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A Fort Worth doctor convicted of coordinating a “pill mill” operation was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison, according to federal prosecutors.. ....
Pill scheme Dr. Caesar Mark Capistrano, an oncologist, was the case’s lead defendant. He was charged with several counts of conspiracy to dispense hydrocodone and possession with intent to distribute hydrocodone or carisoprodol. Evidence presented at three trials early this year indicated Capistrano and Noel “wrote prescriptions for hydrocodone, oxycodone, alprazolam, carisoprodol, zolpidem, phentermine, and promethazine with codeine, knowing the drugs would be diverted to the streets for illicit use,” the release said. Clinic manager Shirley Ann Williams allegedly used recruiters to get community members and homeless shelters to pose as patients, who were each paid between $50 and $200 to get prescriptions. Recruiters then allegedly filled the prescriptions at complicit pharmacies before selling them on the streets. Pharmacies charged the recruiters between $200 and $800 for each prescription, according to evidence at trial. ....
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