Stay updated with breaking news from Pill Mill. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
The Bay Area is all too familiar with the opioid epidemic. Research from the Tampa Bay Partnership shows nearly three people died every day from an overdose in 2019.
Dr. Raymond Kraynak who pleaded guilty to operating a pill mill in which five of his patients died now says he felt pressure to enter the guilty plea.
Ran her clinic by the books, it came to the attention of the dea task force. >> we had received complaints on it. so, we sent somebody in to see what we could do. >> and guess who the task force sent? john friskey, the computer expert. he also happened to be a dea informant. >> every time i went in there, i wore a wire from the dea. >> when you wore the wire, what were you assigned to do? >> my main goal was to get anything that would piece it together and prove it was a pill mill. >> he talked to cindy a lot. fishing, really, for what might be evidence of medical fraud. and then one day, it w...
>> then when he come out, i was ready. he came out of that room... he said oh, [bleep] >> one, two, five... shots -- and he fell on the floor. his phone was still in his hand. "help." orly asked for help, too. >> she didn't shoot him just once. she emptied her gun into him. john friskey simply wanted to find out if cindy was operating a pill mill. instead, it sounded like she had confessed to a much, much more serious crime. >> i went in the restroom. i called rob weir, the dea agent. and i told him, "she just confessed to murder and she wants to go to lunch." and he said, "just get out of the...
Oncologist Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison in Pill Mill Conspiracy