The husband and wife co-owners of a Miami, Florida pain management clinic and a patient recruiter who doubled as a drug diverter were sentenced to prison today for their participation in a scheme to unlawfully distribute thousands of pills of oxycodone.

Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Ariana Fajardo Orshan of the Southern District of Florida, Special Agent in Charge George L. Piro of the FBI’s Miami Field Office, Special Agent in Charge Shimon R. Richmond of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General’s (HHS-OIG) Miami Regional Office, Special Agent in Charge Brian Swain of the U.S. Secret Service’s (USSS) Miami Field Office and Special Agent in Charge Adolphus P. Wright of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Miami Field Division made the announcement.  

David Bosch, 46, and Tania Sanchez, 47, both of Hialeah, Florida, and Odalys Abreu, 45, of Miami, were sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge K. Michael Moore of the Southern District of Florida.  Bosch, Sanchez and Abreu were sentenced to serve 108, 97 and 57 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release, respectively.  In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Court Judge Moore ordered Abreu to pay a forfeiture money judgment of $75,000 and ordered Bosch and Sanchez to pay a forfeiture money judgment in the amount of $131,250, jointly and severally.  Each of the defendants pleaded guilty in August 2018 to one count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances.

“The three defendants sentenced today ran a pill mill masquerading as a cash-only ‘pain clinic’ that issued medically unnecessary prescriptions for thousands of tablets of oxycodone,” said Assistant Attorney General Benczkowski.  “The Department of Justice will use every tool at its disposal to aggressively pursue the pill mills — and their owners and operators — flooding our communities with illicit opioids that kill tens of thousands of Americans every year.”

“We are committed to investigating healthcare providers who illegally distribute opioids like common drug dealers,” said HHS-OIG Special Agent in Charge Richmond.  “We will continue to work closely with our law enforcement partners to hold accountable those who are fueling the deadly opioid epidemic.”

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