Convicted Ex-Pharmacist In Wheeling Fined Thousands In Pill Case
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WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) -- A former West Virginia pharmacist convicted in state court of improperly dispensing medications has been fined $336,000 in federal court.
Federal prosecutors say a judge in Wheeling imposed the penalty against 50-year-old David M. Wasanyi.
Prosecutors say Wasanyi worked as a pharmacist in Martinsburg and Charles Town and violated federal law when he filled nearly 1,200 prescriptions for controlled substances for patients who traveled from as far away as Florida. Many of the prescriptions were written for oxycodone.
Wasanyi was sentenced twice in state court in 2016 for delivery of a controlled substance.
He was sentenced to up to 11 years for one conviction and up to 75 years for another.
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