Kentucky OBGYN Sentenced to Probation For Purchasing Counterfeit IUDs

August 12, 2013

View larger map A Kentucky obstetrician/gynecologist, Dr. James Buck, has been sentenced to one year of probation and required to pay over $18,000 in fines after he pled guilty (Download James Buck Plea Agreement) to one misdemeanor count of drug misbranding. Dr. Buck was accused of purchasing unapproved foreign “Mirena” IUDs via a so-called Canadian…

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Second Tennessee Doctor Charged with Using Misbranded Cancer Drugs on Patients

June 18, 2013

A second Johnson City doctor was charged with purchasing misbranded cancer drugs just days after Dr. William Kincaid was sentenced to 2 years for his role in purchasing & administering questionable cancer medication from non-FDA approved foreign suppliers. According to the indictment (Download Sen Indictment) released on June 11, 2013 by the U.S. District Court in Greeneville,…

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Kentucky Doctor Arrested For Implanting Fake IUDs in Women

June 17, 2013

A Kentucky doctor is facing numerous charges including Medicare fraud for purchasing misbranded IUD contraceptive devices from a pair of fake online pharmacies and dispensing them to unsuspecting patients. Canh Jeff Vo, of Elizabethtown, Kentucky was charged with 13 counts including illegal drug importation, Medicaid fraud, health care fraud and mail fraud for deceiving his…

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Tennessee Cancer Doctor Sentenced to 2 Years in Counterfeit Cancer Drug Case

June 10, 2013

View larger map On June 10, 2013, Dr. William Kincaid of Johnson City, Tennessee was sentenced to two years in prison for his role in purchasing misbranded and possibly counterfeit cancer drugs. Kincaid was a physician and managing partner for McLeod Cancer and Blood Center of Johnson City, Tennessee. The clinic was set up to…

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The Year in Review – Part 1 – Fake Medications in Doctors’ Offices

December 24, 2012

Fake Medications in Medical Offices 

In the past two years, fake doctors were convicted of vitally
endangering the lives of patients who submitted to counterfeit treatments. Patients can keep themselves safe from fake doctors by checking the validity of their physician’s license with the state medical board.  But patients can’t use proof of a valid physician’s license to protect themselves when real doctors administer fake medications.  In the same time period, while two fake doctors were convicted of administering fake drugs to patients, three real doctors were convicted of the same crime.

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Operation Safe Medicine Finds Fake Medicine and Fake Doctor

December 12, 2012

Fake doctor who caused “infliction of great bodily injury” to patients with fake medicine was convicted in San Diego, after they filed complaints with the California Medical Board.

The
Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested Kathleen Ann Helms, also known as
Catherine Bright-Helms, age 57, of Encinitas, CA in August, 2012.  She was charged with practicing medicine
without a license, “which resulted in the infliction of great bodily injury and
grand theft,” announced the FBI.  

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Doctor Pleads Guilty in Misbranded Cancer Drug Case

December 6, 2012

US
Department of Justice convicts two in cases tying counterfeit cancer drugs
to Canadian pharmacy business.

On
November 15th, Dr. William Kincaid, of Johnson City, TN, was convicted for
knowingly purchasing non-FDA approved injectable cancer medications from
Quality Specialty Products (QSP). Dr. Kincaid accepted a plea deal with the
federal government in exchange for assisting them with their ongoing
investigation. Previously, Dr. Kincaid’s business manager, Michael Dean Combs
pled guilty in the same case on September 19th, reports
Knox News.

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