charge of tampering with physical evidence. Lewek, who has numerous substance abuse and physical and mental health issues, pleaded guilty in February to evidence tampering... [...]
Abdussamed Kose, Texas Psychiatrist, arrested in police sting, license suspended
Abdussamed Kose [aka Absüssamed Köse] Abdussamed Kose - psychiatrist Texas Medical Board Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 16, 2015 TMB suspends Houston physician On April 15, 2015, a disciplinary panel of the Texas Medical Board temporarily suspended, without notice, the Texas Physician-in-Training Permit of Abdussamed Kose, M.D., [aka Absüssamed Köse] after determining his continuation in the practice of medicine poses a continuing threat to public welfare. The suspension was effective immediately. The Board panel found that on or about March 30, 2015, Dr. Kose engaged in a chat online with an individual [...]
Basem Shlewiet, Doylestown psychiatrist, sentenced
Psychiatrist Basem Shlewiet Psychiatrist Basem K Shlewiet Basem Shlewiet The Intelligencer Former Doylestown psychiatrist gets 7 to 17 years for sexual assault February 9, 2015 By Hayden Mitman -- Excerpt A Doylestown-based psychiatrist will spend the next seven to 17 years in a state prison for having inappropriate contact with his patients. Dr. Basem Shlewiet, 43, of Buckingham, was sentenced Monday in Bucks County Court. He was convicted in October on 16 criminal counts, which included forcible indecent assault, indecent assault without consent and unlawful contact with a minor. Judge Wallace H. Bateman sentenced Shlewiet to [...]
Fermin Briones, Jr, San Antonio psychiatrist, suspended
Fermin Briones, Jr. KSAT SA psychiatrist has license suspended over relationship with patient Fermin Briones, Jr. has license temporarily suspended By Robert Taylor January 5, 2015 SAN ANTONIO – A San Antonio psychiatrist had his license temporarily suspended by the Texas Medical Board over a sexual relationship with a patient. Dr. Fermin Briones, Jr. had his licensed suspended Jan. 2. The board cited evidence including videos, emails and text messages about the relationship with the patient as reason for the suspension. The board said Briones' continuation in the practice of medicine "poses a continuing threat to public welfare." Briones faces [...]
Andrew Newton, Harrisburg Psychiatrist, guilty
Andrew Newton The News-Item (Shamokin, Pennsylvania) Mount Carmel psychiatrist pleads guilty to Medicare fraud December 8, 2014 Monday By Rob Wheary -- Excerpt --HARRISBURG -- A Mount Carmel psychiatrist accused of fraudulently billing Medicare for psychotherapy sessions that didn't happen pleaded guilty to the charges in federal court Nov. 25. Dr. Andrew Newton, 42, of Harrisburg, the owner-operator of the Newton Psychiatric Clinic, pleaded guilty to six counts of theft or embezzlement in connection with health care in the Nov. 25 court appearance... Authorities alleged Newton billed Medicare for a face-to-face psychotherapy services with patients in Pennsylvania when Newton was [...]
Thomas Havel, California psychiatrist, sexual misconduct
Thomas Havel San Jose Mercury News Mountain View: Advocates for those molested by priests want psychiatrist out of El Camino Hospital By Eric Kurhi December 5, 2014 --Excerpt Victim advocates Friday called for the ouster of a psychiatrist and former priest who has practiced at El Camino Hospital for decades, citing accusations that he had molested two teenage girls years ago. In 1988 Dr. Thomas Havel, now 77, was accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl whom he had counseled before coming to El Camino, beginning when she was 13 years old. That lawsuit was dismissed on the grounds that [...]
Daniel Brandt, New Mexico Psychiatrist, Roughs up Patient
Daniel Brandt Las Cruces Sun-News (New Mexico) Las Cruces psychiatrist abused former patient, police say December 4, 2014 -- Excerpt A Las Cruces psychiatrist has been arrested after police say he abused a former patient. Daniel J. Brandt, 54, was charged with one count of abuse of a resident, a fourth-degree felony, according to a Las Cruces Police Department news release. Police allege Brandt grabbed the hoodie of a 28-year-old former patient, twisted it in his hand and escorted the intellectually disabled inside Campo Behavioral Health Services on Tuesday. Brand's hold was tight enough, according [...]
David Daley, Lehigh County psychiatrist, convicted
David Daley Lehighvalleylive.com Former Lehigh County psychiatrist convicted of running pill mill September 26, 2014 By Sarah Cassi -- Excerpt A former Lehigh County psychiatrist faces jail time after a jury found he repeatedly improperly prescribed medications to patients, some of whom are accused of being part of a prescription drug ring. Dr. David Daley's trial began Sept. 16 in Lehigh County Court on charges of helping patients fraudulently obtain prescription drugs and multiple counts of prescribing controlled substances outside of accepted medical principles. Daley formerly practiced at 7729 Main St. in Upper Macungie Township. Jurors began deliberating Thursday and [...]
