SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Nixa, Mo., physician was sentenced in federal court today after taking bribes from a drug manufacturer in exchange for prescribing its fentanyl drug to his patients so often that he ranked highest in the state in net sales of the product.

Randall Halley, 65, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Bough to one year and one day in federal prison without parole. The court also ordered Halley to pay $400,565 in restitution to Medicare and to pay a fine of $150,000.

PORTLAND, Ore.—A former Oregon dentist pleaded guilty today in federal court for fraudulently converting to his personal use nearly $11.5 million in loans intended to help small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Salwan Adjaj, 43, of West Linn, Oregon, pleaded guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.

SAN JOSE – Annie Corbett, the CEO of her group homes company that provided foster care, pleaded guilty today in federal court to wire fraud and failure to pay over employment taxes, announced United States Attorney Stephanie M. Hinds, FBI Special Agent in Charge Sean Ragan, Internal Revenue Service—Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) Special Agent in Charge Mark H. Pearson, and U.S. Department Health and Human Services—Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) Special Agent in Charge Steven J. Ryan.

DETROIT - A Dearborn doctor was sentenced to four years in federal prison based on his conviction for conspiring to distribute and distributing over 12,000 powerful opioid pills, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced today.

Ison was joined in the announcement by Special Agent in Charge James Tarasca of the FBI’s Detroit Field Office and Special Agent in Charge Mario Pinto of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) Chicago Regional Office.

PORTLAND, Maine: A Berwick woman pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Portland to Social Security fraud and theft of public money, U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee announced.