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Doctors Indicted in Drugs for Cash Scheme; More Flu Deaths; Visit Philadelphia CFO Pleads Guilty

by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/12/16 12:28 pm | updated: 05/12/16 12:28 pm

Three Philadelphia-area doctors, including one from Ambler, have been indicted in a $5 million prescription drugs for cash scheme. Alan Summers, 78, of Ambler; Azad Khan, 63, of Villanova; and Dr. Keyhosrow Parsia, 79, of Ridley Park were named in the indictment. The three men sold prescriptions for Suboxone, a drug used to treat opiate addition, and Klonopin in exchange for cash. The substances were often sold to drug dealers or drug addicts who sold the medications.

The Delaware Division of Public Health has announced that three more people have died of flu-related complications. This brings the total to six flu-related deaths during the 2015-2016 flu season. The deaths include a 69-year-old woman with swine flu and a 54-year-old man with influenza B -- and a 42-year-old Sussex County woman. All had pre-existing health conditions that made them more vulnerable to complications.

The former chief financial officer of Visit Philadelphia, a taxpayer-funded tourism agency, pleaded guilty Wednesday to embezzling more than $200,000 from the organization over nearly seven years and using the proceeds for personal expenses including high-end restaurant meals, skin care, and furs. Joyce Levitt, 61, will be placed on three years' probation after pleading guilty to theft, receiving stolen property, and fraud, court records show. Dozens of forgery charges were dismissed as part of the plea, according to the records. Cameron Kline, spokesman for the District Attorney's Office, said in an email that Levitt also will perform 50 hours of community service and will have to forfeit her accounting license.

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