Zahid Imran – Louisiana Psychiatrist Gets 7+ years in Prison
Zahid Imran Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, August 25, 2014 Louisiana Psychiatrist Sentenced to Serve More Than Seven Years in Prison for His Role in $258 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme A Louisiana psychiatrist was sentenced in federal court in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, today to serve 86 months in prison for his role in a $258.5 million Medicare fraud scheme involving partial hospitalization psychiatric services. He was further ordered to pay $43.5 million in restitution and to forfeit all proceeds from the fraudulent scheme. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s [...]
Anil Ramachandran, Libertyville psychiatrist – “alleged cases of sexual assault”
Anil Ramachandran Chicago Sun-Times Sex assault allegations prompt suspension of doctor's license; State's attorney's office, Waukegan police review the case for criminal charges By Ruth Fuller July 4, 2014 -- Excerpt Prosecutors said they have not yet decided whether they will criminally charge a Libertyville psychiatrist who has been sued civilly for two alleged cases of sexual assault, one of which occurred in November and resulted in his DNA being found inside a woman’s body. Waukegan police and the Lake County State’s Attorney’s office are investigating the complaints against Dr. Anil Ramachandran, whose license to practice medicine in Illinois was [...]
Alen Salerian, DC psychiatrist – unfit to stand trial
Alen Salerian Washingtonian Alen Salerian Declared Unfit to Stand Trial By Ariel Sabar April 8, 2014 -- Excerpt Alen Salerian, the psychiatrist whose downfall was chronicled in Washingtonian’s February issue (“The Spectacular Unraveling of Washington’s Favorite Shrink”), has been found unfit to stand trial. A federal judge in southwestern Virginia last Friday declared Salerian “mentally incompetent” to assist in his own defense and indefinitely postponed his trial on felony charges of distributing narcotic painkillers to people with no legitimate need for them. According to the judge’s ruling, Salerian’s own lawyers at Katten Muchin Rosenman concurred with a court-appointed forensic psychologist’s [...]
Ali Salim, Ohio Psychiatrist – Sentenced to 36 years
Ali Salim The Columbus Dispatch Doctor sentenced to 36 years for killing pregnant woman By Laura Arenschield December 20, 2013 -- Excerpt DELAWARE, Ohio — A doctor who admitted to killing a pregnant woman and her unborn daughter in the summer of 2012 was sentenced today to serve 36 years and 4 months in prison. Ali Salim, 44, pleaded guilty in October to killing 23-year-old Deanna Ballman after she answered a Craigslist ad he’d placed for a prostitute. Ballman was nine months pregnant at the time of her death. Her unborn daughter, whom she’d planned to name Mabel, also [...]
Abhishek Shah, Connecticut Psychiatrist, Sentenced
Abhishek Shah Hartford Courant (Connecticut) PSYCHIATRIST TAKES PLEA DEAL; DEAL RESULTS IN PROBATION; SEX ASSAULT CHARGES DROPPED; COURTS By Christine Dempsey December 3, 2013 A psychiatrist accused of sexually assaulting a woman in West Hartford a year ago was sentenced to probation Monday after he pleaded no contest to reduced charges. Abhishek Shah, 32, who was a second-year general psychiatry resident at the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington at the time, was sentenced in Superior Court to two years of probation. He pleaded no contest to charges of third-degree assault and second-degree unlawful restraint, both misdemeanors, minutes [...]
David Israelstam, Wisconsin Psychiatrist, Sentenced
David Israelstam Dane County Sheriff's Office Wisconsin State Journal Former psychiatrist gets prison term for child porn By Ed Treleven November 1, 2013 -- Excerpt A former Madison psychiatrist who amassed a cache of child pornography at his home, his office and in his car, and admitted to sex with patients, was sentenced Thursday to 1½ years in prison. David M. Israelstam, 74, told Dane County Circuit Judge Stephen Ehlke that he has had “a significant problem with sexual addiction that’s been with me for most of my adult life.” But he said his viewing of child pornography, [...]
Amar Nath Bhandary, Edmond psychiatrist, Sentenced
AMAR NATH BHANDARY PRESS RELEASE Oklahoma City Psychiatrist To Serve 30 Months In Federal Prison And Pay $20,000 Fine For Health Care Fraud Wednesday, October 30, 2013 For Immediate Release U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Oklahoma Oklahoma City, Oklahoma –AMAR NATH BHANDARY, M.D., 53, from Edmond, Oklahoma, was sentenced to serve 30 months in prison by United States District Judge Joe Heaton for health care fraud, announced Sanford C. Coats, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma. Following his release from prison, Judge Heaton ordered Dr. Bhandary to serve three years supervised release and pay a [...]
