NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A Virginia doctor who wrote thousands of fake prescriptions for an infamous black market pharmacy has entered a guilty plea, despite earlier backing out of a plea deal, prosecutors said Wednesday.
Lawrence Ryan, 48, backed out of a plea deal last month but then changed his mind and admitted to conspiracy to unlawfully sell prescription drugs to consumers without valid prescriptions, The Virginian-Pilot reported.
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The former owner of a home health care company in Portsmouth was sentenced Wednesday to one year in federal prison for her role in an $863,600 Medicaid fraud.
The Virginian-Pilot, July 12, 2019: "A man who worked with then-state Del.Ron Villanueva to secure special government contracts for which their company didn't qualify will serve one month in federal prison for his role in the scheme...Prosecutors asked for a sentence of 9 months to a year in prison."
After a mix-up over an alleged escape, the Federal Bureau of Prisons soon will release a former Newport News investment broker back to home confinement.