A Kentucky doctor will serve six years for trading prescription drugs for cash and sex.
Dr. Milton Brindley, 66, practiced medicine for 30 years wrote thousands of prescription for controlled drugs for non-medical purposes, according to the FBI.
Judge Danny C. Reeves likened the jailing of Brindly as “cutting off the head of a snake.” The judge also commented that he hoped this would deter other doctors from committing similar crimes.
The FBI stated that prescriptions were often given to individuals identified as “transporters,” who brought patients to Brindley’s office, arranged the payments for the illegal prescriptions and collected the prescriptions for Brindley’s patients. On numerous occasions, Brindley gave the prescription to the transporter even when the patient was not at the office. The transporters were then involved in illegally selling the controlled substances.
The drugs included hydrocodone, benzphetamine, codeine, phentemine, clonazepam, diazepam, carisoprodol and lorazepam. More than 80,000 pills were distributed, according to the FBI.
In exchange for the pills, Brindly was given cash, additional patients, jewels, pornographic images and sexual favors. The doctor’s haul amounted to $591,575 in gross profits.
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