David Wilson, Utah Child Psychiatrist, Arrested and Fired
David Wilson Daily Mail Child psychiatrist arrested for having HUNDREDS of child porn images on his work computer By Daily Mail Reporter September 10, 2013 -- Excerpt A Utah child psychiatrist has been arrested and fired after officials say they found child pornography on his computer. The Weber County Sheriff's Office says 41-year-old David F. Wilson was arrested Friday and booked into jail on 15 counts of possessing and viewing child pornography. Officials say hundreds of child pornography images were found on Dr Wilson's computer at McKay-Dee Hospital in Ogden, where he worked as a child psychiatrist until April. [...]
William Ayres, California psychiatrist, sentenced to eight years
William Ayres San Jose Mercury News Peninsula child psychiatrist William Ayres sentenced to eight years for molesting patients By Joshua Melvin August 27, 2013 -- EXCERPT REDWOOD CITY -- As one victim after another testified, calling William Ayres a monster and a serial child-abuser who robbed them of their innocence, the once-renowned child psychiatrist sat stoically Monday as a judge sentenced him to eight years in prison for molesting his former patients. Because of his age and health problems, it is likely a life sentence for the 81-year-old ex-doctor who pleaded no contest to eight felony counts of lewd [...]
Daryl Westerback, Thousand Oaks Psychiatrist, Arrested
Psychiatrist Daryl Westerback KTLA5 Local Doctor Accused of Treating Patients While on Drugs By Tony Kurzweil June 12, 2013 -- Excerpt THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (KTLA) — A Thousand Oaks doctor accused of treating patients while on drugs was also under investigation for at least one death related to his practice, police announced Tuesday. The allegations against Dr. Daryl Westerback, 55, were made following an investigation sparked when he was arrested June 5 on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs, according to Thousand Oaks police. The investigation revealed Westerback had possibly been treating patients while under the [...]
William Ellien, prominent Savannah Psychiatrist, sentenced to prison
William Ellien Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Southern District of Georgia FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, May 24, 2013 Savannah Doctor Sentenced To 30 Months In Pills For Sex Scheme SAVANNAH , GA: WILLIAM ELLIEN, 57, of Savannah, Georgia, was sentenced yesterday in federal court by U.S. District Court Judge William T. Moore, Jr., to 30 months in prison for exchanging prescriptions for highly addictive drugs in exchange for sex. Ellien was also sentenced to serve 3 years of supervised release upon his release from prison and ordered to surrender all of his medical licenses. According to the evidence presented [...]
Jackson Dempsey, Oregon Psychiatrist, Sabotaged Mountain Bike Trails
Jackson Dempsey The Associated Press Former Jackson County psychiatrist accused in bike trail sabotage expected to plead guilty April 30, 2013 --EXCERPT MEDFORD The Jackson County District Attorney's Office says Jackson Dempsey is due in court in Medford on Wednesday morning to change his not guilty pleas. Deputy District Attorney Alisa Ray says Dempsey has reached a plea agreement, but the charges and recommended sentence will not be disclosed until the hearing. Dempsey was a psychiatrist for Jackson County when he was arrested last July. He has since resigned. He was charged with assault and three counts of reckless [...]
Abdullahi Mohamed, Michigan Psychiatrist, Sentenced
Abdullahi Mohamed The Monroe Evening News (Michigan) Doctor sentenced in sexual assaults March 22, 2013 By Ray Kisonas -- Excerpt ...Dr. Abdullahi A. Mohamed, 58, will spend the next year in jail after he was sentenced by Monroe County Circuit Judge Michael A. Weipert. In addition to imprisonment, Judge Weipert sentenced Dr. Mohamed to five years of probation and ordered that he no longer can practice medicine. The defendant also must stay away from the victims. In January, Dr. Mohamed, whose license remains active through 2015 according to the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, pleaded no contest [...]
Ghana’s chief psychiatrist: Homosexuality is a disorder
Ghana's chief psychiatrist Modern Ghana Chief Psychiatrist ready to 'heal' gays March 14, 2013 -- Excerpt Dr. Akwasi Osei, Ghana's chief psychiatrist has described homosexuals as persons suffering from 'a psychological illness requiring treatment'. This statement was contained in his article featured in the Daily Graphic titled 'why the scientific community is wrong on homosexuality.' The article catalogs arguments of what he believes is "woefully wrong scientific evidence backing homosexuality". He explains that more than ever, the scientific community is facing stronger political pressure to scientifically certify homosexuality as a normal lifestyle ever since the American Psychiatric Association (APA) bowed [...]