A physician who owned a Hazard pain clinic pleaded guilty Tuesday to laundering money generated from improper prescribing by another doctor at the facility.
James Dustin “Dusty” Chaney said in a plea agreement that he “deliberately closed his eyes” to the fact that Andrew Krasuski was overprescribing powerful pain pills at Clarion Health and Wellness LLC, which Chaney owned.
The plea agreement said Chaney opened Clarion in late 2010 with the intent of running a legitimate clinic providing interventional pain treatment, but he could not recruit qualified doctors.
But Chaney acknowledged he did not pay close enough attention to activities at the clinic, including Krasuski’s prescribing practices.
The maximum penalty on the money-laundering charge would be 20 years in prison. The sentence for Chaney, who sold the practice in 2012, will likely be far less under his plea agreement.
He also agreed to forfeit $40,000 to the government.
Source: LHL
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