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Drug Trafficking

Friday, November 9, 2012

Chantilly Pain Clinic Owner Sentenced on Drug Trafficking, Fraud Charges

Paul Boccone receives 15-year prison sentence.

A federal judge handed down a 15-year prison sentence Friday to a Chantilly pain clinic owner who was charged with drug trafficking, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Virginia. Paul Boccone, 56, was convicted on Aug. 3 of conspiring to distribute and distributing oxycodone, healthcare fraud and payroll tax evasion. Boccone was the owner of Chantilly Specialists, a pain management clinic in Chantilly. Without any medical training, licensing or certification, Boccone hired medical personnel who had no background in pain management. The lead nurse practitioner at the businesses, Charles Brown Jr., was also sentenced Friday to five years in prison. Boccone, who often referred to himself as "Dr. Boccone" according to …

Saturday, August 4, 2012

Pain Clinic Owner Convicted on Drug Trafficking, Fraud Charges

Paul Boccone, the owner and president of the Chantilly Specialists pain clinic, was convicted Thursday of conspiring to distribute and distribution of oxycodone, healthcare fraud and payroll tax evasion.

A Chantilly pain clinic owner was convicted in a federal court Thursday on drug trafficking and fraud charges. A nurse practitioner at the clinic was also convicted of distributing oxycodone. Paul Boccone, 56, the owner and president at the Chantilly Specialists pain clinic, was convicted of conspiring to distribute and distribution of oxycodone, healthcare fraud and payroll tax evasion.  Charles Brown, Jr., 51, a nurse practitioner with the clinic, was convicted of conspiring to distribute and distribution of oxycodone. The verdict was handed down in the courtroom of District Judge Claude M. Hilton.  Prosecutors said that Boccone treated patients and prescribed narcotics by either forging the signatures of medical practitioners, or …

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