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Joseph Havrilla came to Florida to get treatment for his addictions. Instead he died. DCF's lack of oversight fails vulnerable patients.

With his wife and 90- year-old mother looking on, a once-respected Palm Beach County psychiatrist was handcuffed and led from a federal courtroom on Friday to begin serving an eight-year prison sentence for exploiting people struggling with addiction. Mark Agresti's quick transformation from free man to federal prisoner was unusual.

A federal judge acknowledged that Kenneth Bailynsons sentence seems lenient but was based on his cooperation with other fraud investigations.

A 49-year-old Florida man who used people struggling with addiction to bilk insurers out of $31.3 million will spend six years behind bars, a federal judge decided Wednesday.

The medical director of Good Decisions Sober Living in Palm Beach ordered patients to undergo excessive and medically unnecessary urine tests 3-4 times per week to the tune of $6,000 to $9,000 per test.

Medical director for drug rehab facility billed for unneeded testing; two primary care providers among 10 charged in kickback scheme; NJ surgeon charged with writing illegal prescriptions.

M Amelia Penny, a doctoral student on a field trip on the Isle of Skye in Scotland, stumbled upon what's being hailed as the world's best-preserved skeleton of a pterosaur, a 170 million-year-old reptile with an 8-foot wingspan that will now roost in Scotland's national museum.

A South Florida doctor faces decades in prison after a federal jury found he unlawfully billed $110 million in drug tests that were deemed medically unnecessary for patients at a sober living facility. In Feb. 10, Mark Agresti was convicted of one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud in addition to 11 counts of health care fraud, the U.S....

On Thursday, a federal jury convicted Dr. Mark Agresti of health care fraud, per a press release issued by the Department of Justice. The conviction was

A doctor known for his expertise in treating alcoholism and drug abuse faces decades behind bars after he was convicted of helping bilk insurance companies out of millions of dollars.