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Singapore Psychiatrist, Chan Herng Nieng, suspended
Singapore Psychiatrist The Straits Times Longer suspensions for 2 doctors who tried to exploit patient for sex By Selina Lum Senior Law Correspondent December 2, 2022 -- Excerpt SINGAPORE - Two doctors who colluded to exploit a patient, with one introducing his patient to the other so that the latter could have sex with the woman, had their suspension periods increased on Friday. Colorectal surgeon Julian Ong, who sent contact details of his patient to psychiatrist Chan Herng Nieng and told him, “Feel free to play your game”, was ordered to be suspended from practising medicine for two [...]
Gavin P. Meany, Twin Cities psychiatrist, gets more time
Gavin P. Meany Star Tribune Former Twin Cities psychiatrist who appealed term for raping patient gets more time at resentencing He is expected to serve slightly more than 6 3⁄4 years in prison. By Paul Walsh November 25, 2022 A onetime Twin Cities psychiatrist who won an appeal of his initial sentence for repeatedly sexually assaulting a patient in trauma therapy was given an even longer term the second time around. Gavin P. Meany, 41, was sentenced Wednesday by Dakota County District Judge Timothy McManus to a term of 12¾ years after pleading guilty to four counts of [...]
Franco Sicuro, Chesterfield Psychiatrist, pleaded guilty
Franco Sicuro PRESS RELEASE Chesterfield Psychiatrist Admits Conspiracy Linked to Health Care Fraud Tuesday, November 15, 2022 For Immediate Release U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Missouri ST. LOUIS – A psychiatrist from Chesterfield, Missouri on Tuesday pleaded guilty in front of U.S. District Judge Sarah E. Pitlyk to a felony conspiracy charge and admitted that Medicare, Medicaid and other insurers lost more than $3.8 million based on fraudulent reimbursement claims submitted by clinical laboratories that he owned. Dr. Franco Sicuro, 67, has also agreed to forfeit $3.1 million from various sources. Sicuro ran, owned, served as the medical director [...]
Thomas Wyatt, Georgia psychiatrist, arrested
Thomas Wyatt WSVN Georgia doctor accused in late 1970s child rape case takes plea deal; victim speaks out By Craig Stevens November 14, 2022 -- Excerpt SOUTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) - A Georgia psychiatrist has taken a plea deal in a decades-old case of sexual battery involving several children. Dr. Thomas Wyatt is set to receive 17 years of probation for two counts of sexual battery on a minor. Police arrested the 66-year-old in Southwest Miami-Dade in 2021. Gentry Fry was one of three victims who came forward to accuse Wyatt of molestation when he was just 8 years [...]
Muhamad Rifai, Easton Psychiatrist, charged
Muhamad Rifai PRESS RELEASE Lehigh Valley Psychiatrist Charged With Stealing From Medicare Through Improper Billing Scheme Monday, November 14, 2022 For Immediate Release U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Muhamad Aly Rifai, 49, of Easton, PA, was charged by Indictment with four counts of healthcare fraud stemming from his alleged scheme to improperly and fraudulently bill the federal Medicare program for services not provided, or not provided at the level which was claimed. According to the Indictment, the defendant was a licensed psychiatrist who was the sole owner of [...]
Gregory Wigington, Nebraska Psychiatrist, suspended
Nebraska Examiner Omaha psychiatrist regains medical license, but can’t treat female patients By Paul Hammel November 11, 2022 -- Excerpt LINCOLN — The medical license of an Omaha psychiatrist has been reinstated — with the condition that he not treat any female patients. The license of Dr. Gregory Wigington was suspended for six months beginning in April for unprofessional conduct after he admitted having sexual relations with two female patients, including one woman he eventually married. An investigation by the Nebraska Attorney General’s Office and State Department of Health and Human Services also found that he had sent an [...]
