FLORIDA
The husband and wife co-owners of a Miami pain management clinic and a patient recruiter plead guilty Tuesday of trading drugs for cash, illegally writing at least 7,500 oxycodone pills, according to authorities.
“The so-called ‘pain clinic’ owned by David Bosch and Tania Sanchez traded oxycodone prescriptions for cash, resulting in bogus, medically unnecessary prescriptions for at least 7,500 tablets of oxycodone,” said Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski. “Pill mills like this must be shut down. The Department of Justice is committed to reducing the staggering number of opioid overdoses in this country, and holding accountable all responsible parties, from owners of illegal clinics to patient recruiters, for their roles in this deadly scourge.”
David Bosch, 46, and Tania Sanchez, 47, of Hialeah, Florida, and Odalys Abreu, 45, of Miami, Florida, plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances.
Sentencing has been scheduled for Nov. 7.
Ledif Acanda Machado, 39, who was charged in this conspiracy, remains a fugitive.
Bosch and Sanchez owned and operated East Medical Office Inc., purportedly a pain management clinic located at 3778 West 12th Avenue, in Hialeah, Florida.
Bosch incorporated the cash-only clinic in April 2017 and ran it with Sanchez until their arrests on May 3.
Bosch and Sanchez hired a physician to be the purported medical doctor of East because they knew the physician would write prescriptions for oxycodone without regard to medical necessity.
They paid the physician $125 for each prescription. They also conspired with patient recruiters and drug diverters to distribute oxycodone.
Bosch introduced a purported patient recruiter to Machado and Abreu and informed the recruiter that the recruiter could make money by obtaining oxycodone pills from medically unnecessary prescriptions from East and then selling the pills.
Additionally, Sanchez filled out fraudulent medical paperwork for purported patients.
Abreu recruited her own patients to visit the East Medical Office. Abreu brought to the clinic at least 18 individuals who paid approximately $250 for each purported “medical consultation” in order to receive controlled substances, especially oxycodone, that were not medically necessary.
Abreu’s recruits received prescriptions for at least 5,000 tablets of oxycodone 30 mg. Abreu also offered to purchase pills from another individual whom she believed was a patient recruiter at East Medical office, according to authorities.