Marietta doctor receives prison sentence for illegal distribution of opioids, health care fraud
A southeast Ohio doctor was sentenced in federal court on Friday to eight years in prison for illegally prescribing controlled substances and defrauding health care programs, the office of the U.S. District Attorney of the Southern District of Ohio reported. A federal jury convicted Roger D. Anderson, 66, of Marietta, in last March, according to a press release from the District Attorneyâs office. Anderson was convicted of one count of conspiring to distribute controlled substances, eight counts of illegal dispensing of controlled substances and one count of committing health care fraud,...
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