The Michigan Department of Community Health announced that they had suspended the licenses of a Port Sanilac physician and a Dearborn pharmacist for being part of a conspiracy to profit from fraudulent prescriptions. A press release from the MDCH says:
 

The suspension was a result of (pharmacist Mahmoud) Fardous, 28, engaging in a conspiracy with multiple individuals, including (physician Milagros) Ebreo, 68, to dispense fraudulent controlled substance prescriptions for profit.

Between the period of March 2007, and Oct. 2008, Ebreo, 68, prescribed 207,313 OxyContin tablets, 194,514 Xanax tablets, 66,529 Vicodin tablets and 2,761 bottles of promethazine. Between June 5, 2008, and Oct. 28, 2008, as the contractual medical director for Quick Response Medical Professionals, in Southfield, Michigan, Ebreo fraudulently prescribed a total of 28,188 oxycodone tablets, 8,710 hydrocodone tablets, 26,839 Xanax tablets, and 495 bottles of promethazine with Codeine to patients who were being paid $50.00 to be examined.

Criminal charges have been filed against both men and those charges are still pending, but the MDCH has the authority to suspend their licenses before those cases are resolved.