Scarborough Man Sentenced to 9 Years on Drug and Health Care Fraud Charges

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Scarborough Man Sentenced to 9 Years on Drug and Health Care Fraud Charges

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys on Jan. 28, 2014. It is reproduced in full below.

Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Adam

Goodwin, 39, of Scarborough, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge

George Singal to 9 years in prison and 3 years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute

oxycodone and health care fraud. Goodwin pled guilty to the charges on July 29, 2013.

According to Court records, between February 2010 and November 2010, Goodwin,

Neal Laverriere, and others received over than 150 fraudulent oxycodone prescriptions for more

than 13,000 pills from Dr. John Perry for no medical purpose. The prescriptions were filled at

pharmacies in southern Maine and the oxycodone pills were sold. Goodwin used proceeds from

these illegal sales to finance a nightclub venture in Westbrook that was to be known as

“Dreamers." The illegal activities ended in November 2010 when Dr. Perry’s offices were

searched. Dreamers never opened. Perry was sentenced on June 21, 2013 to 8 years in

prison. Laverriere was sentenced on Dec. 17, 2013 to 38 months in prison.

This case was investigated by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration, the

United States Department of Health and Human Services - Office of Inspector General, the

Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency, the Biddeford and

Westbrook Police Departments, and the State of Maine Health Care Crimes Unit.

Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys

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