Florida Physician Gets 4 Years Prison for Oxycodone Scam to Pay off Stock Losses

A Florida physician has been sentenced to four years in prison for attempting to sell three suitcases full of oxycodone on the black market to pay off stock losses as a day-trader, according to a Tampa Tribune report.

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James Paul Oakes, MD, sold 10,000 pills in the suitcases to an undercover police officer for $67,500.

 

Since undergoing a religious conversion in jail, Dr. Oakes has been fasting for many days at a time, falling into a semi-comatose state during one fast.

 

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