Tennessee Doctor admits $7.5 million medicare fraud involving misbranding drugs

11/19/14 - Cleveland, Tenn., doctor admits $7.5 million Medicare fraud [Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tenn.]

Nov. 19Dr. Raymond "Sean" Brown of Cleveland, Tenn., signed a plea agreement Friday acknowledging that he fraudulently billed Medicare nearly $7.5 million, yet his attorney argues that Brown shouldn't lose his medical license. Brown, 44, a physical medicine and rehabilitation doctor, billed Medicare for 17,766 vials of Botox between 2008 and 2012, though he purchased only 254 vials of non-FDA-approved Botox during that time, William Killian, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee, said in a written statement. Brown was charged in May 2013 in a 35-count indictment alleging that he committed crimes involving wire fraud, mail fraud, health care fraud and money laundering. In October 2013, Brown pleaded not guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Susan Lee. more athttp://www.pharmacychoice.com/news/article.cfm?Article_ID=1290162