Doc’s Husband Accused in Her Death; Lindsay Clancy Juror Speaks; HIV Med Scheme

The husband of late Pennsylvania pediatrician Julia Pederson, MD, has been accused of strangling her and setting her on fire. (Local 21 News)

Former oncologist Farid Fata, MD, is once again seeking early release after being sentenced to 45 years in prison for treating patients for cancers they didn’t have. (Click On Detroit)

A Baltimore man was sentenced to 40 years in prison in a murder-for-hire scheme connected to a healthcare fraud case, federal prosecutors said.

The lone holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy trial said he thought she was “methodical” in the “execution” of her children. (Fox News)

New York neurologist Tariq Lamki, MD, is facing charges for allegedly sexually abusing two patients during medical appointments. (Patch)

More women are bringing allegations of sexual abuse against ob/gyn Bruce Pierce, MD, who lost his license in 2024. Thirteen more women filed a new lawsuit, joining dozens of other former patients. (New Jersey Monitor)

Arpit Saxena, DO, of Michigan, who was accused of sexually assaulting two of his patients, was previously dismissed from a job over similar allegations. (WLNS)

A Florida nurse was arrested after allegedly removing fentanyl from a critically ill patient’s IV infusion. (WPBF)

A New York pharmacy owner was arrested for an alleged scheme involving HIV patients, the state’s attorney general announced. Miguel Baron’s pharmacies would allegedly offer patients kickbacks for filling their HIV medication prescriptions there, but they would receive black market drugs instead of legitimate products.

A New Hampshire psychiatrist was sentenced to a year in prison for his role in a durable medical equipment scheme in which he “approved large volumes of pre-populated brace orders within minutes, making meaningful medical review impossible,” federal prosecutors said.

Mohammed Amer Mohiuddin, MD, and his network of clinics will pay $20 million to resolve allegations that they upcoded for specimen collection for COVID tests during the pandemic, according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).

Meanwhile, a Florida man was convicted for taking advantage of patients who wanted COVID tests, the DOJ said. Those patients were given unnecessary blood tests instead.

And a Maryland man was indicted for submitting fraudulent claims to federal insurers for on-site COVID tests that were actually just at-home tests, federal prosecutors said.