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  1. Anonymous

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    One of kind?
    More like typical.


    http://fox59.com/2014/07/25/investigators-one-of-a-kind-drug-operation-based-in-carmel/


    Investigators: “One-of-a-kind” drug operation based in Carmel
    POSTED 7:26 PM, JULY 25, 2014, BY KENDALL DOWNING, UPDATED AT 08:07PM, JULY 25, 2014

    By Kendall Downing

    CARMEL, Ind. – Four doctors, a lawyer, and six other people all face a variety of drug charges for their alleged involvement in a prescription drug ring. Friday morning, agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration raided an office located on East Main Street in Carmel, right in the middle of the city’s arts district.

    You saw the story first on FOX 59 Morning News. You can imagine the shock as folks arrived to work at the office building and instead they found agents toting out boxes of evidence.

    “Twenty folks with DEA jackets, a little surprising,” said John Kouns, who works in the building, “They were there about an hour and a half.”

    According to investigators, the suite, number 200 at 23 East Main is the headquarters of DORN, which stands for Drug & Opiate Recovery Network. It’s an enterprise run by Noblesville doctor Larry Ley, one that bills itself as helping people get free from opiate painkiller addiction by prescribing a drug called suboxone.

    “One-of-a-kind, that we’ve seen,” said Major Aaron Dietz, with the Hamilton-Boone County Drug Task Force.

    Suboxone comes in a pill and film form, but it too can be addictive, likened to a heroin alternative. It’s used to get addicts off opiate-based painkillers, like heroin or methodone. But it’s still a drug and can be abused. Addicts will often take higher doses than what’s prescribed or mix it with alcohol and other drugs to get a more intense high.

    “We make no distinction between Dr. Ley and any other drug dealer,” said Major Aaron Dietz, “This type of ruse of a clinic perpetuates the problem because people are still addicted to the drug, and this is what is happening. This is not fixing the problem.”

    Investigators said Dr. Ley and three other doctors were not using the drug to help people get clean. Instead, they ran a cash-and-carry operation from clinics in Centerville, Kokomo, and Noblesville. The operation went by the name “Living Life Clean” in Muncie. Authorities raided all of those facilities on Friday including the home of Dr. Ley in Noblesville and attorney Andrew Dollard.

    Court documents allege Andrew Dollard, a Hamilton County defense attorney, helped run the scheme. He too is charged in the probe.

    “Hundreds of patients, the standard fee was either $120 or $160, and the word got out that the DORN clinic was an easy provider for suboxone,” said Dennis Wichern, with the Drug Enforcement Administration.

    In 2013 alone court documents show Dr. Ley made at least $718,000 and saw 1600 patients. He made even more money in years prior. Federal law limits the addiction treatment to no more than one hundred patients at any time.

    Months ago, undercover investigators staked out the operation. Seven officers paid $300 upfront and would later get suboxone prescriptions without any medical screenings.

    “One of the 27 undercover visits took only 39 seconds, while others lasted only a few minutes,” said Dietz.

    Last year investigators met with the family of an Anderson man who’d been a patient of Dr. Ley’s for years. He died last July. In court documents, the family told investigators he wanted to get off suboxone and believed Dr. Ley’s ineffective treatment caused their loved one’s death.

    Investigators tell FOX 59 their digging isn’t over and more people could be in the cross hairs.

    “There’s a lot of people to be interviewed at this point, but it’s possible more arrests are likely,” said Dietz.

    Both the DEA and Hamilton-Boone County Drug Task Force said a ring like this contributes to the drug problem because people are not getting suboxone with the help they need, including monitoring and counseling.

    Investigators tracked customers from across Indiana and other neighboring states in the scheme.

    “This investigation clearly showed us, Dr. Ley was the organizer. We had customers and clients from all over the state of Indiana to these clinics and out of state. I would classify him as the ringleader for our area, our state,” said Dietz.

    If you were a patient at one of the affected clinics, investigators say you can find help by visiting this website.

    You can read the affidavit of probable cause by clicking here.

    Here’s a look at the charges:

    Dr. Larry Ley, 68, Noblesville: nine counts of dealing in a schedule III controlled substance, one count of conspiracy to commit dealing in a schedule III controlled substance and one count of corrupt business influence
    Dr. George Agapios, 47, Fishers: three counts of dealing in a schedule III controlled substance, a count of conspiracy to commit dealing in a schedule III controlled substance and a count of corrupt business influence
    Dr. Ronald Vierk, 58, Richmond: one count of conspiracy to commit dealing in a schedule III controlled substance and one count of corrupt business influence
    Dr. Luella Bangura, 52, Lafayette: three counts of dealing in a schedule III controlled substance, a count of conspiracy to commit dealing in a schedule III controlled substance and a count of corrupt business influence
    Derek Tislow, 41, Avon: conspiracy to commit dealing in a schedule III controlled substance, four counts of dealing in a schedule III controlled substance and one count of corrupt business influence
    Andrew Dollard, 40, Carmel: one count of conspiracy to commit dealing in a schedule III controlled substance, one count of dealing in a schedule III controlled substance and one count of corrupt business influence
    Cassy Linn Bratch, 37, Carmel: four counts of dealing in a schedule III controlled substance, one count of conspiracy to commit dealing in a schedule III controlled substance and one count of corrupt business influence
    Yvonne Morgan, 61, Eaton, Ohio: one count of conspiracy to commit dealing in a schedule III controlled substance and one count of corrupt business influence
    Jessica Callahan, 37, Muncie: one count of conspiracy to commit dealing in a schedule III controlled substance
    Eric Ley, 38, Noblesville: one count of conspiracy to commit dealing in a schedule III controlled substance and one count of corrupt business influence
    Felicia Reid, 26, Carmel: one count of conspiracy to commit dealing in a schedule III controlled substan
     

  2. Anonymous

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    Very sad. Just a sad comment on the state of our culture. So many have done so much to help people with this med and worked hard to overcome a lot. It is a smack in the face to the majority in the business, who work very hard to do the right thing.
     
  3. Anonymous

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    It is sad. We can't police our doctors, and things like this happen. It makes the rest of the good ones look bad and gives the product a bad name. Getting doctors certified is like pulling teeth, with all of the bad press Suboxone has gotten the past few years.
     
  4. Anonymous

    Anonymous Guest

    Hope there has been a ROC on these docs so that the CL doesn't look like they were a part of it all. They were all Rxing Film for the most part, so it does not look good. So many problems in the same area of the country.