pressherald.com on February 09, 2012 reported that a former Portland podiatrist, who has been under investigation by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration since 2010, has been indicted on 45 drug and health care fraud charges for writing illegal prescriptions. A federal grand jury indicted John Perry, 50, on charges of conspiracy to distribute oxycodone, health care fraud and 43 counts of unlawful distribution of a controlled substance, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Portland said today. Perry is accused of writing prescriptions with no medical purpose, trading prescriptions for cash and cocaine and fabricating patient charts to cover the illegal prescriptions, while practicing at Atlantic Foot & Ankle Center in Portland during 2009 and 2010, the indictment says.

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