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Richard Carino, M.D.; Revocation of Registration

Wed, Dec 19 2007 11:00:00 GMT

On December 23, 2005, the Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Diversion Control, Drug Enforcement Administration, issued an Order to Show Cause to Richard Carino, M.D. (Respondent), of Port Richey, Florida. The Show Cause Order proposed the revocation of Respondent's DEA Certificates of Registration, BC5048043 and BC7752024, as a practitioner, on the ground that he had committed acts which rendered his registration ``inconsistent with the public interest.'' Show Cause Order at 1 (citing 21 U.S.C. 823(f) and 824(a)(4)).

More specifically, the Show Cause Order alleged that between September 2003 and July 2004, Respondent, ``while working for iPharmacy.MD,'' had issued between ``100 to 2000 prescriptions per month over the internet, most'' of which were for controlled substances. Id. at 5. The Show Cause Order alleged that Respondent ``never saw the customers and * * * had no prior doctorpatient relationship with them,'' that he did not ``conduct physical examinations of the customer

MB Wholesale, Inc.; Denial of Application

Wed, Dec 19 2007 11:00:00 GMT

On August 7, 2006, the Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Diversion Control, Drug Enforcement Administration, issued an Order to Show Cause to MB Wholesale, Inc. (Respondent), of Detroit, Michigan. The Show Cause Order proposed the denial of Respondent's pending application to distribute the list I chemicals ephedrine and pseudoephedrine, on the ground that ``its registration would be inconsistent with the public interest.'' Show Cause Order at 1 (citing 21 U.S.C. 823(h)).

The Show Cause Order specifically alleged that ``on or about February 16, 2006, [Respondent], by Mohamed Mehanna, submitted an application for registration as a distributor of the list I chemicals ephedrine and pseudoephedrine,'' and that the fees for incorporating Respondent ``were paid by a check drawn'' on the account of Mehanna Brothers Export Import, Inc. (Mehanna Brothers). Id. at 2. The Show Cause Order alleged that Mehanna Brothers was managed by Abed, Mohammed and Jack Mehanna, and that it held a DEA r

Patrick K. Riggs, M.D.; Denial of Application

Wed, Dec 19 2007 11:00:00 GMT

On June 19, 2007, the Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Diversion Control, Drug Enforcement Administration, issued an Order to Show Cause to Patrick K. Riggs (Respondent), of Fort Worth, Texas. The Show Cause Order proposed the denial of Respondent's pending application for a DEA Certificate of Registration as a practitioner, on the ground that his registration would be ``inconsistent with the public interest.'' Show Cause Order at 1 (citing 21 U.S.C. 823(f) & 824(a)(4)).

The Show Cause Order specifically alleged that ``from May 2005 through August 2006 [Respondent], ordered 22,500 dosage units of hydrocodone from Henry Schein, Inc.,'' and that notwithstanding his ``assertions to Henry Schein, Inc., that [he was] practicing medicine during that period [Respondent], subsequently admitted to DEA Diversion Investigators that [he] had not practiced medicine since 1997 and had no current patients.'' Id. The Show Cause Order alleged that on August 31, 2006, Respondent had met with DEA