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Gays and Lesbians can Obtain asylum in US on Grounds of Harassment and Abuse

... "Immigration officials are very concerned about fraud and may be suspicious if you don't look the part. Some lawyers will ask their clients to 'dress as gay as possible,' " said Todd Pilcher, an attorney at Whitman-Walker, whose clients include a victim of gang violence from El Salvador, a medical doct...

Pain Doctor in Virginia Sentenced to Five Years Imprisonment

...nd elsewhere for drug trafficking and prescription fraud of Oxycontin and other drugs....

Nigeria Files New Lawsuit Against Pfizer

...ns more courses of action and facts. There are new fraud charges. We have added things like restitution, unjust enrichment and post-clinical fraudulent conduct." The suit claims 826.4 billion naira or about 6.45 billion dollars in damages related to the tests of an antibiotic called Trovan, which alleged...

Major Medicare Fraud Detected in Florida

...ested four more defendants in yet another Medicare fraud scam," U.S. Attorney R. Alexander Acosta said. "Th...the cases, Medicare recipients participated in the fraud by giving their Medicare numbers to the companies in exchange for cash payments, usually $100 a mont...

Rent-A Body Scam Busted

... for their alleged roles in an elaborate insurance fraud scheme in which hundreds of patients across the U.S. were recruited to undergo unnecessary procedures in exchange for money or low-cost cosmetic surgeries. The arrests bring to 17 the number of people named in the "rent-a-patient" scam allegedly op...

Indian Born Dr. Death Claims All Charges Against Him are Dropped

... charges of manslaughter, grievous bodily harm and fraud against him have been dropped. Bundaberg Patients' Support Group spokeswoman Beryl Crosby, however, refuted that charges against Dr. Patel had been dropped and plans to extradite him have also been shelved. "He's been telling the neighbours over ...

Canadian Court Rules Grocery Shops can Sell Cold Medications Containing Pseudoephedrine

... the increased use of methamphetamines. Car theft, fraud and sex assault are all fuelled by the adrenaline rush from crystal meth....

US Psychiatrist Suspended from Practicing Medicine for Involvement in Doping Scam

...tgomery was indicted in April 2006 and arrested on fraud charges for his alleged involvement in a money laundering scheme. He is accused of depositing three bogus checks totaling 775,000 dollars. Montgomery pleaded guilty to the charges on April 9, 2007. He is due to be sentenced in November, and is ex...

Tobacco Companies Obstructed Science

...me for deaths caused by smoking and any charges of fraud for their campaign against the link between cancer and cigarettes. "But if they were lying and if people actually believed their lies," Proctor said, "then the industry can be held liable because they were manufacturing a defective and fraudulent p...

The FDA Warns Consumers Against Purchase of Drugs on Web

...made of haloperidol, the schizophrenia drug. The fraud came into light with reports of several consumers seeking emergency medical treatment after taking the pills with symptoms such as difficulty in breathing and muscle stiffness. This led to a preliminary examination of these drugs by FDA. FDA found ...

Fast-Multiplying Lawsuits Can Stymie Medical Science, Authors Warn

... attacked Needleman's integrity, alleging academic fraud and triggering investigations by the Federal Scientific Integrity Board and his university. The investigations failed to find any evidence of academic fraud, and Needleman's results were later replicated, leading to beneficial changes such as the rem...

Bay of Plenty Pharmacist Found Guilty

...Mount Maunganui, who faced charges on 58 counts of fraud and forgery relating to prescription items has bee...ders who claim for subsidies from government, that fraud shall not be tolerated or excused. Burton will be sentenced on February 9. PRI...

Fake medicines from India seized in Europe

...ckly identify, and act to deal with, new routes of fraud and constantly changing counterfeit patterns to protect our health, safety and the economy." The European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries called for tougher action at both the European and global level. The European Commission said: "Most...

India-Born 'Dr Death' Faces Civil Suits

...d a Toyota Lexus. Patel has also been accused of fraud for falsifying his application to practise medicine in Australia by removing any mention of his previous tarnished record in the US. He studied medicine in India and thereafter went to the US, where the first complaint against him was made in 1984, w...

Australia Mulls New Accreditation For Overseas Doctors

.... The India-born surgeon has also been accused of fraud for allegedly falsifying his application to practice medicine in Australia, by removing any mention of his previous tarnished record in the US. Patel studied medicine in India and thereafter went to US, where the first complaint against him was mad...

Crackdown On Fraud By CFS Helps Scottish Health Service Save ￡7.4

...as launched six years ago to tackle the problem of fraud in health services, has been able to cut the annual cost of patient fraud by 25%. Measures like random checks on patients who claim they are entitled to free prescriptions, ...

Paper Prescriptions Give Way to e-Prescriptions in Northern Ireland

...n it is thought that this system will help to stop fraud by cross-referencing patient and prescription info...ient safety, lower administration costs and reduce fraud in the provision of health care in Northern Ireland." In England, the NHS had proposed the delive...

A New System to Displace False Prescription Claims

...ent safety, reduce administration costs and reduce fraud in the provision of health care in Northern Ireland." ...

Chinese PLA Names Bogus Army Medical Bodies Selling Fake Drugs

...lars) were confiscated in the largest such case of fraud yet. China intensified the crackdown against fake drugs following the recent death of nearly 10 people in south China's Guangdong province after a local hospital administered a medicine on patients. Source:PTI News...

Dr Ozone's Past Catches up with Him

... of Chiang Mai in Thailand this week on charges of fraud and unlicensed practice of medicine without a licence. Sartori however continues to claim his innocence. WA police are waiting for results of pathology and toxicology tests obtained from the post mortems of seven cancer patients in Perth who died i...

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