by Associated Press Published: January 9,2012
Tags: courts, doctors, drugs, health, healthcare, illegal drugs, medicine, pharmaceuticals, physicians, prescriptions, sentencing, surgeons
GULFPORT — A former Gulf Coast surgeon has been sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for writing and selling illegal prescriptions. In addition to the 135-month prison term, 43-year-old Je Song also was fined $10,000 by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden in Gulfport. The Sun Herald said a co-defendant — 41-year-old Oliver “Butch” [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 4,2012
Tags: courts, doctors, drugs, health, healthcare, medication, physicians, prescriptions, sentencing, surgeons
STONE COUNTY — A former south Mississippi doctor and another man are scheduled for sentencing this week for selling pain pills and anxiety medicine to people without a legitimate medical exam. Authorities say Je Song, a former Stone County surgeon, wrote prescriptions that ended up in the hands of people he never examined, and in [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 15,2011
Tags: courts, doctors, drugs, healthcare, medication, medicines, physicians, pleas, prescriptions, surgeons
GULFPORT — The last of six alleged middlemen accused in a prescription conspiracy case involving a former Stone County surgeon selling prescriptions for pain pills and anxiety medication intends to plead guilty in the case. That’s according to U.S. District Court records. Kevin Anderson was one of six accused in a federal indictment of obtaining [...] [...]
SAUCIER — A former Mississippi doctor and another man are scheduled to plead guilty today to selling prescriptions for pain pills and anxiety drugs to people without a legitimate medical exam. Authorities said Je Song, a former Stone County doctor, wrote prescriptions that ended up in the hands of people he never examined, and in [...] [...]