Texas U.S. Attorney: Physician Sentenced for $1.2M Pill Mill Scheme
December 01, 2023
December 01, 2023
HOUSTON, Texas, Dec. 1 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas, Alamdar S. Hamdani, issued the following news release:
A Texas doctor has been sentenced to seven years in prison for operating a pill mill clinic that unlawfully prescribed over 600,000 opioid pills in exchange for cash, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.
A federal jury convicted Dr. Oscar Lightner, 73, Laredo, April 11 of unlawfully distributing and dispensing controlled substance . . .
A Texas doctor has been sentenced to seven years in prison for operating a pill mill clinic that unlawfully prescribed over 600,000 opioid pills in exchange for cash, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.
A federal jury convicted Dr. Oscar Lightner, 73, Laredo, April 11 of unlawfully distributing and dispensing controlled substance . . .