Anchorage, Alaska – U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that Special Agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration have arrested an Anchorage nurse practitioner and a Soldotna doctor on separate federal narcotics charges, which allege that they illegally distributed large amounts of opioids and other powerful narcotics by writing prescriptions for “patients” without medical examinations and lacking […]
An Anchorage physician has pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Controlled Substance Fraud and Health Care Fraud, it was revealed by Department of Justice Attorney Bryan Schroder on Wednesday. According to the release, 67-year-old Michael Don Robertson, a doctor in the Anchorage area, issued 465 meperidine prescriptions to 30 different patients from May 2015 […]
JUNEAU – As part of his plan to build a safer Alaska, Governor Bill Walker introduced legislation today to change the way opioids are prescribed and monitored. “Alaska is in the grips of a tragic opioid epidemic,” said Governor Walker. “Abuse of heroin and opioids has torn apart families, increased crime, and led to far […]
