State authorities have announced that a South Florida doctor has received an 18 year prison sentence for his participation in a \u201cpill mill\u201d scheme.<\/p>\n
Attorney General Pam Bondi said that the Broward County Sheriff’s Office collaborated with the federal Drug Enforcement Administration to bring the \u201cdangerous drug dealer\u201d to justice.<\/p>\n
Dr. Thomas Rodenberg was found guilty of trafficking in oxycodone, racketeering, conspiracy and delivery of oxycodone and other prescription drugs by a jury. He was arrested in August 2012, along with 10 others, after an investigation of a medical clinic in Pompano Beach.<\/p>\n
Undercover officers said they visited the clinic posing as patients and were prescribed controlled substances without showing a legitimate medical need. The officers received 55 prescriptions for different controlled substances, including almost 3,000 doses of oxycodone.<\/p>\n
Bondi said that Florida has seen a decline in deaths related to prescription drug abuse in part because of crackdowns like this one.<\/p>\n