Doctor’s Illicit Prescriptions Lead to 80-Month Sentence

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Doctor’s Illicit Controlled Substance Prescriptions for Seven Patients Lead to 80-Month Sentence

Dennis Tosh

August 26, 2025 at 11:12:39 ET

A Kentucky physician was sentenced to serve 80 months in prison after pleading guilty to unlawfully distributing controlled substances to seven patients (United States v. Gainey, No. 5:25-cr-00011-GFVT (E.D. Ky.)). In a criminal information filed Feb. 12 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, Dr. Michael Shane Gainey was charged with seven counts of distri... Read More

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