MI - Dearborn "pill mill" raid; doctor/clinic worker arraigned on drug charges

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Dearborn 'pill mill' raid: Doctor, clinic worker arraigned on drug charges
Doctor accused of overprescribing opioids at clinic on Warren Avenue

By Dave Bartkowiak Jr. , John Steckroth - Editor
Posted: 8:33 AM, August 18, 2017
Updated: 11:22 AM, August 18, 2017

DEARBORN, Mich. - A Dearborn and an employee at his clinic were arraigned Friday morning on multiple felony charges for allegedly overprescribing opioids and other controlled substances.*

Dr. Mohammad Derani, 67, and 28-year-old Zahra Alwajed were arrested Thursday during a state police raid at the Dearborn Medical Clinic. Michigan State Police said Derani was running a "pill mill" out of the clinic on Warren Avenue. The doctor is accused of overprescribing opioids such as oxycodone.

Derani, of West Bloomfield, allegedly prescribed more than 500,000 opioid pills since January. Investigators said roughly half of the pills ended up on the street. The pills were prescribed at the clinic and picked up elsewhere. Alwajed worked as an office assistant at the clinic...*

https://www.clickondetroit.com/news...octor-clinic-worker-arraigned-on-drug-charges

 

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2 arrested in Dearborn medical clinic raid identified

Charles E. Ramirez, The Detroit News Published 11:02 a.m. ET Aug. 17, 2017 | Updated 11:13 a.m. ET Aug. 18, 2017

Police gave the identities Friday of the two people they arrested in a Thursday raid on a medical clinic in Dearborn.

Both were formally charged with narcotics crimes Friday in the 19th District Court in Dearborn, according to Michigan State Police Lt.*Michael*Shaw.

Dr. Mohammad Derani, 67, of West Bloomfield, has been charged with four counts of delivery of a controlled substance, police said. A judge set his bond at $250,000...

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/ne...olice-raid-dearborn-medical-clinic/575716001/