Paul Glass, Mass. Psychiatrist, Office now closed
Paul Glass The Berkshire Eagle A text and a voicemail were all patients got when a Lenox psychiatrist's office closed By Meg Britton-Mehlisch November 8, 2022 -- Excerpt LENOX — Late last month, a Lenox psychiatrist, Dr. Paul Glass III, sent a text to patients letting them know his office on Church Street was closed due to an emergency. Later that day, patients heard a message on the office line telling them to seek other care. “Dr. Glass’ office is now closed indefinitely,” the message said. “Dr. Glass cannot provide medical care or prescribe medication. We sincerely apologize for the [...]
Sarah Romans, Wellington psychiatrist, apologises
Sarah Romans nzherald.co.nz Wellington psychiatrist to apologise for sending fundraising letters to patients in ‘clear breach’ of Privacy Act By Vita Molyneux November 8, 2022 -- Excerpt An experienced psychiatrist will apologise after sending letters to patients asking them for money..., saying she now realises it was a “clear breach” of the Privacy Act... Dr Sarah Romans, a highly experienced senior academic psychiatrist with more than 40 years’ experience... In an effort to assist in raising the cash, Romans sent brochures for the centre to her patients – as well as a cover letter asking them to donate... [...]
Douglas Robinson, Seattle psychiatrist, “under review”
Douglas Robinson KING5 State-paid doctor under review by licensing agency following KING 5 investigation By Susannah Frame November 3, 2022 -- Excerpt SEATTLE — The Washington Medical Commission has four open investigations into a Seattle psychiatrist who worked for the Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) for four decades. On Nov. 1, the KING 5 Investigators reported Dr. Douglas Robinson was never held accountable by L&I, or any other agency that received complaints about the doctor’s behavior, despite a pattern of complaints alleging “inappropriate,” “unprofessional,” and “sexually intrusive” lines of questioning during state-paid exams. The following day, Nov. 2, three [...]
Rose Moi, Norway psychiatrist, arrested
Rose Moi Journal Online P92.2-M worth of shabu seized by BOC, PDEA, NAIA-IADITG from arriving passenger at NAIA 3 By Itchie G. Cabayan October 29, 2022 -- Excerpt ... Norwegian tourist Rose Alex Moi, 59, widow, special psychiatrist and with address at Sarbuvollveien 1363, Hovik, Norway, was arrested for carrying one luggage containing 8.340 kilos of white crystalline substance suspected to be shabu with an estimated street value of P56,712,000, when she arrived onboard an Emirates Flight EK 0334 from Dubai from Johannesburg, South Africa.
Marc Laruelle, Yonkers Psychiatrist, Pleads Guilty
Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Southern District of New York FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 19, 2022 Yonkers Doctor Pleads Guilty To Illegal Distribution Of More Than 100,000 Oxycodone Pills Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that MARC LARUELLE pled guilty to one count of distributing Oxycodone, among other narcotics, without a legitimate medical purpose while acting outside the usual course of professional practice. LARUELLE pled guilty before U.S. District Judge Denis L. Cote. U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said: “Marc Laruelle abused his medical license and violated the oath of his profession [...]
Ramendra Kumar Singha, Bangladesh Psychiatrist, jailed
Ramendra Kumar Singha The Daily Star Crime & Justice Psychiatrist sent to jail on charges of raping patient Our Correspondent, Sylhet October 19, 2022 -- Excerpt The head of the psychiatry at Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital was sent to jail on Monday on charges of raping a patient. Associate Professor Ramendra Kumar Singha was arrested at his private chamber at Labaid Diagnostic Centre in Sylhet city on Sunday night. A woman, who has been a patient of his since 2018, accused him of raping her and making false promises of marriage, said Ali Mahmud, officer-in-charge of Kotwali [...]
Patricia King, Chesapeake Psychiatrist, Reprimanded
Patricia King The Virginian-Pilot Chesapeake City Council candidate reprimanded by medical board... By Natalie Anderson October 11, 2022 -- Excerpt ... The Virginia Board of Medicine stated that Patricia “Pat” King, a psychiatrist at King-Jones and Associates on Greenbrier Circle, violated state law and medical board regulations by prescribing stimulants to a young man who suffered from a host of mental health conditions and had a history of alcohol and substance abuse. King, a member of the Chesapeake School Board who’s pursuing a seat on the City Council, declined to comment for an Oct. 3 article detailing the case and [...]
