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Medical Fraud Investigators: Green Soup / Renegade Drug Testers
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Green Soup
Using a secret combination of Oriental herbs and vegetables, John Paul Dyke concocted the ‘green soup’, a miracle cancer cure that he said he had used to rid his wife of brain tumours. Word spread quickly and as many as 18 patients in six states gave Dyke nearly half a million dollars to receive the green soup treatments. But the truth was that John Dyke was no doctor and had never even attended medical school. Even worse, he told the patients to discontinue their other medications.
Detectives from the Henrico County Police Department in Richmond, Virginia, along with the FBI investigated John Dyke after a tip from a concerned husband of a patient. They built a solid case against Dyke of practicing medicine without a license, wire and mail fraud. Dyke is currently serving a nine-year prison term.
Renegade Drug Testers
Angela Touhey was just two years out of college when she became a coordinator for Drs. Richard Borison and Bruce Diamond at the Medical College of George. The two were being paid millions of dollars by pharmaceutical companies to conduct clinical trials on a number of new drugs. Angela soon found herself with responsibilities far beyond her training, including deciding drug dosages for patients.
After a complaint, the Georgia Attorney General's Office began investigating. It was discovered the doctors were funnelling millions of research dollars into their own pockets and dangerously cutting corners on crucial drug trials. The doctors were indicted on 172 counts ranging from theft to reckless conduct. Both pleaded guilty and Diamond served a 5-year prison sentence, while Borison is still serving a 15-year sentence.
Killer Nurse
In the summer of 1995, Korean War veteran Stanley Jagadowski was recuperating from a leg amputation at a VA Hospital in Northamton, Massachusetts when he suffered a cardiac arrest and died. Although the family accepted Stanley's death, they were unaware that his was one of a rash of fatal heart attacks that had been occurring at the hospital over the past few months.
After an internal investigation began, it became clear that one particular nurse, 28-year-old Kristen Gilbert, seemed to always be on duty when these emergencies materialized. A five-year investigation revealed that the highly respected nurse had been injecting her patients with the heart stimulant epinephrine (adrenalin), that caused cardiac arrest, and that she did it for the thrill of creating a medical emergency. Gilbert was found guilty of murdering four patients. She is currently in prison serving four life sentences.
Using a secret combination of Oriental herbs and vegetables, John Paul Dyke concocted the ‘green soup’, a miracle cancer cure that he said he had used to rid his wife of brain tumours. Word spread quickly and as many as 18 patients in six states gave Dyke nearly half a million dollars to receive the green soup treatments. But the truth was that John Dyke was no doctor and had never even attended medical school. Even worse, he told the patients to discontinue their other medications.
Detectives from the Henrico County Police Department in Richmond, Virginia, along with the FBI investigated John Dyke after a tip from a concerned husband of a patient. They built a solid case against Dyke of practicing medicine without a license, wire and mail fraud. Dyke is currently serving a nine-year prison term.
Renegade Drug Testers
Angela Touhey was just two years out of college when she became a coordinator for Drs. Richard Borison and Bruce Diamond at the Medical College of George. The two were being paid millions of dollars by pharmaceutical companies to conduct clinical trials on a number of new drugs. Angela soon found herself with responsibilities far beyond her training, including deciding drug dosages for patients.
After a complaint, the Georgia Attorney General's Office began investigating. It was discovered the doctors were funnelling millions of research dollars into their own pockets and dangerously cutting corners on crucial drug trials. The doctors were indicted on 172 counts ranging from theft to reckless conduct. Both pleaded guilty and Diamond served a 5-year prison sentence, while Borison is still serving a 15-year sentence.
Killer Nurse
In the summer of 1995, Korean War veteran Stanley Jagadowski was recuperating from a leg amputation at a VA Hospital in Northamton, Massachusetts when he suffered a cardiac arrest and died. Although the family accepted Stanley's death, they were unaware that his was one of a rash of fatal heart attacks that had been occurring at the hospital over the past few months.
After an internal investigation began, it became clear that one particular nurse, 28-year-old Kristen Gilbert, seemed to always be on duty when these emergencies materialized. A five-year investigation revealed that the highly respected nurse had been injecting her patients with the heart stimulant epinephrine (adrenalin), that caused cardiac arrest, and that she did it for the thrill of creating a medical emergency. Gilbert was found guilty of murdering four patients. She is currently in prison serving four life sentences.
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