Philadelphia Doctor Indicted for Illegally Selling Prescriptions
| U.S. Attorney’s Office November 17, 2009 |
Dr. Ronald Brown was charged today by Indictment on charges that between January 2008, and July 2009, he had been illegally selling prescriptions for controlled substances, primarily oxycodone-based Schedule II drugs, from his office near an elementary school, announced United States Attorney Michael L. Levy.
INFORMATION REGARDING THE DEFENDANT:
NAME: RONALD BROWN, M.D.
ADDRESS: PHILADELPHIA
AGE OR YEAR OF BIRTH: 60
If convicted the defendant faces a maximum possible sentence of 90 years’ imprisonment, a mandatory minimum of one year imprisonment, a mandatory minimum of 12 years of supervised release up to a lifetime of supervised release, a $6,000,000 fine, and a $200 special assessment. Full restitution and forfeiture also may be ordered.
The case was investigated by the FBI, DEA, HHS-OIG, and U.S. Postal Inspection Service. It is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Pamela Foa.