{"id":54433,"date":"2023-10-17T21:20:39","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T04:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=54433"},"modified":"2023-10-17T21:20:39","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T04:20:39","slug":"former-physician-guilty-of-illegally-issuing-prescriptions-during-telehealth-sessions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=54433","title":{"rendered":"Former Physician Guilty of Illegally Issuing Prescriptions During Telehealth Sessions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"yiv2498603451MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0LOS ANGELES\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2498603451MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15321 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/DEA-IMAGE-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/DEA-IMAGE-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/DEA-IMAGE.jpg 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>A former Antelope Valley physician pleaded guilty Monday to federal narcotics charges for illegally dispensing prescriptions for often-abused controlled substances \u2013 including opioid-based medications \u2013 during telemedicine sessions with \u201cpatients\u201d from across the United States, officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2498603451MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Raphael Tomas Malikian, 39, who resides in Llano and Palmdale, pleaded guilty to one count of aiding and abetting the acquisition of a controlled substance by fraud and one count of distribution of oxycodone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2498603451MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Medical Board of California suspended Malikian\u2019s medical license in November 2021. His license expired in November 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2498603451MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 According to his plea agreement, from at least December 2019 to August 2021, Malikian was a licensed physician in California and, in this role, was authorized by the Drug Enforcement Administration to prescribe medication. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2498603451MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-52174 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/PrescriptionDrugsFeb92023-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/PrescriptionDrugsFeb92023-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/PrescriptionDrugsFeb92023-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, 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person\u2019s complete medical history, conducting a physical examination, requiring medical testing, or utilizing diagnostic tools. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2498603451MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Malikian did not verify his customers\u2019 identities before prescribing controlled substances, and he allowed customers to obtain prescriptions in the names of others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2498603451MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">He also worked with two co-conspirators, who gave Malikian false names, addresses, and dates of birth. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2498603451MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Malikian issued controlled substance prescriptions accordingly, which the co-conspirators then filled and re-sold on the black market.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2498603451MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Many of Malikian\u2019s fraudulent controlled substance prescriptions contained notes on the drugs or accompanying documentation that falsely urged pharmacies not to verify such prescriptions because medications were emergently needed and the failure to dispense could be life-threatening because of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2498603451MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Malikian issued hundreds of false prescriptions for liquid promethazine with codeine during this period \u2013 including to people he knew were fictitious patients and which totaled more than 82 liters \u2013 and directed them to be sent to various pharmacies across the nation for co-conspirators to obtain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2498603451MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 From April to July of 2020, Malikian prescribed to a buyer 702 pills of 10 milligrams of oxycodone and 240 milliliters of promethazine with codeine. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2498603451MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">The customer, in fact, was an undercover law enforcement officer. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2498603451MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Malikian issued each prescription to this buyer without conducting proper medical evaluations or verifying the buyer\u2019s identity, and was performed outside the scope of professional practice and without a legitimate medical purpose.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2498603451MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In addition, from May to July of 2020, Malikian prescribed to a customer \u2013 who also was an undercover law enforcement officer \u2013 234 pills of the painkiller Norco, which contained a total of 2,340 milligrams of the opioid hydrocodone and 180 pills of alprazolam, an anxiety medication sold under the brand name Xanax. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2498603451MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Once again, Malikian issued each prescription to this buyer without conducting proper medical evaluations or verifying the buyer\u2019s identity and was performed outside the scope of professional practice and without a legitimate medical purpose.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2498603451MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 United States District Judge Dale S. Fischer scheduled a February 5, 2024 sentencing hearing. At that time, Malikian will face a statutory maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison for the distribution of oxycodone and up to four years in federal prison for aiding and abetting the acquisition of a controlled substance by fraud.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2498603451MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The DEA investigated this matter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2498603451MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Assistant U.S. Attorney Brittney M. Harris of the International Narcotics, Money Laundering, and Racketeering Section is prosecuting this case.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0LOS ANGELES\u00a0 A former Antelope Valley physician pleaded guilty Monday to federal narcotics charges for illegally dispensing prescriptions for often-abused controlled substances \u2013 including opioid-based medications \u2013 during telemedicine sessions with \u201cpatients\u201d&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31812,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - 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