A Marin County psychiatrist is accused of running a telemedicine operation that gave customers easy online access to the psychiatric medication Adderall and other stimulants for no medical purpose.
A Marin County psychiatrist who is an executive at a health company was arrested Thursday on allegations he helped orchestrate a $100 million medication fraud scheme, federal authorities said.
Brody’s codefendant is Ruthia He, the founder and chief executive of Done Health’s parent company, Done Global Inc. She was arrested in Los Angeles on Thursday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced.Brody and He are accused of running a telemedicine operation that gave customers easy online access to the psychiatric medication Adderall and other stimulants for no medical purpose.
The federal indictment focused on the business practices of Done, a self-described “digital health company,” that ran a monthly subscription service for customers. The company offered services such as refills of medication for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder as well as online treatment and diagnosis.
“He, Brody, and others paid and caused lucrative payments to be made to Done prescribers to cause them to sign prescriptions that were not for a legitimate medical purpose in the usual course of professional practice,” the indictment says.
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