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Doctor Pours Ethics Down The Drain In A Bid To Make A Quick Buck
July 16, 2007 at 4:20 PM
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Ana Maria Santi has become the second doctor to plead guilty in the federal investigation, which has also grounded the owner of a pharmaceutical company who hired the doctors. Santi, 68, of New York, wrote an average of 100 prescriptions a month at $25 apiece even though she knew the drugs were not being used for any legitimate medical purpose.
Prosecutors say she signed the prescriptions using the name of a retired doctor in California, since her own medical license had been revoked several years earlier.
Now, Santi faces up to 155 years in prison, but prosecutors have agreed to a significantly reduced sentence because of her cooperation in the case. "She's resigned, I think, to the situation," said Santi's lawyer, assistant federal public defender Edward C. Roy Jr. He said his client was looking forward to moving on with her life.
Among the pharmacies alleged to have filled the prescriptions is Orlando, Fla.-based Signature Pharmacy, whose owners have been indicted in a steroid case brought by prosecutors in Albany, N.Y. They have pleaded not guilty. The company is not charged in the Rhode Island case.
Pharmaceutical company owner Daniel McGlone agreed earlier this month to plead guilty in the scheme. Prosecutors say the New Jersey businessman marketed anabolic steroids and human growth hormone to bodybuilders and other customers - including some in Rhode Island - who were seeking to lose weight, prevent hair loss, or stop the effects of aging.
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