A Chicago physician convicted in the prescription drug overdose deaths of four patients in connection with alleged "pill mill" operations in Ohio has been sentenced by a Cincinnati federal judge to four life terms in prison, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced last week.Prosecutors said in a sentencing memorandum that Dr. Paul H. Volkman "was the physician at the center of a criminal scheme to distribute millions of controlled substances to hundreds of individuals in exchange for cash -- a scheme that brought addiction, diversion, and death to southeastern Ohio and beyond.""Dur...
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