Man pleads guilty in Ohio prescription drug case
(AP) -- An Ohio pharmacist accused of illegally dispensing prescription painkillers has pleaded guilty to three counts of a 229-count drug and money laundering indictment.
Harold Fletcher agreed as part of his plea never to seek reinstatement as a pharmacist and to provide information to the government about illegal drug prescribing.
The 42-year-old Fletcher pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to illegally dispensing a prescription drug, filing a false tax return and hiding money by making cash deposits under a limit that triggers automatic bank review.
Fletcher told U.S. District Court Judge Michael Watson he had screwed up by not asking a patient enough questions before prescribing 480 tablets of oxycodone in February 2006.
The deal calls for a prison sentence of no more than two years.
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