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Doctor Sentenced to Prison for Unlawfully Distributing Controlled Substances Details Written by DOJ Lexington, Kentucky - A Kentucky doctor and his former office manager were sentenced to 60 and 32 months respectively in prison Wednesday for their roles in unlawfully distributing controlled substances during a time when the defendants did not have a legitimate medical practice. Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian C. Rabbitt of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Robert M. Duncan Jr. of the Eastern District of Kentucky, Special Agent in Ch...

Register staff report Dec 11, 2020 A Kentucky doctor and his former office manager were sentenced to 60 and 32 months in prison on Wednesday for their roles in unlawfully distributing controlled substances during a time when the defendants did not have a legitimate medical practice, a press release stated. Scotty Akers, M.D., 48, a licensed physician, and Serissa Akers, 33, his wife and former office manager, both of Pikeville, Kentucky, were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Robert E. Wier of the Eastern District of Kentucky. Judge Wier also ordered Scotty Akers to forfeit $12,275. Both defe...