Pamela Buchbinder, NYC psychiatrist, sentenced
Pamela Buchbinder New York Post NYC psychiatrist sentenced in baby daddy’s sledgehammer attack —despite desperate attempt to withdraw plea By Elizabeth Rosner and Emily Crane October 11, 2022 -- Excerpt A Manhattan psychiatrist was sentenced to 11 years in prison Tuesday for her role in the grisly sledgehammer attack of her baby daddy nearly a decade ago. Pamela Buchbinder, 52, finally learned her fate in the sensational 2012 love-gone-wrong case — despite a last-ditch, unhinged effort to reverse her guilty plea. The disgraced psychiatrist admitted last month to being involved in the attempted murder scheme on her ex-lover and fellow [...]
Aaron Groves, Tasmania’s chief psychiatrist – suspended
PerthNow Tasmania’s chief psych Aaron Groves suspended by regulator By Madeleine Achenza October 6, 2022 -- Excerpt The national medical regulator has suspended the licence of Tasmania’s chief psychiatrist. The Australia Health Practitioner Regulation Agency confirmed that Aaron Groves’ registration was suspended by the Medical Board of Australia on Monday. He will not be able to practise during the suspension. A spokesman said the agency would not be commenting further due to privacy reasons... He has previously held the role of chief psychiatrist in Western Australia, Queensland and South Australia. Anthony Cidoni has been acting as the state’s chief [...]
Karen Zelas, NZ psychiatrist – her “evidence lacked balance”
Karen Zelas nzherald.co.nz Peter Ellis: Convictions posthumously quashed in landmark Supreme Court decision By Hazel Osborne October 6, 2022 -- Excerpt ... In the justices' decision, read out via livestream from the court in Wellington at 2pm, they found that some evidence at Ellis' trial was unfair and should not have been admitted. This included the evidence of the Crown's expert witness, psychiatrist Dr Karen Zelas, under section 23G of the Evidence Act 1908. Zelas gave evidence that the parents who accused Ellis of abusing seven children reported behaviour that Zelas said was consistent with sexually abused children. They [...]
Zinia Thomas, Missouri Psychiatrist, faces illegal drug charges
Psychiatrist Zinia Thomas KMOV4 Local doctor known for giving medical marijuana cards could lose her license By Lauren Trager September 26, 2022 -- Excerpt ST. LOUIS (KMOV) -- A local doctor could lose her license because she is now facing discipline for doling out medical marijuana. Dr. Zinia Thomas is also facing criminal charges. We’ve met Dr. Thomas before. She’s a licensed psychiatrist in Missouri who runs several local businesses. But she also took her medical marijuana practice on the road and that could ultimately send her career up in smoke. In 2019, News 4 Investigates went undercover [...]
Mike McPhillips, London Psychiatrist, feared complaint
Mike McPhillips MyLondon Top West London psychiatrist took own life after an official complaint was made about his work By Adela Whittingham and Josh Bolton September 25, 2022 -- Excerpt A top celebrity psychiatrist took his own life after hearing he was being investigated by the General Medical Council. Dr Mike McPhillips, who helped celebrities including The Saturdays singer Frankie Bridge, feared the complaint being made public, an inquest into his death heard. Four days after receiving an email from the GMC detailing the complaint, he called police to tell them where he intended to kill himself and asked them [...]
Bernard Calamy, Parisian psychiatrist, sentenced
Bernard Calamy Google translation Midi Libre Montpellier: twelve years in prison for the former psychiatrist who raped girls in the Gard September 10, 2022 -- Excerpt Bernard Calamy, 84, retired in Sauve, was declared guilty by the jurors of Hérault on Friday, after his appeal trial, where he had been sentenced to 13 years in prison, was broken in Avignon. His denials and his wavering memory will not have been enough. The Assize Court of Hérault sentenced Friday, September 9 a former Parisian psychiatrist, having retired in the Cévennes, to twelve years of criminal imprisonment for the rapes committed [...]
