For years, Dr. Charles Battle abused his position as a licensed Fort Worth physician to access heaps of controlled substances, the U.S. Attorney’s Office alleged in 2020. The allegations led to a series of criminal charges out of the Northern District of Texas. First among them is a conspiracy to...
A Fort Worth doctor is going away for 12 years for faking prescriptions and defrauding the medical insurance industry.For years, Dr. Charles Battle abused his position as a licensed Fort Worth physician to access heaps of controlled substances, the U.S. Attorney’s Office alleged in 2020.
Battle and his co-conspirators also sought to scam the health insurance industry by submitting false claims for compensation to insurers based on prescriptions they were writing illegally, federal authorities said in a press release. “Dealers of illegal drugs come in many forms. This is a case of the abuse of trust and position,” saidBattle and his co-conspirators were moving high volumes of illegal drugs, authorities say. During the five-plus years of the scheme, Battle issued more than 50,000 controlled substance prescription. 17,000 of which were for the powerful opioid hydrocodone.
Evidence presented at trial also showed that Battle would receive money in the form of $200 fees for initial visits granted to non-patients looking for drugs. They would get $80 for return visits in exchange for controlled substance prescriptions as well.
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