Crime lab says the drug has been found in fake oxycodone pills across multiple jurisdictions A new synthetic opioid detected in north Louisiana is raising concern among crime lab officials because of its strength and the way it is being disguised. Read Full Article #Louisiana ...
A federal grand jury in the Middle District of Louisiana returned an indictment today charging a Texas man with a scheme to obtain controlled substances from multiple pharmacies using fraudulent prescriptions and then sell those drugs on the street. According to court documents, Darrion Denard...
The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office, working with local and federal partners, has issued a public safety alert about the emergence of “green fentanyl” on the Northshore and in the Greater New Orleans area. Read Article #EmerginingDrugTrend #Louisiana #Fentanyl ...
A Louisiana chiropractor was sentenced today to seven years in prison for his role in health care fraud and unemployment insurance fraud schemes. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Dr. Benjamin Tekippe, 40, of New Orleans, was a chiropractor and owner of Metairie...
A federal jury convicted a Louisiana nurse practitioner today for her role in an over $12.1 million health care fraud scheme to defraud Medicare by ordering medically unnecessary cancer genetic tests for hundreds of patients she never met or examined. According to court documents and evidence...
A Louisiana man pleaded guilty today in connection with a five-year scheme to submit millions of dollars in fraudulent claims to Medicare for expensive and medically unnecessary medical equipment. According to court documents, Michael L. Riggins, 62, of West Monroe, Louisiana, pleaded guilty...
A federal jury convicted a Louisiana nurse practitioner yesterday for her role in an over $2 million health care fraud scheme. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Shanone Chatman-Ashley, 45, of Opelousas, was a nurse practitioner and enrolled provider with Medicare....
Acting United States Attorney April M. Leon announced that Samrat Mukherjee, 35, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles to false statements relating to health care matters. Mukherjee’s conviction is punishable by a term of imprisonment of five...
A Louisiana physician was sentenced yesterday to 87 months in prison for conspiring to illegally distribute over 1.8 million doses of Schedule II controlled substances, including oxycodone, hydrocodone, and morphine, and for defrauding health care benefit programs of more than $5.4 million. ...
The NADDI Executive Board would like to showcase the great work so many of our NADDI members are doing. Please share any awards, commendations, or special recognition with us at info@naddi.org Congratulations to Deputy Director Chantel Lincoln Drug Free America Foundation April 2025 Awardee...
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