Thomas Gratzer, Twin Cities psychiatrist, charged
Thomas Gratzer Alpha News Former MPD psychological evaluator charged with sexual assault of minor By Crime Watch MN September 7, 2022 -- Excerpt A Twin Cities psychiatrist who formerly served as a mental fitness evaluator for the Minneapolis Police Department has been charged with criminal sexual conduct involving a minor. Dr. Thomas Gabor Gratzer, 57, of Edina, is accused of repeatedly sexually assaulting a minor child who was known to him. The female victim, who is now an adult, told an investigator with the Edina Police Department that she’d been sexually assaulted multiple times by Gratzer starting before she [...]
Psychiatrist Bandy Lee fails to get Yale gig back
Psychiatrist Bandy Lee New York Post Psychiatrist Brandy Lee, who slammed Trump’s mental state, fails to get Yale gig back By David Propper September 1, 2022 -- Excerpt A prominent psychiatrist who called President Trump and his loyalists mentally ill failed to get her job back after Yale University parted ways with Dr. Bandy Lee two years ago, a judge ruled. A federal judge in Connecticut dismissed a wrongful termination lawsuit that charged the Ivy League school with violating the woman’s free speech and professional obligations when she was not reappointed to her role with the school, the Harford [...]
Keith Howard, NY Psychiatrist, locked up for eight years
Keith Howard The City 10 Years a Detainee: Why Some Spend Years on Rikers, Despite Right to Speedy Trial By Reuven Blau August 17, 2022 -- Excerpt Back and Forth Locked up for eight years, Dr. Keith Howard, who is facing a second-degree murder charge, is the second-longest-serving detainee on Rikers, records show. He’s been held without bail since May 14, 2014, when authorities charged him with killing his tenant, Karla Shah-Boguwolski, 39, in Arverne, Queens, days before superstorm Sandy. He initially fled to Maryland after the murder, according to the Queens District Attorney’s office. In 2017, his trial ended [...]
Ricardo Cruciani, trained as a psychiatrist
Ricardo Cruciani Ricardo Cruciani Law & Crime New York Jury Convicts Neurologist on a Dozen Counts for Raping and Sexually Assaulting Six of His Patients By Adam Klasfeld July 29th, 2022 -- Excerpt A New York jury convicted a former pain management doctor and neurologist of raping, abusing and sexually assaulting six of his patients whom he hooked on opioids, the district attorney’s office announced on Friday. Ricardo Cruciani, 68, has now stands convicted on a dozen charges, including a count of predatory sexual assault, one count of attempted rape in the first degree, one count of sexual [...]
Psychiatrist Chan Herng Nieng, Singapore
Singapore Psychiatrist Chan Herng Nieng Today 'Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned': Woman loses negligence lawsuit against psychiatrist ex-lover By Louisa Tang July 19, 2022 -- Excerpt SINGAPORE — A woman who had an extramarital affair with her psychiatrist has failed in her lawsuit against him, after she sued him for negligence for allegedly getting her hooked on pills to manage her anxiety. High Court judge Tan Siong Thye on Tuesday (July 19) described Ms Serene Tiong Sze Yin’s lawsuit as her “latest episode in her plot for revenge” against Dr Chan Herng Nieng... Despite ruling in Dr [...]
Spanish Psychiatrist Javier Criado, sentenced
Spanish Psychiatrist Javier Criado The European Times Spanish Psychiatrist Criado condemned to one year in prison July 15, 2022 -- Excerpt psychiatrist javier criado condemned in 2022 1 year of prison The 9th Criminal Court of Seville (Spain) has condemned a psychiatrist, José Javier C. F., to one year in prison for a crime against moral integrity, with the aggravating circumstance of undue delay, for the “inappropriate, vulgar and humiliating” treatment of one of his patients. In addition to the prison sentence, he was banned from communicating with or approaching the victim within 300 metres for two years and ordered [...]